27 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in 2014, circling round reality, nature of & in reality Tags: exactly what it says: the day shapes itself if you let it
Day Shapes Itself
Days shape themselves.
You wake. You’re vague.
You shake away the last bit of the night;
Recycling night, you’re lighter.
Units in the form of minutes –
Minute tasks ensue.
You follow
One by one,
And one by one day’s face takes shape.
You say a yes to impulse fine:
Each impulse catalyst, each thrust
A current, spark, a signal, pulse.
Day is underway
Impulsively.
Day Shapes Itself 11.26.2014
Circling Round Reality; Nature Of & In Reality;
Arlene Corwin
20 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in nature of & in reality Tags: the uses of emptiness
Come on Friday, the 21st November! Rödjegård 25 8pm. It’s my Gentle Jazz!
Good tunes, tunes that maybe you’ve never heard that I want to introduce. Come! It’s 30 kronor. Ring me if you need directions. Tel 0301-30493.
Love, Arlene
And now, a poem!
Thank God For Holes
The nose can run,
Vagina pee,
Pee-nis too,
The back end poo.
We never think how
Holes for letting in and letting out
Modest nature ‘s spouts,
Allow for quick release.
Great and small, the body aims
To clear and cleanse.
Impressive, beyond question.
Thank God For Holes 11.20.2014
Nature Of & In Reality;
Arlene Corwin
19 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in 2014, vaguely about music II Tags: finding spontaneity, life/art so unpredictable, spontaneity and acceptance
It All Depends On The Night
Monday.
Fix a likely program.
Practice it on Tuesday.
Time it.
What is it I’m aiming for?
Sounds right. Love it.
I’m an artist.
Wednesday.
Play the same twelve tunes.
Ruination.
What is it I’m aiming for?
Too long or short, too fast, too slow
Concept gone, timing off,
The program will be chaos,
Dithering, unsure. Poor me.
Poor crowd.
Thursday.
Cannot capture feeling.
Will I need some caffeinated push
To give me nerve and verve,
Serve music right? Make me a thrush?
Friday.
Dearie me.
We’ll see
Tonight.
It All Depends On The Night 11.18.2014
Vaguely About Music II;
Arlene Corwin
16 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in 2014, circling round reality, nature of & in reality Tags: growing older understanding more
The Inevitable Stage
It doesn’t matter what you write,
The whole thing really autobio- but
You reach a stage
Where what you’ve learned
You have to teach,
Where what you know
You must give out and back,
Being the shrewdest, no,
The only thing to do.
You’ve done the usual;
Praise, prize, price bubble
And one helluva lot of trouble
For a jewel that is not…
What is left besides the gift,
The brain’s collection
Your donation?
The Inevitable Stage 11.16.2014
Circling Round Reality; Nature Of & In Reality;
Arlene Corwin
12 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in 2014, the processes II Tags: the title says it: writing poetry
Writing Poetry: A Selfie
I try hard to avoid clichés,
Metaphors and similes.
Not inspired to imitate –
Never been inspired to parrot.
Fired up, I must admit,
Inspired, yes, to not write shit,
Each verb hand-picked,
A la Cid Corman* adjectives evicted.
(They’re so tempting to employ,
Annoying to the tutored eye).
Too much, too long,
The first three drafts are never strong;
I distillate to minimize,
Make it easy on the eyes,
(Bad homonyms and all).
Whatever’s thought is food for brooding,
Food for verse.
No e.e. Cummings,
I’m a stickler for the comma, dash,
Semi-colon, period…
I try to stash the article,
Indefinite and definite; trash ‘an, the’
AND conjunction.
Quirky, silly, deep or light,
Fictional or factional or
None at all,
You cannot pigeonhole.
Most of all it is a call.
In which to revel and ignite.
*an esteemed poet/scholar who said he hadn’t used an adjective in 32 years.
Writing Poetry: A Selfie 11.12.2014
The Processes: Creative, Thinking, Meditative II;
Arlene Corwin
10 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in 2014, birth death & in between II Tags: for friends who are very ill
Sending Out Good Vibes
(or five friends are very sick)
Going in and sending out –
The only thing that one can do.
Sending out good vibes
To help the five extend their breath,
Cheat death,
(Whose path we do not find attractive yet).
Sending out to those who need
I-don’t-know-what –
The necessary healing comfort.
End delight, the Camelot.
Sending out an evensong
So five may live a strong bit longer.
It’s the only thing to do.
Sending Out II
Sending love
To five
Who need I-don’t-know-what,
Since You who give – strictly as needed.
Little me wants power shared
So five can live some bumper years;
Super and abundant years,
Peppy, feisty, frisky years,
Full of beans and forceful.
Not too much to ask for, is it?
Sending Out Good Vibes 9.9.2014/#II 11.10.2014
Birth, Death & In Between II;
Arlene Corwin
* Mona, Tino, Ingallill,
Gösta, (pronounced yusta), Keith.
Sending Out Good Vibes
Going in and sending out –
The only thing that one can do.
Sending out good vibes
To help the five extend their breath,
Cheat death,
(Whose path we do not find attractive yet).
Sending out to those who need
I-don’t-know-what –
The necessary healing comfort.
End delight, the Camelot.
Sending out an evensong
So five may live a strong bit longer.
It’s the only thing to do.
Sending Out II
Sending love
To five
Who need I-don’t-know-what,
Since You who give – strictly as needed.
Little me wants power shared
So five can live some bumper years;
Super and abundant years,
Peppy, feisty, frisky years,
Full of beans and forceful.
Not too much to ask for, is it?
Sending Out Good Vibes 9.9.2014/#II 11.10.2014
Birth, Death & In Between II;
Arlene Corwin
* Mona, Tino, Ingallill,
Gösta, (pronounced yusta), Keith.
06 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: When You're Not At Home or The Perfect Wifee
A charming poem!
06 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in 2014, circling round nature II, nature of & in reality Tags: isn't this a wonderful world, wonderful world
Rare Species
Rare species mean a lot –
So rare they have no name,
Playing roles that boast no meaning,
Seem to boast no meaning yet
Support the friends and foes they ‘hang’ with
Fruit, tree, blossom, insect, plant,
Fauna, fowl and…
More than that:
A butterfly effect supreme.
Rare Species 11.6.2014 (found on a scrap with shopping lists dated 6.3.2013)
Nature of & In Reality; Circling Round Nature II;
Arlene Corwin
01 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in 2014, circling round reality, the processes II Tags: some things go down in history
Capturing The Moment For Eternity
An artist is an artist
When he sees into a form, a word
Connecting him to forms that come
From psyche’s self,
Mixing combinations,
Capturing and shaping with work’s effort,
Some discomfort,
The offshoot art.
Hidden fire married to endurance’ grit;
Symbols giving import;
Definition as a piece of truth.
Using chance
It comes right down to
Capturing eternity in the moment,
[Or possibly]
Capturing the moment for eternity.
Capturing the Moment.11.1.2014
Circling Round Reality; The Processes: Creative, Thinking, Meditative II;
Arlene Corwin
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