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Here Birds Sing: Haiku: a Review

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Poetry and related musings. Friday, December 3, 2010. It's time in this blog, to revisit my views and understanding of haiku. So what did I gain from a review? Quite a bit, even though my basic thinking on haiku hasn't changed. So I have been pointed to a vision of haiku different from mine but no less valid. In the same way, somebody referring to the Christian Bible as “great literature” does not take anything away from the faith of believers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bare In My Bones.

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hamilton climate challenge: November 2008

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Your community, your climate, your challenge. Thursday, November 27, 2008. KNA-Sustainable transportation group- ist meeting. The new Kirkendall Sustainability Committee: First Meeting. Was attended by 13 people. We discussed problem areas in the Kirkendall area and EH has been invited by residents to help host another meeting that will include. The traffic department, the councillor, the MTO (the might have authority over traffic flow decisions at the Main/Dundurn and King/Dundurn intersections). For in...

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Here Birds Sing: Oscar Wilde - Salome

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Poetry and related musings. Tuesday, December 28, 2010. Oscar Wilde - Salome. I've fallen behind in saying the things I want to say in this space. Part of the reason for my procrastination has been the production of my own collection of poetry, a small volume with a “cat” theme. I'll get to that later, but there are some things I want to mention before I forget them. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bare In My Bones. The Ontario Poetry Society. A Momentous Loss: Kerry Schooley and I.

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Here Birds Sing: Poetry, Lyrics, and Sondheim

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Poetry and related musings. Saturday, January 1, 2011. Poetry, Lyrics, and Sondheim. Sondheim claimed that the ambiguity inherent in his lyrics were not a deliberate poetic device but a means of expression demanded by the music and story or “book.” He explained that the “clowns” in his song “Send in the Clowns” from his musical A Little Night Music. On the other hand, he pointed out, the words that make up a poem, that drive it with its own special power, are not dependent on music; instead they have an ...

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Here Birds Sing: January 2011

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Poetry and related musings. Wednesday, January 5, 2011. But as I said, poetry is my drug of choice. I'm hooked and I can't quit. Sometimes I envy those writers who establish a reputation as a poet and then switch (with seeming ease) to novels that gather critical and popular acclaim. Sometimes I wonder if Atwood and Ondaatje were ever as dependent on the poetry drug as I seem to be. Imagine my surprise when one of my tales made the short list of the top ten of all the entries received! And that is also t...

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Here Birds Sing: October 2010

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Poetry and related musings. Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Now what has this to do with poetry? On more than one occasion my delivery, my method of presentation, has been compared to that of a preacher. And that's not a bad thing. In poetry I want to involve much more than reason. I want to invoke an emotional response, even a spiritual one if you will. The greater the audience involvement is, the more the poem is poetry. Saturday, October 16, 2010. Sometimes small things irritate me. Somewhere in my first...

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Here Birds Sing: July 2010

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Poetry and related musings. Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Yesterday I learned about an interesting poetry related event happening in Bologna, Italy earlier this month. Let me explain the event as I understand it, with cycling and recitation becoming a traveling presentation of poetry to the unwary as part of a multicultural festival. This is known as the “poeciclettata,” or “poetandem” as the English language media expresses it. I love the idea! And then I imagine it happening here. Poetry for the people...

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Here Birds Sing: May 2010

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Poetry and related musings. Sunday, May 30, 2010. I told him I could understand that about musicians and their instruments in a public performance, even actors although they hid their real selves behind a character. A visual artist is exposed through the works hanging in public galleries, film makers etc. in theatres. But how do you make that work with writing, with the literary arts? Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Language in the Future. I suppose it is part of the normal development of speech and communication...

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Here Birds Sing: November 2010

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Poetry and related musings. Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Several weeks ago I was honoured to take part in the launch of two anthologies of poetry. With the decrease of small literary magazines, such one-time projects have become more and more important in placing the work of younger and less established poets before the public; they are no longer, as they once were, simply selections of poems that would point a reader to other work by the collected authors. So both anthologies were produced for a purpose a...

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hamilton climate challenge: January 2009

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Your community, your climate, your challenge. Sunday, January 18, 2009. Dave Braden gives a tour organized by E.H. of his off-the-grid house in Flamborough, Ontario on a snowy Sunday. Posted by Hamilton Climate Challenge. Wednesday, January 14, 2009. KNA Pedestrian / Cycling issues committee. Another very mobilizing, well attended meeting. The focus of the meeting? Lynda was very helpful in referring folks to the regional Official Plan (OP). This document is one "that we need to be waving about," as ...