The Wabi-Sabi Writer

 And so this time has come to its end... 30 poems in 30 daysIts a long way around the barnInspiration bloomsSprings forth ferventfreewild words wanderwith reckless abandonacross the ethersprouting poems along the pathThank you for joining me on my poetic exploration of  all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfe...

For weeks I scrolledthrough the photos on my phonefor images of youI would post these on my instagram pagestoryreelson repeatfor fear if I didn'tsomehow it would alldisappearLionel love foreverI would listen to your meowsin the videos I now happily hoardrelish every howling octave that echo in the place where you had beenI hold a heart shaped weighted pillowand envision youtrotting out from the Esalen forest my compassionate...

That’s the thing about illicit affairsAnd clandestine meetings and longing stares Your touchcold like snowbrought forth an incandescent glowSo Call me Machiavellian as if I careDid you hear my covert narcissismI disguise as altruismLike some kind of congressman who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokesan albatross in the polesBet I could still melt your world this argumentative, antithetical girlTake the words for what...

Flip the tower like a vessel for a childhood treat, its head, the bounty buried belowLost, I fall.  Once more, into my feminine ways.A heathen Empress of inconvenience and The Star above allNaPoWriMo  Day 28Based on the challenge to write a sijo#wabisabipoetry#100daysforLionel   *Sijo - The sijo (Korean 시조, pronounced SHEE-jo) is a traditional three-line Korean poetic form typically exploring cosmological,...

28 down2 to gonot a 50 yard dashnor an ultra-ironmanbut an endeavor to trust that by doing somethinganythingwill the flood gatesto openand inspirationto rush inI wonder whenif not nowwhenI askand the echofromthe edgereturns my own garbled voiceif not nowwhenNaPoWriMo  Day 27#wabisabipoetry#100daysforLionel  &nbs...

How many times have you come up to a cross roads, a point where you know that a singular choice would forever change the circumstances, the relationships, the very life that you have come to know and that no matter how intensely and diligently you struggle to return to the first point where the choice existed, that other option -it is gone. It is a one time only, limited offer and if you let it go you will never be able...

I lock my doorupon myselfAnd so I sitfacing my one constantand share confidenceslike chocolateson our late night callour salonshe askswhat is your favorite virtueI smirkcertainly not patience, most definitely cunningshe askswhat qualities do you desire in a manI smirkwhat do I truly desire....if you know, you know.Compassion, intelligence, humor, kindnessshe askswhat qualities do you favor in a womanI blinkstrength, compassion, intelligence and...

Dusk descends through a clear ceilingblanketing the yawning hallwayin shadow as clouds dance across the glassbefore the impatient nightblinds those left behindwanderingfeasting on filtered fantasiesfound strewn on the floorif they could only see what delicaciesthey stuffed in their gaping mouthsbefore greedily grabbing for moreWould they savoror spit outthe shitthey were servedNaPoWriMo  Day 24Based on the challenge to write...

She seeksand findsancient artifactsin the sands of distant landsI soughtsafetyandsolacein Saturday morningsby the pondand a goddesson the TV SetShe summonsthe powerplacingthegoldglinting in the sunuttering wordsAlmightyIsissaving the dayI scurriedoutsideplacingthebrasspounded promiseto the skyuttering wordsAlmightyIsis saving nothingcould savenothingso I watchedmy grandmother graspingyour trembling handbegging and prayinguntilthe shakingstoppedNaPoWriMo  Day...

6/24/2012I am grateful for the kindness of sunshine I am grateful for my morning pages - their wisdom and guidance even though I was unaware the effect reading them a week later would haveI am grateful for this moment, with the late sun shining on my face and my pages - illuminating me6/25/2012I am grateful for the task at hand, the one that pulls me kicking and screaming where I really want to goI am grateful for words that surround me, that...

I am helplessto the necromancyof lightI am buta beingof shade and depthshadow and edgedarknesspitchI see no differencebetween the color of life forcesscarlet sanguine or verdant viridescenceI see only the ebonythe pitchtheraven wingdragon glassonyx shineevent horizonobsidian oblivionandaboveas sobelowallmyblacksNaPoWriMo  Day 21Based on the challenge to write a poem that repeats or focuses on a single...

ComecloserasDaylight fadesit is timefor hanami see the fleetingnessof beautyin a world of crisisQuickseeSakura glowunder the soft lightof lanternslininga leisurely lifeMikkaminumanosakura vibrant illuminatingand all too brieflike cherry blossomsfull bloomto fallingto the groundNaPoWriMo  Day 20#wabisabipoetry#100daysforLionel   *Yozakura - illuminated flowers, which give off an ethereal glow*Hanami...