Between Two Rivers

Clouds

Painting without a brush. After Wallace Stevens.

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June 25, 2024

clouds, motion, nature, observation, Painting, Poetry, watercolor, wind
Roofers

After A. R. Ammons.
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June 24, 2024

birds, poetics, Poetry, roofers, sense, shelter, sound
Waiting in Line

Three poems. Overheard en route to the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
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June 23, 2024

bus, conversation, New Jersey, New York, Poetry, voice, voicemail
Rust

Een gedicht over taal / a poem about language (in Dutch; English translation at the very end).
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June 22, 2024

Dutch, English, language, Nederlands, Poetry, rest, rust, sleep
Requiem

A primer. In the form of a pantoum.
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June 21, 2024

pantoum, Poetry, remembrance, requiem
Summer Solstice

Three haibun. With thanks to dVerse for the prompt.

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June 20, 2024

haibun, light, Poetry, shade, shadow, solstice, summer, sun
Locomotion

A train poem. On shuttling from one station to the next.

Madrid, as viewed from the train en route to Barcelona.
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June 19, 2024

America, Belgium, China, dVerse, locomotion, motion, Poetry, terza rima, trains, travel
Spring

Twelve haiku and a tanka. Written for the end of spring.

Snug Harbor Botanical Gardens on Staten Island, New York.
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June 19, 2024

America, arrival, Belgium, departure, Ghent, haiku, memory, New Jersey, New York, nostalgia, Philadelphia, Poetry, spring, summer, tanka
One of Us

Four poems.
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June 18, 2024

Asian American, belonging, Cantonese, color, Dutch, identity, language, Mandarin, Nederlands, Painting, Poetry, presence, skin, watercolor
Field Notes: Snug Harbor

A haibun. Written at the NY Chinese Scholars’ Garden on Staten Island.

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June 17, 2024

Chinese culture, gardens, haibun, New York, Poetry, re-entry, Staten Island, travel