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Drumbeat: A Poem written to commemorate the installation of Karen Sakata as Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools
A new day dawns A new era begins This day, today Built on a vision of kindness and civility Passed from hand to hand, heart to heart Past becomes future, a rhythmic drumbeat, Carried on each heartbeat Student by student … Continue reading
Amador
The City of San Ramon opened its 58th park this weekend. Here’s the poem read at the celebration. Look around, the vast rolling hills are changing right before our eyes So hard to imagine what’s there when we roll back … Continue reading
For You
All poetry is prayer, the poet says, Lifting eyes to the sky The rhythm clinging to each heartbeat In the white space That breathes beyond and between Each syllable, each sentiment, each word, Spoken and unspoken All dance … Continue reading
Witness
The wind kicks up And I wake up Remembering, knowing In this moment I am alive Swirling life, dancing wind The wind dies down And I hold on Remembering, knowing Such lives have gone before And are no more … Continue reading
Oulipost #30: Remnants
Oulipost #30: Patchwork Quilt Conclude the project by writing a poem that incorporates words and lines from all of your past 29 poems. Suddenly silent inside Distant memories coming into focus in dreamlike fashion All these promises have been … Continue reading
Oulipost# 29: Recovery
Oulipost #29: Canada Dry. The name of this procedure is taken from the soft drink marketed as “the champagne of ginger ales.” The drink may have bubbles, but it isn’t champagne. In the words of Paul Fournel, who coined the … Continue reading
Oulipost #28: Heartbleed
Sourced from The Contra Costa Times, Bay Area News Group, April 28, 2014 (Double-layered passwords help secure accounts, Anick Jesdanun)
Oulipost #27: A Novel Mashup
Oulipost #27:Create a 14-line sonnet sourced from lines from your newspaper that is divided according to the first five digits of the irrational number pi – that is, into stanzas of 3, 1, 4, 1 and 5 lines. As with … Continue reading
Oulipost #26: Limbo
Sourced from The Contra Costa Times, Bay Area News Group, April 26, 2014. Beautiful Outlaw (Belle Absente).The outlaw in question is the name of the person (or subject) to whom the poem is addressed. Each line of the poem includes … Continue reading
Oulipost #25: Another Friday Night in the Suburbs
Oulipost #25. Larding: Aka “line stretching.” From your newspaper text, pick two sentences. Add a new sentence between the first two; then two sentences in the new intervals that have become available; and continue to add sentences until the passage … Continue reading
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