the Mind is an Enchanting Thing

is an enchanted thing

.....like a glaze on a
katydid-wing
..........subdivided by sun

..........till the nettings are legion.
like Gieseking playing Scarlatti;

like the apteryx-awl
.....as a beak or the
kiwi's rain-shawl
..........of haired fathers, the mind
..........feeling its way as though blind,
walks along with its eyes on the ground.

it has memory's ear
.....that can hear without
having to hear.
..........like the groyscope's fall,
..........truly unequivocal
because trued by regnant certainty,

it is a power of
.....strong enchantment. it
is like the dove-
..........neck animated by

..........suns; it is memory's eyes;

it's conscientious inconsistency.

it tears off the veil; tears
.....the temptation, the
mist the heart wears,
..........from its eyes, - if the heart

..........has a face; it takes apart

dejection. it's fire in the dove-neck's

iridescence; in the
.....inconsistencies
of Scarlatti.
..........unconfusion submits

..........its confusion to proof; it's

not a Herod's oath that cannot change.

Marrianne More/1944

One Art

the art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

lose something every day.
accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
the art of losing isn't hard to master.

the practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel.
none of these will bring disaster.

i lost my mother's watch.
and look! my last, or next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
the art of losing isn't hard to master.

i lost two cities, lovely ones.
and, vaster, some realms i owned, two rivers, a continent.
i miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.

- even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture i love) i shan't have lied.
it's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (write it!) like disaster.

One Art.. Elizabeth Bishop.. 1976

Getting the Attention

anything said in such a way,

or

put on the page in such a way,

as to

invite from the hearer or the reader

a

certain kind of attention.

Shooting on the Move

beautiful!

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another view

On the Bike.. On the Ride..

and I captured those views.. my own view of the ride.
It would always be dependable on the steady hands to get the view I intended to capture.

and most often than not..
I would always want to capture the picturesque of the sky and greens..
and of course.. the men and their machines inclusive.












using Nikon D60

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using Nikon CoolPix L10

rain or shine

straight or winding

I would always be ready for my captivity

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Love and Friendship

love is like the wild rose-briar,

friendship like the holly tree --

the holly is dark when the rose briar blooms,

but which will bloom constantly?

the wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,

its summer blossoms scent the air;

yet wait till winter comes again,

and who will call the wild-briar fair?

emily bronte/1839

Style Concious.. The Direct Style

Ernest Hemingway on Writing

"When you write," he (Hemingway) said, "Your choice is to convey every sensation, sight, feeling, emotion, to the reader. So you have to work over what you write. If you use a pencil, you get three different views of it to see if you are getting it across the way you want it to. First, when you read it over, then when it is typed, and again in proof. And it keeps it fluid longer so that you can improve it easier."

"How do you ever learn to convey every sensation, sight and feeling to the reader? Just keep working at it for forty-odd years the way you have? Are there any tricks?"

"No. The hardest trade in the world to do is the writing of straight, honest prose about human beings. But there are ways you can train yourself."

"How?"

"When you walk into a room and you get a certain feeling or emotion, remember back until you see exactly what it was that gave you the emotion. Remember the noises and smells were and what was said. Then write it down, making it clear so the reader will see it too and have the same feeling you had. And watch people, observe, try to put yourself in somebody else's head. If two men argue, don't just think who is right and who is wrong. Think what both their sides are. As a man, you know who is right and who is wrong: you have to judge. As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand."

Interview with Edward Stafford

from

Literature: Kennedy and Gioia

2001, December 07/UPM

A Journey.. of You n Me

day in

Me

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You

You and Me

day out

On the Bike.. On the Ride..

On the Bike.. On the Ride.. Write!

some snapshots of our bikers' group I took throughout 2008 - 2009.. of which I wrote the journey/journal in another blog I dedicated to my attempt in tolerating the rain or shine.. here we are.. On the Bike.. On the Ride!

Ride and Fly

to the

Kingdom of Freedom

err what kingdom?

what freedom?