Summer Longing {Haiku #2}

it snowed about this much…

Originally uploaded by James Matthew.

I long for flip-flops,
white sand, sun shining on
blue water
in spite of winter

Artists using their spin for good…

Sarah McLachlan’s video for “World on Fire” is stunning and beautiful in its simplicity (“There’s beauty in simplicity” – Conor Searl “Poet” )-
I showed it in several classes on Friday, and the discussion it generated was quite thought provoking.
I would encourage you to watch the video…it is worth the 3 minutes. (Big thanks [...]

Used bookstores are cafes for the mind…

I just picked up a book of poetry from my fav. local used bookstore (about 3 blocks away. Hannah and I went for a stroll and some shopping…well, she played peek-a-boo with her toque while I perused the tattered poetry books…):

The Honeymoon Wilderness
by Pier Giorgio Di Cicco – current Poet Laureate of Toronto – his [...]

Fragment…

original ragamuffin
eschews the ‘normal’
thinking about
revolution
thinking about
living
thinking
but not living
living
but not thinking
because both crave audience.

Media {AWARE}ness Week.

Seeing as how this is media awareness week, I would like to point you all towards a very thought-provoking shot film by Dove (yes, the soap people).
It has been produced in conjunction with their ‘Campaign for Real Beauty,’ and is entitled, “Evolution”- it is about a minute or two long, and well worth watching.
I will [...]