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What’s Poetry to You? Face to Face with Soul-Probing Questions

‘Interview with a Poet — Pseu Pending’ — Friends know I’m a private person. I was uneasy when Zay Pareltheon, owner and editor of the juried publication The Howling Owl, first suggested the interview. I ended up loving the thinking process prompted by his straightforward questions. Excerpts (updated for clarity) Zay: For you, poetry is…OR… Poetry is not… Seu…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Published in Blue Insights

·3 days ago

The Japanese Noren and Human Arrogance

What rocks the sushi bar at the M+ museum with no food in sight? — Bow! to hands of reverence to hearts of the season to control of the wrist to master of the sheath to the eye for sublimation Height no consequence for creatures of aqua for bounty divine for shields against gusts for shade in summer for the carrier of the yago In…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Published in The Howling Owl

·Mar 15

Highest Paid Woman Artist in the World While Alive — Yayoi Kusama

Tribute to insanity — Updated March 23, 2023

The Howling Owl

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Highest Paid Woman Artist in the World While Alive — Yayoi Kusama

The Howling Owl

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Published in The Howling Owl

·Mar 8

One Woman’s Breast Milk and the Plight of Refugees

Milk and tea where oceans flow — The Refugee It’s over. watching faucet water not the sea roll— burning by the cargo pier waiting her turn. beneath bare shoulders a wrap consoles no liberty of washing unrolled — like men peeing freely into pelagic droves she feels the caked menstrual residue a toll impatiently waiting like non-living occupants inside…

The Howling Owl

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One Woman’s Breast Milk and the Plight of Refugees

The Howling Owl

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Published in The Howling Owl

·Mar 1

Do You See the Woman Now Under Her Khakis?

Interpreting 2 reels of a 35mm motion picture — Reel 056 brown socks beige panties mustard brassiere & vest persimmon shirt white long underpants black zippered outer-pants beige woolen sweater khaki jacket twirl twirl twirl. they said she was XL uncoordinated. uninspired. she didn't have a choice. under shapeless khakis she secretly reveled in a figment of colors. twirl twirl twirl. …

The Howling Owl

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Do You See the Woman Now Under Her Khakis?

The Howling Owl

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Published in The Howling Owl

·Feb 22

The Intruder on Public Privacy — Whose Dirty Laundry?

Poor country, rich country. 2019. Now. — three dark figures hunched sorting rich people’s garbage. open bags open fumes. hands bare. focused. methodical. practiced. metro manila — every evening at eight — central business district in shade. embarrassed. i looked the other way hugging closer to prime property lest a part of me stray. three months later…

The Howling Owl

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The Intruder on Public Privacy — Whose Dirty Laundry?

The Howling Owl

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Published in Everything Fun

·Feb 14

Hot Valentines Disinclined to Cook? Yes You Can Fake It

Rescue 101 — Now now. Not everyone wants to sweat it at the stove (maybe somewhere else ;-)). Yet homemade has the ring of authentic love to it. What to do? I didn’t invent any of the below but am blessed with the experience of exquisite taste. 0.1 A classic Italian dessert is exactly…

Food

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Hot Valentines Disinclined to Cook? Yes You Can Fake It

Food

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Published in The Howling Owl

·Feb 8

People Down the Street Don’t Mind Their Edge Frayed

A poem — No champagne-soaked marshmallows in the sky Nor roaring booms cracking the stubborn Nor crystals wowing the child’s eyes Nor drenching tears pouring drama Nor stunning prisms disciples enlightening Nor blinding rays soul piercing Nor howling currents for effect The air lies easy Just painter’s pale brush-wash spilled barely covering the papery span A…

The Howling Owl

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People Down the Street
Don’t Mind Their Edge Frayed

The Howling Owl

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Published in The Howling Owl

·Feb 1

How Long Can Borrowed Time Breathe? A Frozen Visage

Feeding Estranged Beauty — frank gehry’s funky building revels in defiance. roofs breathe forms contigious — stainless steel sheets sashay not a damn for the world. bonded to one another — alone. upstate new york in feb-bbrrrrrrr-yy. frozen hudson straw brown scattering dark myths — smudge white oversized marshmallows thrown here ‘n there. postcard-perfect naked trees — the…

The Howling Owl

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How Long Can Borrowed Time Breathe? A Frozen Visage

The Howling Owl

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Published in The Howling Owl

·Jan 25

The Season of Aphrodite (Says the Goddess of Love)

The noble artichoke meets perigord black —

The Howling Owl

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The Season of Aphrodite (Says the Goddess of Love)

The Howling Owl

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