My silver spoon gets
stuck in my mouth when I try
to articulate.
(spoon: OLWomen.com; apartheid: buzzsouthafrica.com)
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Posted in Absolutes, communication, Consciousness, Conversation, Friendship, Haiku, History, Humans, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Writing
Tagged experience, humanity, humility, life, privilege, race, relationships, understanding
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Haiku: Fitting Flit
I think the word flit
was invented by someone
watching chickadees.
Posted in Birds, Gratitude, Haiku, Narble Furt, Poem, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Writing
Tagged animals, birdwatching, Chickadee, home, nature
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Haiku: Waiting for Three
What is it about
two o’clock, the bitching hour?
Dreaded double-strike.
The eyes snap open,
no retreat from wakefulness–
it’s just a poem.
Posted in Home, Life, memory, Night, Poem, Sleep, Uncategorized, Universe, Writing
Tagged clocks, wakefulness, work, writing
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Ochoco Reach Audiobook, Ahoy!
Shameless plug: my novel Ochoco Reach is now available as an audiobook on both audible.com and iTunes. If you download it, I’d very much appreciate a review and some other noise of your own choosing. Click on the link in the right margin to go to audible. Or open the iTunes store, find audiobooks, and then Ochoco Reach.
Thanks in advance.
Jim Stewart
(cover by Vinnie Kinsella)
Posted in Action-adventure, American Indian, animals, Audiobook, Ochoco Reach, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Action-adventure, Audiobook, dogs, family, Ochoco Reach, work, writing
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Haiku: For Brian
My friend, if I could
exchange places with you now
I most surely would.
Posted in Absolutes, Brain, Brian Doyle, Consciousness, crow, Friendship, future, Gratitude, Haiku, Uncategorized
Tagged family, humanity, life, religion, writing
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Haiku: Perspective
A tree in my yard,
upheaval in my country.
The tree stays the same.
Posted in communication, Consciousness, Conversation, family, Haiku, Home, Life, Oregon, Portland, Uncategorized
Tagged nature, perspective, poem
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Haiku: The Night Warms
Coffee sits swallowed
at the top of my stomach;
my brainstem is warm.
(stock photo)
Posted in Absolutes, Brain, Haiku, Jim Stewart, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged humanity, learning, life, poetry, writing
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The Lift
Birds, pilots, sailors…
all look for lift
Artists do too
It is the physics of magic
(guitar: getold.com; hawk: geol.umd.edu)
Inspired by:
Posted in communication, Consciousness, Flying, Joy, Music, Poetry, Uncategorized, Universe
Tagged humanity, imagination, life, magic, poem, writing
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Mister Sniffy
In the grey light before sunrise
you examine the yard and driveway:
sniff sniff sniff sniff sniff
Snort!
sniff sniff sniff sniff sniff
Snort!
The new light catches the focus
in your eyes, much as it might catch
the focus in mine as I’m sniffing out a poem.
I learned something:
more snorting!
(doglistener.tv)
Posted in animals, Dog, family, Friendship, Poetry, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged dogs, humor, outdoors, poem, poetry, writing
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Haiku: Relativity?
Consciousness, a gift
of accelerating time,
provides no answers.
Posted in Absolutes, Aging, Brain, Consciousness, Einstein, Humans, Poem, rite-of-passage, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Tagged Haiku, humor, imagination, life, nature, relativity
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