Articles tagged with “poetry”
- December 22nd, 2007
- End of year approaches
and I have had enough
of going absolutely nowhere.
Pushing on
I embrace the coming year
with hope and enthusiasm
and without expectation.
- November 15th, 2007
- Hammer down
a business pile
dual-action cleanse,
healthy movements daily
- November 2nd, 2007: Underdose
- mushroom exchange
yesterday
pig titan
at the wheel
rats dropping
from the sky
salacious crumb
fills the mouth
nein numb
finds a meal
- September 22nt, 2007
- up to snuff
or good enough.
you decide.
just can't get enough
of that double-tough,
rough and tumble
business stuff.
so give me your hand
and get oust.
rrruuuunnn!!!
- A Delightful Romp through the 2007 PDX Zine Symposium
- [ Keywords: dla, zines, zines, zinesters, symposium, convention, pdx, portland, diy, comics, poetry ]
Some friends and I recently gathered in Portland, Oregon for the 2007 PDX Zine Symposium. Held on the lush campus of Portland State University, this was the seventh annual zine convention, featuring an abundance of tablers, zinesters, and visitors. Although we did not purchase a display table ...
- July 03rd, 2007
- deep in the trenches of cyberspace
flow to the rhythms of ancient pursuits
the focus and immediacy of now
this very moment
nothingness, details
elaborate, exquisite, atmospheric
details, nonetheless
i embrace the present moment,
transforming chaos into reason
- June 21, 2007
- working on it. getting there.
swimming to the other side
of the never-ending pool.
letting go. holding on.
nurturing hope in spite of
relentless pursuits..
almost almost there.
only another step behind
on the treadmill marathon.
- April 13, 2007
- Tales from the icebox:
Recall, from June 21st, 1998, the Throat Standard.
Forget, from January 3rd, 1999, the Fantasy.
Enjoy, from June 13th, 1999, Refreshments.
Open, from September 19th, 1999, Business.
See, from September 17th, 2000, Boost.
Embrace, from December 19th, 2001, Lift.
Remember, from July 2nd, 2002, B u r n.
Welcome, from June 16th, 2003, Lorelei.
- Memorable Quotes, Part 2
- i heard today that caos is better to live and create in than in a world of pure even, balanced, organized utopia.
- December 2006
- Tomorrow changes
moments into memories,
life unfolds anew.
- The Song of the Sibyl
- (English translation of original Catalan version)
An eternal king will come
Dressed in our mortal flesh:
He will come from heaven certainly
To pass judgement on the century.
Before judgement is passed
A great sign will show itself:
The sun will lose its shine
The earth will tremble with fear.
After will come mighty thunder
A sign of great wrath:
In an infernal confusion
Lightning and cries will resound.
A great fire will come down from heaven
In a stink of sulphur
And the earth will burn furiously
And great terror will afflict ...
- October 2006
- tired, waiting and nursing a coldness while staring at the new reality
that awaits. dropped habits, spent time, and preparations for tomorrow.
make haste, oh most gracious and patient Lord, to grow my life according
to your perfect will.
- Memorable Quotes, Part 1
- Interesting... then the problem is likely to be in the HeNe signal chain somewhere. Look at TP1 and TP2 for analog versions of the HeNe laser clock, and TP6 (or TP8?) for the digital version of that clock. It should look like a variable but mostly steady clocking sine wave or square wave.
- July 2006
- like fast and stuff with fingers splashing code, head spinz and and.
here again to share the now without reservation a calm deliberation
to accomplish what must be done. that’s all for now — gotta run..
..wake me up when september ends.
- Nine Feet
- I’m a moral in a secret box,
An earthworm, chewing through a sour meal,
A home, still within the daisy farm.
Oh, black ants, parasites, nematodes.
This trunk’s cold with its precious relics.
Jackpot’s dying for foxy diggers.
I’m an end, a joke, a passing fad.
I’ve left my mark to make a payment,
Jumped in the lake with my mom and dad.
- Business is No Object
- Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.
H:\>ping localhost
Pinging mozilla.biz [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time
- March 2006
- i fight a hellish battle everyday.
always something or someone demanding attention,
time, effort. i am most often glad to help, but looking ahead
i see only miles and miles of work, stress, and struggle.
every moment is a profound gift that passes before it is realized.
i am learning how to put the needs of others ahead of my own.
the constant talking may very well drive me insane.
- January 2006
- settle into that wretched skin of yours,
but don’t try too hard or get too used it
because you are here today and gone tomorrow,
although it is only in retrospect that time passes quickly.
in the meantime, during the slow wait, time crawls as it flies.
so another year begins -- much has changed, and much will change.
i am wide awake, watching, and waiting.
sunrise.
- October 2005
- i am not as paranoid as i could be.
- September 2005
- [...] bob stepped with caution through the quiet kitchen. the room hummed as he reached into the fridge. "everything is loud -- nothing is quiet these days" he thought as the door clapped shut. the floor squeaked as he stepped toward the garden window. he stared at pat, who sat still among the hedgerow. pat understood the traffic, which raced past this hour... [...]
- Let’s go
- And the purpose is,
swimming through,
muscles into pain,
through which to see,
sailing oceans of life.
- August 2005
- trying and enjoying.
advanced subtleness.
trying to change and to change not,
a constant battle wrought beneath the ruins.
self versus sacrifice, or somehwere in-between.
i look toward autumn and hope for the best..
i pray winter finds us safe and in good health.
help me get back to where i once belonged.
- April 2005
- like water through sand, so there is plenty space.
you can look it.
insane.
this too will pass.
it is already now.
time manipulation.
through thought.
through change.
through time.
collective.
oneness.
change.
or echoes.
- March 2005
- contourism enfolds refractionistic spatialism
entrapment refinations envelope externalism
locationality addresses informality formally
evening chills under thick fog
tonight winter delivers us
lingering echoes and dust
noodles snapping bacon faces
race to the finish.
slap your face off.
slap that nasty face off.
mister evil versus mystery veal
serves meat, takes names.
extend biscuit over ocean
reveal missing business
secret recipe for success
basket cases raping places
place your bets off.
i would like to place my bet please.
slam dunking.
slam that fantasy dunking.
i love you long time.
hand pancake and mayonnaise
and a man sandwich can manage
backmask ...
- biz koanz / art haiku
- _biz koanz / art haiku :
1a]
ha ha ha blah blah blah
ooh and ahh and ahh and ahh
umm mmm n mmm yum yum yum
oooooooooooooooooh yeah no no no
oh so slow so very very slow slow slow
and low low low no no no very low low low
ah ah ah yeah
ah ah ah yeah
ah ah ah yeah
1b]
ha ha ha -- blah blah blah,
ooh and ahh and ahh and ahh,
umm mmm n mmm yum yum yum
oooooooooooooooooh yeah -- no no no
oh ...
- January 2005
- clear blue skies and bright white icy snow melting on the ground.
i remember the good old days, with good music and a simple lifestyle.
i remember the quiet times and times with friends, family, and alone.
these memories are yours, because i have given them to you, my friend.
enjoy the moment, change, and thought. watch the passing of time.
- November 2004
- freeedom sized
surprise
freedom-sized surprise
PERFORMING A CLEAN BOOT
soft boot
warm boot
cold boot
x boot
warm/soft boot
words to worlds on and on
morning comes before the dawn
no need to worry
while we wait
night is falling
time is calling
understand
sing along
- Two Faces
- I have accepted my face. And, I, for now, have two faces. I can smile and laugh and talk with you, or I can simply turn, look you dead cold in the eyeball, and appear completely objective, stern, and in control. When I look at you with both faces, you become restless, confused, and overwhelmed. Do not fear little one, I come in peace, yet I come in pieces.
- Two Faces Two
- Even when I am outraged, and the right side of my face is angry and intense, there is calm in the storm. Simply follow my left face, which remains entirely mellow and detached. As if I were one again.
- Two Faces Three
- When I woke up this morning, preparing to do some light traveling, I felt fine. And, despite my car needing sudden and immediate repairs, eventually found my way to Seattle without incident. Yet, during the ride, I remember noticing a bizarre taste on the left side of my mouth. Also, the left side of my face felt different -- at the time I first noticed this, I could not define the precise nature of such difference, but ...
- March 2003
- freeedom sized
surprise
PERFORMING A CLEAN BOOT
soft boot
warm boot
cold boot
x boot
warm/soft boot
- February 2003
- Dialing...764-1234
Dialing attempt 1.
Dialing...
Connected to remote computer.
Verifying user name and password...
Failed to connect to remote computer.
Invalid user name or password.
Dialing...765-1234
Dialing attempt 1.
Dialing...
Connected to remote computer.
Verifying user name and password...
Failed to connect to remote computer.
Invalid user name or password.
Dialing...766-1234
Dialing attempt 1.
Dialing...
Unable to establish a connection.
Failed to connect to remote computer.
Dialing...767-1234
Dialing attempt 1.
Dialing...
Connected to remote computer.
Verifying user name and password...
Failed to connect to remote computer.
Invalid user name or password.
- Planning with Detachment
- [Editor’s note: the following is an unedited excerpt from a spontaneous thought stream captured while exploring a chemically altered state of consciousness -- i.e., not to be taken too seriously. Any spelling, grammatical, and/or other errors appear below as they exist within the original text and have been left unedited for full effect.]
planning with detatchmentt:
//how is art categorized in the mind? by which mechanisms are images organized, classified, and understood? consider alternate possibilities concerning how art is ...
- January 2003: Kef, Zod, Aht
- ««kef»»
Romans:Jupiter:fifth/equatorialdiameter142,796km/778.3millionkmfrom sun/11.86yearrevolution/>=14moons/saturnlikerings
Greeks:Zeus
zod.
zodiac
capricorn/sagittarius/scorpio/libra/virgo/leo/cancer/gemini/taurus/aries/pisces/aquarius
animaginarybeltextending8degreesoneachsideoftheeclipticandcontainingtheapparentpathsofthesunmoonandprincipalplanetsthrough12constellationsorsigns
adiagramrepresentingthis
acircuitorround
zillion
anextremelylargeindeterminatenumber/jocular(jocosejokingjestingfacetious)alterationofmillionbillionetc
folie a deux
sharingofdelusionalideasbytwopeoplewhoarecloselyassociated
folie de grandeur
adelusionofgrandeur/megalomania
foible(fault)
minorweaknessorfailingofcharacter/aquirkoreccentricityofcharacter/thepartofaswordbetweenthemiddleandthepointlessstrongthantheforte>
forte(n)
astrongpointasofapersonanabilityorroleinwhichoneexcels/specialty/thepartofaswordbetweenthehilt(thehandleofaswordordagger/thehandleofanyweaponortool(v.t.)tofurnishwithahilt/(idiom)tothemaximumextentordegreecompletelyfully)andthemiddlestrongerthanthefoible
forte(adj)
loudwithforce/loudly/(n)apassagethatisloudandforcibleorisintendedtobeso
- January 2003: Herium Chat Puffs
- puffy
puffer
dimsum dive in?
mother puffer
huffin and uh puufinn
puff puff gassy puffs
gas ape
gass man
total gass
melt your eyeballsss
herium gass
ape barroon
ape nails (rape nails) (ape hairs)
gassadness
gassedness
smak em if ya got em
smak it up botch
smakky
smak smak
rope arm
of the raw
riving a rife of crimb
noodle shooter
noddle pooter
high crime
high time
bustah rhyme
the aht of warh
war MONger
hahr
whahr
!!!
huh!
MONstraw city
mohnstraw of rearity
of rock
monster of rear alley tree
back woods bedlam
hard wood ram
ha!
sweet
hard wood ram!
total puffs
total gas
___
document describe distribute
2mb n tasty
"B rite Backside
you are going to burn yourself
correction
i am going to ...
- January 2003: Saturday Night Art Chat
- january 2003 ~9:30pm :::>
ok
what are you up to
DLa 17
marathon
layout
doin layout n sh*t?
ah yeh?
oh yeah!!!
baby.
ahh yeh
and it is sweet indeed
any perks yet?
like buttAH
i need a smoke
already?
chat a spell - smell.
here it comes
its been hourz
maybe we should leave the cold smoker pic up there as a break signal?
ok
yesss..
yes.
how long you been working on the layout?
are you almost done?!!
how is coming along?
having any problems?
did you use all the goods?
my but itches?
buttox
botox
viral injection
that is why you fail
degreaser
never a smoke in ...
- January 2003
- 20003
breathe
think
fast
sleep
read
work
release
paint
draw
love
cherish
moments
feelings
difference
real
- December 2002
- 12-29-02
it has been fire for two months at least
and now it is time to rebirth into a new creation.
who will i be this time and what about the
universal consequences?
i need to know these things before I return.
after that, it’s ibuprofen.
for now, i will draw and paint and mix my music.
i will work and play and breathe and smile.
it’s a different kind of blue..
seriousness in art and not seriousness in art.
be inside and see outside
softly
reveal.
focus or ...
- Dune Lakes Adventure
- Our second visit to Dune Lakes (with audio recorder and video camera)...
- June 2002
- [...] And yes, you know as I know -- the secret of the Lake: early morning freshly fallen dew filling your nostrils, big sky days, and the chillest of sunsets and evening ambiance air still warm from the afternoon heat as the sun goes down--so quiet, so calm, only the sounds of crickets and creatures clicking and chirping and croaking their way into those glorious, panoramic galaxy star-filled glow-moon nights. [...]
- May 2001
- Yes it is that time again. that time to write right what it is that must be thought of looked at and expressed throatly so. so silent i sit here screaming my fingers through this iconoplastic monstrosity. and i see my hands and sad to say see they are withering slowly away yet surely yes they seem to be and i will let it go knowing that soon they will be mine no more. i can move ...
- December 1999
- mr.,
i suspect there’s business a brewin’ in the bak woodz. geez. it seems like this quarter will never end. hour after hour...i have had so much time to study for finals that i have had plenty of time to do other things like eat and sleep in a sort of spacey, nervous anticipation of things to come. space age. the new millionium. all that millioniums -- all that messy, messy meals. hot meals. mcMeals. uncle messy with ...
- July 1999
- this world
that rapes us
hates and kills us
we fight
and fight
and fight
but to no avail because the world
has us trapped.
never a thing of peace
only striving after vanity
and lofty wishful thinking.
everything about everything
will fuck with you
while demanding full compliance
with its every desire
saying, "be this way do that for me
only me think of me love me."
full conformity
yet not enough for this world.
7-99
- April 1997
- [It’s] the withered fragment,
Red and dry
And delicate, ripe with time --
Enticingly... invitingly...
Inspiring
Its opening.
Once inside,
The essence creates another eternity --
Among the parasites...
Explore.
- No Support for Millionaires
- Business trips, belated reality. Soon before forgotten business, there was pleasure. Good pleasures hated bad business, they fought always. Business before pleasure then business then pleasure. Soon there was no business nor pleasure to be found. The people panicked. Business was back but no pleasure. Shocked, the people locked their businesses, they ran for pleasure and hid from leisure on the day that business took over.