Tag Archives: rhythm

Listen: cinquain

Posted on February 9, 2017 by John

Listen. Let the sound come; as you sense this new song, pretend you just developed ears, and hear. Listen. The sensation of experience finds you; feel the music filling your bones with light. Listen. What you’re hearing isn’t just some … Continue reading →

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Optimistic anapestics

Posted on August 26, 2003 by John

When the world is so full that it fails to react to the tears of a child, it has lost any hope; and when cries in the night go unheard and are lost in the noise of the street, we … Continue reading →

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The Width of a Circle

Posted on August 21, 2003 by John

Each thing that starts must have an end; for every wax there is a wend that once begun, moves to its finish. Every birth has bury in it. Like the moon face cycles through, and new leaves sprout, then leave … Continue reading →

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