Categories
Random Posts
- New Day: a chokaA new day is born: look, how the world starts again; its still form awakes from an evening’s slumber and shakes the sleep from its …
- Lucky NumberI’m thinking about the Bakersfield sound, and a song by Merle Haggard in particular — “I Must Have Been Somebody Else You’ve Known”, which as …
- 9/11 RememberedAnother nine eleven comes and slips through afternoon; not a single house on my block flies a flag or sings a tune. There seems to …
- New Day: a choka
Recent Comments
- Irene on Some ancient affirmations
- Rekha on No More Sad Weepings of Regret
- Novena on Wake Up: sonetto rispetto
- John on On the Veranda: serenade
Subscribe
Join 298 other subscribersMeta
Tag Archives: simplicity
A Simple Rule: tercet
There is for life a very simple rule: stand up when you must stand, and then lay down; the grave awaits the king, wise man, and fool. 06 JUN 2017 Share This:
Posted in Poems
Tagged #BookofForms, death, life, poetic forms, rules, simplicity, tercet
Leave a comment
Simple Ways: pantoum
Some say that simple ways are still the best; as we add complication, things decline. How we live puts that principle to test: it’s so subjective, what one thinks is fine. So, adding complication wreaks decline? Stop making babies; that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged #BookofForms, illusion, life, living, Malayan verse forms, pantoum, poetic forms, simplicity
Leave a comment
TS BS
My idol was once Eliot: I sought out stranger words to seem more erudite and suave, and introduced philosophies through quotes in native tongues; with long, ecstatic footnotes in expository text I piled up paraphrases, odd translations and asides. The … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged arrogance, complexity, illusion, intellectualism, poetry, pride, simplicity, TS Eliot
Leave a comment
P.S., T.S.
My idol was once Eliot: I sought out stranger words that seemed so erudite and suave. I leaked philosophy through lengthy quotes in native tongues; with long, ecstatic notes I piled up paraphrases, odd translations and asides. The simpler the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged complication, erudition, footnotes, NaPoWriMo, overcomplication, simplicity, TS Eliot
Leave a comment
Back to the basics
Back to the basics: down that trail bringing us from the ocean’s foam where we shared space with fish and snail; back past Europe, far beyond Rome, before we started keeping track or had the means to tally score. If … Continue reading
Simplicity: an englyn cyrch
Simple things make me content: knowing where my money’s spent, poems written, letters sent, feeling good the rent’s been paid, evenings without things to do, working ’til the work is through, reading a good book or two ‘neath a tree’s … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged daily poems, domesticity, englyn cyrch, happiness, poetic forms, simplicity, Welsh verse forms
Leave a comment
Footnotes to Occam’s Razor and the Heart Sutra
I made reference to the principle of Occam’s razor in a post the other day. Here is some additional information on that principle: Occam’s razor is a logical principle attributed to the mediaeval philosopher William of Occam (or Ockham). The … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged Occam's Razor, philosophy, science, simplicity, William of Occam
Leave a comment