On a mud bank
with water on both sides
My sister did something
the water from the right bank
overflowed into the left
and receded
I still held to the bank
during the wash
I saw skeletons
A previous tsunami maybe
Today's news of a toppled ship
Net Galley Challenge
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Long voyage ahead
In The Cat's table, the narrator is a 11yr old boy asks 'What had there been before such a ship in my life?' about the life forming and changing experiences on the 'Oronsay' from Colombo bound to England. The narrator thinks that 'he reinvented himself in this seemingly imaginary world'.
Even though most of the book is on the ship and the various characters - a literary guy, a plants & herbs expert- on it, theres a foreshadowing of his future and references of the influences of the experiences of the ship by an adult self.
The narrator and his friends escape to the lifeboat and learn of many secret activities that are clarified towards the end of the novel. The later half of it deals with the narator's emotional geography and its formation.
The novel tiptoes on the edge of fiction and sparse style of non-fiction. The parts of the novel in letters in the voice of other characters have the fiction tone to them but rest of it is in a 'as is' style which made it hard for putting coals to my imagination machine.
Rope incense burning is new to me.
Even though most of the book is on the ship and the various characters - a literary guy, a plants & herbs expert- on it, theres a foreshadowing of his future and references of the influences of the experiences of the ship by an adult self.
The narrator and his friends escape to the lifeboat and learn of many secret activities that are clarified towards the end of the novel. The later half of it deals with the narator's emotional geography and its formation.
The novel tiptoes on the edge of fiction and sparse style of non-fiction. The parts of the novel in letters in the voice of other characters have the fiction tone to them but rest of it is in a 'as is' style which made it hard for putting coals to my imagination machine.
Rope incense burning is new to me.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Like a mirror
To reset the modem and
router
I was in a dog pose
On the left wall
I could correct the
shadow
router
I was in a dog pose
On the left wall
I could correct the
shadow
Monday, January 9, 2012
Funny essays
I totally meant to do that in I was told there'd be cakes style.
I find neat jumps from topics in an essay like say from her playing a undercover fashion products cop to her thespian skills or lack of it.
More Jane books
I find neat jumps from topics in an essay like say from her playing a undercover fashion products cop to her thespian skills or lack of it.
More Jane books
Beter than the NPR review of it
New
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan and Natural philosophy. His how flags furl theory
7R genes and novelty
NPR interview
The author uses examples from recent past winners of Mac Arthur Genius award.
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan and Natural philosophy. His how flags furl theory
7R genes and novelty
NPR interview
The author uses examples from recent past winners of Mac Arthur Genius award.
Tot tales
To strain starch from hot rice
mom put my sister
in a corner of the room
so she would be done
by the time my sis
crawled to her.
At six months,
I histed myself out of
a cradle using the ropes
connecting it to the ceiling.
That was the last of
suspended living.
mom put my sister
in a corner of the room
so she would be done
by the time my sis
crawled to her.
At six months,
I histed myself out of
a cradle using the ropes
connecting it to the ceiling.
That was the last of
suspended living.
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