Canvas 575 — Grace
a trouble or a scar exactly where you are about to sing “Grace” Recently Banned Literature, October 8, 2016 Canvas 575 July 11, 2015 . [ 1138 ]
Tag Archive for ‘Definitions’
The Comedy of Errors
Meaning where there is none, fat as a ripened plum. random note, 2011 . The Comedy of Errors 1. Shakespeare, an early play. 2. The idea that we can improve or fix this vast and perfect universe, or make use of it on our own chosen terms. (See Farce.) May 12, 2021 . [ 1104 ]
Mercy
Somewhere, between halo and head, The sky peeks in, And — Oh! it says, how sad. [ 820 ]
Paralyzing Definitions
To have a voice the size of a firefly, with the fleeting effect of a falling star. And then there’s the place where you are, when darkness ripens like a plum. Paralyzing Definitions I met her walking in the woods. It was late fall. We had the trail to ourselves. We were both outfitted for the night, so we set up camp together near a tiny lake just below […]
Wealth
It took the whole day yesterday to change — one word. What patience they both had! — and not a shred of jealousy. You first — It’s not my turn — Are you sure? I held the door — the train — left — the station. How lonely the platform! — the night — concurred. February 4, 2020 Wealth n. so little there’s nothing left that wasn’t here before […]
Canvas 620 — Reality
Reality A love note from the sky that begins with I, followed by my reply. December 3, 2019 [ 589 ]
Canvas 1,243 — Touch
As near as we are to one another, there remain galaxies between us. I call this Touch. [ 527 ]
The Family Album
Time? How can I define it if I don’t know what or where it is? And yet all my life, I’ve casually and confidently used the word itself. Very well — but I must never make it my defense or my excuse. Little children — all of the rocks in the avalanche have names. Their meanings will come, by and by, brought by butterflies and babbling brooks. August 2, 2019 […]
Heartbreak
An evening sky, deep, dark, and rich with gray-chocolate thunderclouds. Puddles are always large enough for the sky they hold. A walker’s definition of heartbreak — Starlings enough to carry me off, yet I am the one who is feared. And then, suddenly, they do, and I am the one who is scared. May 19, 2019 [ 392 ]
Canvas 910 — Gratitude
Gratitude To fall up, as any bird might that has just been nudged from the nest. May 10, 2019 [ 381 ]
William Michaelian 