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I’ve decided to take photos of my daily poems and post them to Flickr. I like the idea of showing them in the original handwriting. And frankly, it’s easier than transcribing them to the blog. So if you want to follow my daily poems (keeping in mind they’re all going to be first drafts and [...]
I’ve got one day left of my “365 Days of Neff” project, my daily self-portrait thingamajig. After thinking about it and asking for input, I’ve decided that for 2012, I’m going to write a poem a day, at least one page in length. I’ll be handwriting them in a notebook (I hate writing prose by [...]
palace palace bursting mist crystal laughs palace smiles drunken palace smiles drunken emerald snows crimson eyes dancing
i’ll see you in hell or maybe in heaven or maybe there’s no afterlife at all but it makes no difference to me because I have too much to do today to worry about tomorrow have i shown enough love? have i shared enough joy? have i danced with my friends? have i sung songs [...]
Thank you, everyone who donated to the Help Josh Out fund. In just a couple of days, I’ve hit the goal I wanted to hit. And I’ve got a number of people to send poems or other writings to, which is a big kick in the inspiration pants. I’m feeling much less anxious about the [...]
One of the hardest things to do, I think, is ask others for help, even when we really, really need it. We don’t want to feel like we’re a burden, like we’re taking advantage of people. This is especially true when it comes to money. In the US, there’s a powerful undercurrent of thought that [...]
this harlequin that i am dazzles & dances illuminates the night & turns the sun into a roman candle don’t be fooled don’t be bamboozled when he talks of tears & hides behind a rain-gray shroud that frightened boy that confused ghost that screaming shade is not the real clown but neither is the motley [...]
Thanks to the meds I’m currently on to lower my cholesterol and triglycerides, I can’t drink alcohol. It’s not usually that big a deal, because I’ve kind of grown out of getting all liquored up, but I do miss having a tasty beer or glass of delicious wine when I want one. And although I [...]
slipped with a feather it confounded my heart as light as a mountain as exact as a chart forgotten in swallow discarded by far your face in a mirror you confounded my heart this is a certain time fractured & full these times are uncertain fractured & full slashed into futures it confounded my heart [...]
i’m gonna wear my heart on my sleeve & show you my character sheet i’ll let you see my ability scores my modifiers, traits, & skills you’ll know my armor class & when i fail my saving throws i’ll show you my defenses & let you in my circle of protection i’m gonna wear my [...]
