Monthly Archives: August 2022

A Drop of Radiance has Touched the Everyday

As a traveler, I understand;you, a traveler, too, must travel, we mustsay good-bye,but a drop of radiance,a grapeof imaginary sun,has touched the blind blood of everyday… ——  Pablo Neruda, excerpt from “Ode to the Third Day” Neruda, were you writing about a day of … Continue reading

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Here, the Heavy Glitter of Now

“There is another world but it is in this one,” said Paul Eluard.  This one, here, celui-ci in the heavy glittering mid-August summer.  Sometimes the tree has one cicada that shatters the insistent sun.  Sometimes the chêne has one cicada … Continue reading

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Driven — Life of the Plane Trees

In March 2020, obsessed with the platanes, or plane trees that lend magic to the roads in southern France, I organized a series of poems and pictures about their disappeance.  Covid derailed the presentation of the piece— the series languished. … Continue reading

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