Showing posts with label 9/11. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 9/11. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Avoiding the Vitriol
Alright May, you're just like April with the rain. Knock it off!
Already knew this but it became magnified yesterday that this country is not over 9/11. I have no idea what it's going to take for this country to move ahead but it was not the death of Bin Laden. Even his death kept the divide going. I'm not sad the guy's been killed, but I'm not wrapping myself in the flag and jumping into Mirror Lake over it either.
Been thinking, writing, goofing off the last few days. After a conversation in a bar I'm wondering what poets in this town say about me behind my back. Still processing that part of the weekend.
Been in contact with my high school graduating class on the Facebook. There's a group forming for the 30th anniversary reunion later this year. A lot of pictures. I put one up of my fifth grade class, the only class picture I think I own. There were comments praising the teacher. The guy made my life a living hell for a year so I kept quiet. I'm not going to be the one to harsh others reflective buzz.
In good news my first college roommate found me through Facebook. Been trying to find him for years so it's been good to be catching up.
In very sad news a good friend's mother died. A sudden diagnosis of cancer and it stinks being so far away.
The little guy is good. Fell asleep at nine last night and slept through the night. Must have been tired. Swimming has been going great. He's going underwater a lot, opening his eyes up big. He's going to be swimming underwater any time now. Time to make sure he's finishing breakfast.
All in all, all is well. Now about that sun. Time to make an appearance, sometime this month.
Already knew this but it became magnified yesterday that this country is not over 9/11. I have no idea what it's going to take for this country to move ahead but it was not the death of Bin Laden. Even his death kept the divide going. I'm not sad the guy's been killed, but I'm not wrapping myself in the flag and jumping into Mirror Lake over it either.
Been thinking, writing, goofing off the last few days. After a conversation in a bar I'm wondering what poets in this town say about me behind my back. Still processing that part of the weekend.
Been in contact with my high school graduating class on the Facebook. There's a group forming for the 30th anniversary reunion later this year. A lot of pictures. I put one up of my fifth grade class, the only class picture I think I own. There were comments praising the teacher. The guy made my life a living hell for a year so I kept quiet. I'm not going to be the one to harsh others reflective buzz.
In good news my first college roommate found me through Facebook. Been trying to find him for years so it's been good to be catching up.
In very sad news a good friend's mother died. A sudden diagnosis of cancer and it stinks being so far away.
The little guy is good. Fell asleep at nine last night and slept through the night. Must have been tired. Swimming has been going great. He's going underwater a lot, opening his eyes up big. He's going to be swimming underwater any time now. Time to make sure he's finishing breakfast.
All in all, all is well. Now about that sun. Time to make an appearance, sometime this month.
Monday, May 2, 2011
You Got to Hang on in, You Got to Cut the String
Turned the local news on last night and heard that the president was going to make a statement at the bottom of the hour. For the president to address the nation, late on a Sunday, is something that I do not think has happened in my lifetime. The information must be significant, and it was.
Speculation was blowing up on Facebook what it would be, and after it was revealed that Libya was not part of the address, most were of the belief that Bin Laden had been captured or killed.
The news that Bin Laden is dead has to be a form of closure for the family and loved ones who died on 9/11.
Killed in a million dollar compound outside the Pakistani capital and not a cave in Tora Bora. How long was he holed up there?
What has changed though? Hundreds of billions of dollars has been spent so obtain this goal, now what? A wait for potential retaliation? This is not going to change the economy, the price of oil, inflation and government debt.
The jingoists are not even going to get the pleasure of dragging his body through the streets, it's said the corpse has already been thrown into the ocean.
Here we are on the day after. Just over eight years since Mission Accomplished. One boogeyman has been eliminated. Time for another to be named.
Speculation was blowing up on Facebook what it would be, and after it was revealed that Libya was not part of the address, most were of the belief that Bin Laden had been captured or killed.
The news that Bin Laden is dead has to be a form of closure for the family and loved ones who died on 9/11.
Killed in a million dollar compound outside the Pakistani capital and not a cave in Tora Bora. How long was he holed up there?
What has changed though? Hundreds of billions of dollars has been spent so obtain this goal, now what? A wait for potential retaliation? This is not going to change the economy, the price of oil, inflation and government debt.
The jingoists are not even going to get the pleasure of dragging his body through the streets, it's said the corpse has already been thrown into the ocean.
Here we are on the day after. Just over eight years since Mission Accomplished. One boogeyman has been eliminated. Time for another to be named.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Happenings Minutes Ago
One of my poems is included in the Language of the Art exhibit now on display at the main branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Poets were assigned works of art from local photographers and artists and asked to write an ekphratic poem.
I received a photograph called Bloodless Beasts and wrote this poem about it.
It was very cool to meet the photographer, Ed Elberfeld, to discuss the photograph and poem.
We hit it off very well. My assessment of what the picture was of matched where he had taken it. I worried about that. Soon, I'm going to send him one of my poems and he's going to send me an image. I like this type of collaborative effort and find it odd that I have not explored this in my own work.
The reading that coincided with the exhibit was wonderful. Many of the poets read their work and got to meet the artists involved.
Kudos to the German Village Art League, Scott Woods and all the collaborators for this exhibit, which runs through October 22nd.
After an exhausting effort that took no less than two mobile phone companies and being unable to activate a phone online to having it take an hour to do in an actual store with an actual person helping - we now have a cell phone.
My lovely wife is currently painting the dining room. I'm proud of her.
When is this country, as a whole, going to have the resolve to heal itself after 9/11/01? Yes, I understand it was a horrible day and the lives of many were changed, forever. I'm wondering if the victims would like it if we had their memories battered over our heads. Thing is, it's not just on the anniversary, but the other 364 days too. How can anyone move forward from that?
I'm starting to resent being told I have to be patriotic today (of all days) and being reminded to "never forget."
How can anyone forget?
I love the stories, the memories. We all have them to share and I honor those.
Anyway, here's a picture of the kid with his hair cut.
Been quite the week. Weirdness with cell phones, and other store transactions that went awry, being snubbed by someone you have not seen in thirteen years. I said hello, was definitely seen but walked right by, to forgetting to bring my son's swim trunks to his lesson this morning. It's said that Mercury is in retrograde. How does that explain my coming in third at the Upper Arlington slam or Everton scoring two goals in extra time to tie Manchester United?
I received a photograph called Bloodless Beasts and wrote this poem about it.
It was very cool to meet the photographer, Ed Elberfeld, to discuss the photograph and poem.
We hit it off very well. My assessment of what the picture was of matched where he had taken it. I worried about that. Soon, I'm going to send him one of my poems and he's going to send me an image. I like this type of collaborative effort and find it odd that I have not explored this in my own work.
The reading that coincided with the exhibit was wonderful. Many of the poets read their work and got to meet the artists involved.
Kudos to the German Village Art League, Scott Woods and all the collaborators for this exhibit, which runs through October 22nd.
After an exhausting effort that took no less than two mobile phone companies and being unable to activate a phone online to having it take an hour to do in an actual store with an actual person helping - we now have a cell phone.
My lovely wife is currently painting the dining room. I'm proud of her.
When is this country, as a whole, going to have the resolve to heal itself after 9/11/01? Yes, I understand it was a horrible day and the lives of many were changed, forever. I'm wondering if the victims would like it if we had their memories battered over our heads. Thing is, it's not just on the anniversary, but the other 364 days too. How can anyone move forward from that?
I'm starting to resent being told I have to be patriotic today (of all days) and being reminded to "never forget."
How can anyone forget?
I love the stories, the memories. We all have them to share and I honor those.
Anyway, here's a picture of the kid with his hair cut.
Been quite the week. Weirdness with cell phones, and other store transactions that went awry, being snubbed by someone you have not seen in thirteen years. I said hello, was definitely seen but walked right by, to forgetting to bring my son's swim trunks to his lesson this morning. It's said that Mercury is in retrograde. How does that explain my coming in third at the Upper Arlington slam or Everton scoring two goals in extra time to tie Manchester United?
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