Monthly Archives: September 2011

After Rain, Quakes and Slides

Posted on September 16, 2011 by sputterpub

It appears that I started this sonnet in January 1993, after two close quakes and too much rain. I remember that the second earthquake was so abrupt it shook the water out of my nightstand drinking glass but left the … Continue reading →

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Unwisdom

Posted on September 15, 2011 by sputterpub

Three days ago I put up a post about a show I watched. The program refuted the idea that there’s a balance in nature, and I was puzzled. I don’t see enduring balance in nature. I don’t think there is … Continue reading →

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Onion Opinion

Posted on September 14, 2011 by sputterpub

I looked up “opinion” recently, and I was disappointed to see that it means itself. My resources assert that it has been used since the mid 13th century, that it is a belief that rests on grounds insufficient to produce … Continue reading →

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Snails

Posted on September 13, 2011 by sputterpub

I posted Snail Trails on January 12, 2011. It carried a report about the morning I was the scourge of Berkeley snails. I just reviewed a sonnet I wrote about that experience. To tell the truth, I think the number … Continue reading →

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Unbalanced

Posted on September 12, 2011 by sputterpub

I watched an hour-long show last month, which seemed to make an organized rebuttal to an argument I never considered. I had to derive the argument from the rebuttal. The program attempted to demonstrate that there is no such thing … Continue reading →

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Nonsense

Posted on September 9, 2011 by sputterpub

Acceleration, in the rodent race, is treasured by electrons, fossil fuels in oxidation, more defined by pace than bullets, and as coveted as jewels. The run is competition for an end that no one known to any has acquired. I … Continue reading →

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Unfinished Symphonies

Posted on September 8, 2011 by sputterpub

This may be a bit like jumping to the end of the novel. Probably it will read better if we work up to it instead of blurting it here. And maybe I’ll wisely wind up and down to it, in … Continue reading →

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Lief Collection

Posted on September 7, 2011 by sputterpub

I wondered awhile ago from where we got the word belief, and before I looked it up I added some rhymes to it: lief and relief. I started with “lief.” My sources indicate it’s been used since before the 12th … Continue reading →

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The Collector

Posted on September 6, 2011 by sputterpub

Amazed at images of light, he must progress to oil after four pastels, advance from clay to filigree of rust in eighteen metal pours. He never sells his acquisitions; yearly he’ll adjust his wiring, add a shelf, pull walls apart. … Continue reading →

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Spider

Posted on September 2, 2011 by sputterpub

A thousand spider webs depend on eaves, enjoin the plants, embroider autumn air. September drinks the chlorophyll from leaves while I walk into webbing everywhere. A strand of stickiness across my face, resisting my impatient fidget twitch, annoying as a … Continue reading →

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