Saguaro Sunrise — Photo-Artistry by kenne
standing alone
waving,
waving at the sun
moving high
darkness
running for life
— kenne
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standing alone
Hiking The Pistol Hill Trail 1 comment
Hiking The Pistol Hill Trail (January 11, 2019) — Panorama by kenne
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“A clear attentive mind
Has No meaning but that
Which sees is truly seen.”
— from Plute Creek by Gary Snyder
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Pistol Hill Road — Image by kenne
I’ve seen coyotes wondering by.
I’ve seen the sun hiding
Just over the ridge,
The morning shadows
Beginning to move
Across the rolling hills —
So peaceful, so quite.
— kenne
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Hanging Art Work — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Walking by the booth
Colorful spinning artwork
Just walking on by.
— kenne
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December Snow On the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
Snow arrives at night
Dusting the higher ridges
Gone by mid-morning.
— kenne
Tuscon Skyline 2 comments
Tucson Skyline — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Tucson valley
Where blue skies cover the earth
Mountains on all sides.
— kenne
“Why I Hate Telling People I Teach English” Leave a comment
On this Sunday morning, as I often do, I began the day by reading poetry. This morning I pulled Wendy Barker’s book of poetry, “Nothing Between Us” off the bookshelf. In 2009 I videoed her reading from her then-new book, as I did her reading, “Why I Hate Telling People I Teach English.” — kenne
Wendy Barker — Image and Video by kenne
“Why I Hate Telling People I Teach English,” is a new poem by Wendy Barker. I love this poem! But I feel obliged to point out that the nice thing about being able to answer the question, “What do you do for a living?” with “I teach English,” is not having to explain what it is you do after answering the question. I’ve had jobs that would generate a follow-up question, “So, what’s that?”, which directs the conversation into my answering a question that was not asked with the intention of getting an answer – it’s just “small talk.” It’s the small talk that gets to us, which is why most people should find Wendy’s poem entertaining as well as being very good prose poetry.
kenne
