http://idylist.com Poems Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:26:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Meet me in the courtyard under the shade of the lovers tree, We’ll picnic on salmon and fine wine, just the birds just you and me, As we lay there I’ll whisper sweet poetry in to your dainty ear, On second thoughts lets forget this, I’m off to the pub ... http://idylist.com/2008/07/05/meet-me/ 10 July – 2 August 2008 Chalk Horse Gallery in Surry Hills New works by Ruark Lewis and Stuart Fleming. Exhibition opening from 6 to 8pm next Thursday the 10th. Ruark Lewis (Front Gallery and Project Space) AN INDEX OF KINDNESS “An exhibition ... http://idylist.com/2008/07/05/reasons-to-be-cheerful-part-2/ I’ve always been a huge fan of the work of Paul Henning, but I wasn’t expecting to find this gem featuring Dennis Hopper. It gives me an excuse to work on the problems of hosting/embeding flash video. I can generate .flv files with no problems, but the ... http://idylist.com/2008/07/05/poetry-corner-1/ She Walks On Water It is dusk. The air is heavy with salt spray and kelp. The seagull’s tongue is dumb. Dark wings hide the face of the madonna on the beach. Twin silver starfish lift a long skirt, reveal pale knees, a cerulean scarf flutters in the breeze. Unseen ... http://idylist.com/2008/07/05/poem-by-michelle-mcgrane-ii/ “For the poet, each word represents sound and meaning; the music of meaning is shaped by words that fall left or right of a single word. Each word is an increment of the whole. Perhaps we are drawn to poetry because language vibrates (is an action), and we seem ... http://idylist.com/2008/07/04/an-elegant-epigraph-yusef-komunyakaa/ Pain to See I cover my eyes with my hands, fingers tight together, peekaboo. Except I do not remove them ever. Refusing to see, eyes closed also, an extra barrier. I have learned to feel my way, picking my path, dragging my feet, following my nose, picking up my ... http://idylist.com/2008/07/04/midnight-poetry/ When I was 7 years old, I got my very first Cookie Puss for a birthday cake. For 8 consecutive years, my birthday always consisted of a homemade card from my mom with her god awful (but sweet and sentimental) poetry and a Cookie ... http://idylist.com/2008/07/04/cookiepuss/ We are just home from the Best. Fireworks. Ever. I kid you not. We were out in our canoe on Ladybird Lake. I had to ride like Cleopatra in the middle of the boat due to my tweaky back. Hubby and girls paddled ... http://idylist.com/2008/07/04/poetry-friday-better-late-than-never/ Now pursuing truth I make new moves and am more business-like … I must learn more I’ll take to interstices I’ll live in the wall that divides I’ll watch with my bespectacled unblinking eye I’ll see all sides It’s two years since the ... http://idylist.com/2008/07/04/leicester-style/ Stretching from the peak of Snowdon to Bardsey Island (or Ynys Enlli - the Island of the Tides), the Llyn Peninsula is a unique and beautiful part of North Wales, renown for its natural charm and mild climate. So spectacular is its coastline that many thousands of ... http://idylist.com/2008/07/04/discover-the-llyn-peninsula/