quantum problematicals

June 3, 2008 at 6:22 pm | Posted in antihaiku, poetry, writing | 17 Comments
Tags: crane, poetry, writing

It rained! And I have
this problem of frogs
throwing voices
he cranes his neck and
intently raises one long
fingered foot

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Excellent, I love the voice in this one,

Comment by Crafty Green Poet— June 3, 2008 #
Well this was an unexpected but pleasant surprise- this new theme- a sudden change of normalcy is always invigorating. But not as invigorating as your words are, no matter kept on which themed platter, decorated by themselves and not fonts…

And the artwork on top too is very cool, very intriguing…

Comment by Sumedh— June 3, 2008 #
Thanks, Crafty Green Poet and Sumedh, thankyou. I have been wanting to change it for a while but only today it suddenly came together in my head, the thought. The art work is an old file I made months ago, just a snippet of it from a piece called “Riverwalk”. How’s the Scrabulous is it my go?

Comment by Paul— June 3, 2008 #
The new theme feels like flowing into a dreamland over newly washed & violet perfumed bed sheets…

Regarding your QP, less is more Po! The less you blow words out the more you push the meaning forward.

Regarding your IQ, I am just curious to know the score:)

Comment by hayat— June 3, 2008 #
sooo Paul, what happens if i catch the froggie and kiss him?
warts or prince?

Comment by Lakota— June 3, 2008 #
love this new theme. it’s so bright and playful. great poem.

Comment by lissa— June 3, 2008 #
This is lovely, clear and fresh.
And it is bucketing down here, also.

Comment by enigma— June 3, 2008 #
The long fingered foot reminds me of tree frogs. I love the little buds on the ends of their feet, kind of like alien digits. If you were a frog, which kind would you be? I read once that frogs can live up to thirty years. Doesn’t that say something? A tender poem.

Comment by mariacristina— June 4, 2008 #
Oo, love the new theme. And this piece is great… I wish I had a long fingered foot…

Comment by Simonne— June 4, 2008 #
*grin*…loved this one. Love the new page too….looks smashing.

Comment by Tina— June 4, 2008 #
yes, it is your go! But seriously, that is stunning – every time I look at that header, new interpretations come up. Brilliant, I didn’t know this side to your art! So you scanned this, or what?

Comment by Sumedh— June 4, 2008 #
That’s a very big exclamation mark you have there in the poem! Yes, the rain made the frogs happy, made the poem happy and delicate. Lovely new layout btw… very refreshing.

Comment by Mary P— June 4, 2008 #
i have a picture in my head. i suppose that was the idea. good job!

Comment by burntmaze— June 4, 2008 #
Thanks everyone. There’s a lot of questions there. Firstly, I took some liberties with the poem. I saw him again this morning and he is a crested cattle egret not a crane but I claim poetic licence haha. “The less you blow words out the more you push the meaning forward” excellent advice from the secretly wise. I’m not sure what QP is, but my IQ varies, all the way up to fifty on a good day. If you are the crane, Lakota, the froggie is neither prince nor warts, but yummy. If I was a frog I would be a desert frog, I think, hibernates in dry gullies for decades and only comes out for a couple of weeks when it rains to reproduce and eat. And the header, I made it using Realdraw Pro, a free trial version which has expired. It’s a great painting tool. There, now I am off to work… have a fantabulous day, everybody, thanks again,

Comment by Paul— June 4, 2008 #
Ahh, and I figured out this template doesnt show tags, so I have fixed the structure (linebreaks) a little. Now it is a bit clearer, I think.

Comment by Paul— June 4, 2008 #
I like the new template.

I like frog posts!

Comment by gautami tripathy— June 5, 2008 #
QP: Quantum Problematicals

Comment by hayat— June 5, 2008 #