Art Pepper Quartet 1981 – Body and Soul – YouTube
Archive for November, 2018
Ocean. From Album of 18 Daoist Paintings by Zhang Lu (1464-1538).
The philosophy that improves you by mocking your beliefs: Alan Jay Levinovitz introduces the Zhuang Zi.
Source: On the path to improvement, follow the jester, not the sage | Aeon Classics
labyrinthine
folds
of air
(anatomy of sky)
– Thomas Wilock
You don’t need to sacrifice your nonbinary identity to be sexual, because you do not need to perform gender during sex. There doesn’t have to be a male or female, dominant or submissive.
Source: 3 Keys to Having Sex With the Non-Binary Person, Even When That Person is You
aironi bianchi:
profuma il cielo di crisantemi
white herons:
the sky smells of mums
I want to
Kiss your light
the cornea’s
curve of
this world
first baby teeth
hesitant green
under snow
luna errante
ancora l’eco
di una canzone d’amore
wandering moon
still the echo
of a love song
luna d’inverno
la forma argentata
di un fiocco di neve
winter moon
the silvered shape
of a snowflake
OPEN QUARRY
open quarry the wound
earth laid bare barren
granite
so hard
under my skin
this endless pain
in what can no longer be mended
afternoon sunset
over the broken tarmac
small steps forward
villaggio antico. . .
nei caruggi deserti
l’ombra del vento
ancient village. . .
through the deserted caruggi
the shadow of the wind
[caruggi: narrow alleys, typical of Ligurian small towns]
13.11.18
Mid—November poem
The last six weeks of
the year taken up
from the start of
December (two weeks
away) by Christmas
excitement so as
the Year dies
the pace quickens
and we may no more
still to a quiet frost
or wonder at the
possibility of snow
becoming snow itself
than we may know
the thrill of summer
or time lost forever
The rejuvenation
is love’s whatever
we think or do
in silent space like the stars
appearing now and
then to be there
for us as needed
as we would be and are
ancora e ancora
cadono bisbigliando
foglie di quercia
again and again
they fall in a whisper oak leaves
bere acqua di sorgente
con tutta la faccia
tempo di pensionamento
drinking spring water
with your whole face —
retirement
loose thoughts
gone in a gust
year’s end
Source: December, 2018 – Otata