MySpace http://blog.myspace.com/zahhar http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/29/m_d59eea116198401ea0af072c29c1aa76.jpg http://blog.myspace.com/zahhar en-US Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:48:28 GMT http://myspace.com blog.myspace.com 60 17048655   When I began seriously studying poetry in 2001, I started with the ghazal. I wanted to learn and master a very difficult form because I felt this would force me to develop my use of language, style,... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=523463114 Writing and Poetry http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=523463114 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:53:00 GMT   So little time and energy for writing lately. So, for the moment, a wee haiku: bear butte windswept seas of grass wash against the island rise of shaly brown slopes http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=520337069 Writing and Poetry http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=520337069 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:51:00 GMT   Every morning she prays her rosary. Although I am in no way religious, being there and in some way part of the process brings a certain peace to the moment and a sense of hope to the day ahead: mor... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=516689482 Writing and Poetry http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=516689482 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:00:00 GMT UnrealizedLife came through her garden, humming ageless songs within her throat. She snipped here and there seeking in her arbitrary way some perfection. Twigs and withered blossoms fell to rest ... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=513986509 Writing and Poetry http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=513986509 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:11:00 GMT     Contrast    I    She dreams amid the depthless id,        a realm of raw potential    drifting at the edge of thought.        Unmanifest essentialspercolate through layered folds of mindforever ju... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=503329107 Writing and Poetry http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=503329107 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:59:00 GMT   If a fragment of verse sits unchanged in a poem for six months, then maybe it's time to remove it from the poem and let it become its own creature. And sure enough, soon as I cut and pasted it into ... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=498458637 Writing and Poetry http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=498458637 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:26:00 GMT   A few days ago I returned from a two week long road trip with my significant other. The apex of this journey took place at the Devils Tower (Bear Tower by some accounts) national monument in Wyom... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=497919158 Writing and Poetry http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=497919158 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:05:00 GMT   Not much to say here. Just: realityhe longs to recallinnocence a time beforewhen he slid through nimbushopes on smooth white wingsbefore the sky fell crashingtwisted frames of light before radiat... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=486739817 Writing and Poetry http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=486739817 Sat, 02 May 2009 06:04:00 GMT   This was written in January 2006, a couple months before I began blogging here. It is the first of three related poems--the other two of which are "oak dream" and "markers"--that are each connected ... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=480009219 Writing and Poetry http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=480009219 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:51:00 GMT   I'm trying to learn what I've half forgotten, how to bring moments of thought--imaginary or reflective--to life through imagery in words. But with all the insights I've gained since before forgettin... http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=478926273 Writing and Poetry http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17048655&blogId=478926273 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:50:00 GMT