Posted in Blabla, Humor, Poetry, Scardanelli, Words, tagged 3WW, china shop, elephant, Humor, meme on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Maybe, if I weren’t an elephant
caught in a china shop,
I could afford to be cautious,
but asking that of me
as things are just is not human.
– Giancarlo Scardanelli
Written using the words cautious, human and maybe from 3WW.
Posted in Eden, Humor, Life, Literature, Words, World, tagged Darfur, Love, spring fever on May 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“If we were in Darfur, you would not be having this margarita, your spring fever would die quickly in the merciless sun, and that lace –”
“This lacy thing of yours?”
“This tiny lacy thing of mine you have your hand on would be considered extremely sinful.”
“Tell me more, my beautiful princess from Darfur.”
“Not princess – former [...]
Posted in Food, Hermeticism, Humor, Imagination, Literature, Mystery, Poetry, Surrealism, Words, World, tagged blue, blue planet, galactic hitchhiker, Planet Blue, sci-fi on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am on a different planet every day,
and today’s planet is small – the horizon
curves nearby, and I’m afraid I’ll fall off
if I walk more than a mile. Five miles,
and I’d be standing on my head.
This planet is blue and patterned, as if
somebody had traced curves in the sand
on a beach. It is a pleasant, [...]
Posted in Blabla, Humor, Life, Music, World, tagged Alice in Chains, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, L'ham de foc, Music, Pat Metheny on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Thanks to my American colleague and friend Christopher, my musical horizon has expanded greatly over the past year or so. I’ve come to know bands I’d never heard of before, such as Pearl Jam (I always think of ‘toe jam’ first), Alice in Chains and, an oddball combo from Catalonia, L’ham de foc.
Believe it or [...]
Posted in Blabla, Humor, Life, Love, Words, tagged 3WW, funny, remember, theatre on April 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s funny (or not?) that I remember the drama of our relationship above all. Looking back, I must say that I experienced it mostly as theatre on your part – you were always playing one role or another, and I’m not sure I ever encountered the real you.
– Niebla
Written using today’s words from 3WW – [...]
Posted in History, Humor, Imagination, Language, Life, Literature, Mystery, Words, World, tagged 3WW, Helena, Homer, Iliad, mysterious, parallel, Paris on April 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Helena walked with a mysterious bounce of her well-padded rear. The only difference between this story and its classic parallel was that there was no Paris around to watch…
– Niebla
This contemporary short rendering of the attraction that may have resulted in the Iliad shows how the whole tragedy of Troy could have been avoided.
Written to [...]
Posted in Blabla, Humor, Language, Life, Literature, Words, tagged novel, novella, novelty on March 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I went into the neighborhood novelty store that had opened a few days ago.
“Can I help you?”
“I’m looking for some novelties. Nothing specific.”
“I’ll be glad to show you some of our novelties. Are you more interested in classic or the latest novelties? We have new and used.”
“Only the most novel novelties, please. Used only if [...]
Posted in Food, Humor, Imagination, Language, Life, Literature, World, tagged grotesque, meme, rubes, ruby, story, surreal on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
When we finally arrived in Ruby City, the ruby-red sunset was upon us. One of the citizens, steeped in the ruby-red light of the passing day, showed us the way to the Ruby Hotel, the only one in town.
We found out that same evening that everything edible and potable in Ruby City was ruby-red.
In fact, [...]
Posted in Blabla, Dadaism, Death, Despair, Eden, Humor, Imagination, Language, Paradise, Poetry, Scardanelli, Words, tagged celebration, dada, Dickinson, Donne, nonsense, Vogelweide on February 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Thank you, unknown visitors, for 999 visits!
In celebration of which a dada poem derived from reflected and unreflected sources and eclectic syntactic influences:
Tandaraday
Death – do not despair*
Eden ith nair –
Tandaraday –
Where we lay
In days long past
Memory – thou hast
Tandaraday
– Scardanelli
* Having shed pride
Posted in Blabla, Hermeticism, Humor on January 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Today’s horoscope said:
You might crave social contact in a way that’s unusual for you. Generally you’re not comfortable around large groups, but today you might want to be surrounded by people. Go to a religious gathering or a political rally. Attend a workshop. Or listen to a lecture given by a local author. You’ll enjoy [...]
