<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215</id><updated>2012-02-09T14:25:03.435-08:00</updated><category term='Language Lessons'/><category term='TV'/><category term='poem'/><category term='Rhinos'/><category term='Anonymous 4'/><category term='Multimedia'/><category term='Adam Moskowitz'/><category term='post-modern'/><category term='Philosophy'/><category term='humour'/><category term='Graphic Design'/><category term='Film Criticism'/><category term='art'/><category term='Chihuahua'/><category term='sanctuaries'/><category term='Sofia Coppola'/><category term='Quesos Mexicanos'/><category term='Politics'/><category term='French'/><category term='Asaderos'/><category term='Juarez'/><category term='sustainability'/><category term='Spanish Poetry'/><category term='pool'/><category term='Edye Gormet'/><category term='Mexican cooking'/><category term='motorcycles'/><category term='fuel'/><category term='Kafka'/><category term='Political Correctness'/><category term='Elephants'/><category term='family'/><category term='El Trio Los Panchos'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='Nature Poetry'/><category term='pop culture'/><category term='Commute'/><category term='love'/><category term='the Beatles'/><category term='Aaron Copland'/><category term='painting'/><category term='humor'/><category term='Tarahumara'/><category term='Mother&apos;s Day'/><title type='text'>Blackberry Poetry and Writings</title><subtitle type='html'>Paint your phone, bring it Life. Paint, Sing, Dance.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>31</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-4526868048210958832</id><published>2012-02-09T14:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T14:25:03.448-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Bane of Youth - The Arrogance of folly.</title><content type='html'>I'll begin softly, AAAArgh. I'm living with 4&amp;nbsp; twenty-year old girls, not women--yet. Lying, not softly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What comes out of their mouths--or doesn't, is truly remarkable sometimes in it's horror, at least that's what I'm noticing these days. Not their innocence, at all. Nor their naivete. I'm frankly astonished at the need some people have for rules and regulation and imposing them on others. I admit to following a "Live and let live." philosophy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I crave solitude and privacy and I have none. At least, that's what Google tells me. You can find me here and see what I look like, what I write, how I think. So there. I really don't like popping up in searches. I was outed by anonymous slayers. Outed in so many ways. Now how do I get my anonymity back? my discreteness? I&amp;nbsp; keep my glasses on to hide my green eyes. I wear my heart on my sleeve, unintentionally. I loved grad school, but it didn't love me. Is life one big high school with cliques and groups? I soared through it on my own high, unaware of the din I caused. And I did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a quote I once read, "You never know as much as you did at 25."&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I haven't written poetry since New Year's Eve, and that's long for me. I'm waiting for something. Maybe a haircut. Maybe a move. A different location, a different therapist - Its only a guess. That I'm waiting. Something should happen soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll start with a haircut and go from there. I really don't like living with 20somethings. or is kindness a lost art? then again, i've always been a bookworm and way too sensitive to go to Mongolia with some artist I didn't&lt;br /&gt;know well enough. Imagine that? Mongolia. wanted to take the train across Siberia from Russia. Travel doesn't seem to be in the cards for awhile. I'm certain a haircut will facilitate a better mood and appropriate action. So thanks for reading. 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Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-4526868048210958832?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/4526868048210958832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=4526868048210958832&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/4526868048210958832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/4526868048210958832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2012/02/bane-of-youth-arrogance-of-folly.html' title='The Bane of Youth - The Arrogance of folly.'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-3833918032211780260</id><published>2011-10-09T01:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T01:25:11.381-07:00</updated><title type='text'>External Guest Redirect</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrL927jX0I/AAAAAAAAAdE/aW_4E4sIKJI/s1600-h/IMG00016-20090608-2149.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353315370661011266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrL927jX0I/AAAAAAAAAdE/aW_4E4sIKJI/s200/IMG00016-20090608-2149.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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font-weight: normal;"&gt;The Early Guest&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;Leave happy&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;Never let—&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Let them&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;say you went&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;to Everest and back&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Say you built your house&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Alone&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;Very beautiful clothes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;beautiful&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;beautiful&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;renewable cabinets&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt; and all&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 1.0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;along the bay&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;you sail&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;with friends&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;up and down the coastal &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;maelstroms—&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;segues of love and banishment&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;listening to Riyuchi Sakamoto’s &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;minor chords&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;say you chart&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;the impractical—the&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Duende&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;of rivers and coastlines&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;juniper&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;labyrinths &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I built a river&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;to stow away &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;stones and anchors &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;in the corners&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;of your home.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-6117545617422186460?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/6117545617422186460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=6117545617422186460&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/6117545617422186460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/6117545617422186460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2011/04/early-guest-leave-happy-never-let-let.html' title=''/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-250082795393340975</id><published>2010-03-23T17:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T14:39:05.396-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Palenque</title><content type='html'>a collection of autumn&lt;br /&gt;paintings prints and leftovers&lt;br /&gt;miso chicken soup &amp;nbsp; tune&lt;br /&gt;the leeks the lentils&lt;br /&gt;admit to lying&lt;br /&gt;often &amp;nbsp;without remorse&lt;br /&gt;for this recipe &amp;nbsp; she shook&lt;br /&gt;the sky &amp;nbsp;broke the river&lt;br /&gt;stones into Sun God pyramids&lt;br /&gt;a wish to test the wood&lt;br /&gt;roots and berries--&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;there is a word for this&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;refuse to serve &amp;nbsp; rub&lt;br /&gt;the scarab harshly scenting&lt;br /&gt;another eon&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;wait&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;before you go&lt;br /&gt;at this height&lt;br /&gt;there is a tomb&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-250082795393340975?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/250082795393340975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=250082795393340975&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/250082795393340975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/250082795393340975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2010/03/palenque.html' title='Palenque'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-8647765390805384955</id><published>2009-12-14T15:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-16T18:54:28.253-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I am the House I was or Beach I Dreamt</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;a&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: normal;"&gt;rutilated quartz crystal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;  purports a Twin Peaks Skyway&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Taxi ferries  to Dog Patch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;  The fountain blares context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;three is a lovely number  when tossing coins-- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;curling limbs beget&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;softly  held lovers held over&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;  the downtown tundra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;  held down the way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;from banks  and Hotels— &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;I want to see it carved up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;  like a rhubarb pie from&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;the old Cafe Flore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;to build Gaudi Towers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;from Venetian necklaces&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;along Van Ness to the Marina.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;to sustainable &lt;a href="http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/scandinaviahotels/ss/icehotels.htm"&gt;Ice Hotels&lt;/a&gt; from&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Quebec to Scandanavia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;here in SF: the crystal quartz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;shines tubular Japanese&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Ice Hotel Rooms by Delancey Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;towering over their Christmas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;trees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-8647765390805384955?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8647765390805384955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=8647765390805384955&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8647765390805384955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8647765390805384955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-am-house-i-was-or-beach-i-dreamt.html' title='I am the House I was or Beach I Dreamt'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-910671985079853348</id><published>2009-11-29T13:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T20:12:10.268-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Travel</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;TRAVEL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;Today I saw a PBS show on Rome. It was Rick Steeves way and he loves history. With history and architecture we remember who we are, especially when we travel--without the accoutrements of our lives we become a deeper connected person to ourselves. If you travel with the intent to experience the place, you open yourself up to the awe before you, within you. I believe this is the connection that invigorates and lifts us to a knowing of ourselves in this world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;Its the same feeling one feels within when we hear a particular song or musical piece that sparks the fire within the heart and this rapture can actually be physical, much like falling in love can be. We fall in love with each other again, learn about new cultures, meet the people, learn how much we have in common. Needless to say the history of ancient civilizations, whether it is European or South American, or Chinese or Japanese--we do it one person at a time with the people we meet and exchange ideas and coffee and a laugh or two.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;All this knowing and learning and connection brings hope to everyone, especially ourselves as we realize dreams within and make plans for future trips or how we will do something different at home when we return.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;Or maybe it inspires you to read more about one or another subject you fell in love with--art, the Enlightenment, a fantastic new dish and spice to use at home. It is all hope and life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;I am a Television advocate. I want to imagine everyone with a television--even in far off countries--and I trust that it would be beneficial to see how others live. Wouldn't it be great if PBS became a worldwide corporation broadcasting the most informed programs around the world continuing its devotion to education and to scientific and spiritual inquiry? The Muppets are in Africa! And they're a big hit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;OF COURSE they are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;The Web is like that too. Freedom to see what the world is doing beyond one's own circle of life. It is the lens that changes from printing presses, carrier pigeons to television and the Internet and cell phones. In this human experience we are still doing the same thing we have done for eons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;We search. We explore. We learn and change, more than ourselves, but each other. I am convinced that every day is an opportunity to meet someone and make a difference. And sometimes we may never know how we impacted someone else.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;This makes me think of "smalltalk" with strangers. I love it. I think of it as the hallmark of a civilization, how we treat each other in our day to day existence. Kindness is how. When people travel here, they make assumptions of this country and how we are as a people by who they meet and how that interaction is carried out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;We are all emissaries in this world for one demographic or another. Or are we all emissaries for each other? Here together for one thing only? -- for each other.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;Next time you're on an elevator - start a conversation. Push someone's floor. Make a joke. Compliment someone. We're here together in that same (random?) way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;Not so random, if you read Carl Jung, who coined the term Synchronicity....for how there are no accidents in life. The symmetry of nature understood through complex mathematical equations from String theory to Chaos theory.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;Still when confronted with these magical moments of deja vu or Synchronicity it's not about answers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;Notice the stunning color of the leaves on the sidewalks these days, in the trees. I mean, its just astonishing how many colors there are and all of us do our best to re-create what is before us and in our hearts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;Thanks for reading.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-910671985079853348?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/910671985079853348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=910671985079853348&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/910671985079853348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/910671985079853348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/11/travel.html' title='Travel'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-8354440738207697781</id><published>2009-07-31T01:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T20:07:22.462-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sustainability'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Commute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kafka'/><title type='text'>Willie Loman reads Kafka</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SnKuzz-yi1I/AAAAAAAAAhY/6GUyd6cICJk/s1600-h/IMG00148-20090721-1359.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364542311301811026" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SnKuzz-yi1I/AAAAAAAAAhY/6GUyd6cICJk/s320/IMG00148-20090721-1359.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Paris or Prague&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;here: Montgomery&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;another messenger another&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;yield to                    what is&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;sustainable &lt;span style="color: white; font-size: 11pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;to  a blue screen/she said&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;but became the chocolate/tasty morsels &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;that never forgave her/recycling&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;golf courses/sway in thunder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;lightening works miracles&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;a juggler swallows a sword&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;and gags wing tip shoes&lt;br /&gt;tailored suit&amp;nbsp; sustainable&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;to commuter's necks adorned&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;in blue tattoos&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;wearing a riot act&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-8354440738207697781?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8354440738207697781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=8354440738207697781&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8354440738207697781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8354440738207697781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/07/willie-loman-reads-kafka.html' title='Willie Loman reads Kafka'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SnKuzz-yi1I/AAAAAAAAAhY/6GUyd6cICJk/s72-c/IMG00148-20090721-1359.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-5090785034577183874</id><published>2009-07-27T12:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T10:49:42.514-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Kayak in Mendocino</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 55px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 55px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;I threw up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;stars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;spilling into brilliant colors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;crackling aluminum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;—an urgency of light and words&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;I wanted you to see them&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;as the crows did&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;crawling from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;the monolith &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;they message: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;safety&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;--&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;just wait&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;an other something&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;a sea shore &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;whispers whispered&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;it isn’t so awkward to be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;                                            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;guided, is it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066;"&gt;I crave my totems&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;Sans swords – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;the storms in which i&amp;nbsp;live&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-5090785034577183874?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/5090785034577183874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=5090785034577183874&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/5090785034577183874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/5090785034577183874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/07/kayak-in-mendocino.html' title='Kayak in Mendocino'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-8112957375310954457</id><published>2009-07-07T11:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T11:44:44.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>When Billboards Collide</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:KaiTi;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;Magic curries favor storms over the countryside&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;conjures clichés hackneyed phrases freeway mambos&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;turnpike tangos&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;that’s what it took to play&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;when billboards collide&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;woodpeckers at work&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; hang the power &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;lines interfering  with my reception&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;a black tie affair&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;a reluctant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; wheel&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;a jettisoned driver&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;thoughtful&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;enunciation&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;has no provocation&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;you, right there&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;people of like mind&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;wonder&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;why &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;you’ll walk the earth&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;as the day is long&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;take me back&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;you kind &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;chimera&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;be strong&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;stay the course&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 2"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;go the distance&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;for instance&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;a well-attended wedding&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;often in the wild wild west&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;stagecoach ponies&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Indian Reservations &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;gave them peace&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;now give us a piece of your&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt; mine&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;give a little&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;bandy about&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;the out and proud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;a turn of the hand for a walk in the woods&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;by Walden’s&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;Pond, a short walk on a long pier&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;a long walk in the dust&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;bowl a murmur&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;is a line in the sand&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;I promise more&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;than enough for your title&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;I’ve got an idea&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Is it too late to join?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Count&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;on it &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;count the money&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;I’m still waiting&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;when you need a friend &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;spend a little&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;spend a lot mix and match jeans&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;mixed up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt; teens tell us what tell us why we have to we &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;have to know&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;where in the world is the rhyme?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;once in a bleu moon&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;sleep apnea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;hits you right in the gut&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;you just know it&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;when it &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;happens happened on the inside&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;hurts &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;on the inside&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;pass me the glass &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;you know yourself&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  it isn’t pretty but a day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; in the life&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;how can you stomach it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;It’s their culture&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;a balancing act&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I don’t want&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;I don’t need you&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I need you&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;that’s what &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;she said&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;are you serious? Well, it’s too late to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;change&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;the past&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;change your future—there’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;something&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;you’re not facing something&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;conspiratorial&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;theories abound&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;not a bleeding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt; heart&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;but a green party&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;plant a tree&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;plant &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;an idea&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;take it to the top  redwoods&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;sit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;think about it&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;wait a minute or a month&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;heaven knows&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I used to date her&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;you’ll have to make &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;a statement&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;to keep in touch&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I’ll call you&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;and&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;we can still be friends&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;dew drop inn&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;stay awhile and visit&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;are you happy?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;are you married?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;just the facts m’am&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;yes, they made an offer&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;leave it to them to know which&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;way is up&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;they make it look easy&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;I’m not kidding&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;were there any witnesses?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;it’s obvious&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;there were&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;bystanders&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;now you’ve got it&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;I told you&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;academic resources would blow your mind post&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;modern postal service provides ample opportunities don’t&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;think twice&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;it depends on the money honey&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;if you’ve got&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;the time&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I’ve got the money honey&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;we’ll go &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;for a ride along the beach&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;a one-way beach street &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;yields to no one&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;it just takes time to drive a long&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;hit it hard&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;take it easy, honest it’s a fascinating process&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;you’ve seen it&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;now teach&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;did you see that?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I do digress&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;all along the waterfront finally a better mousetrap&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;a tall tale affords reality a big deal&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;is cooking turkey&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;with a big gulp&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;on the side there’s nothing left to say&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:KaiTi"&gt;live your life&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;what the packing slip promised&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-8112957375310954457?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8112957375310954457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=8112957375310954457&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8112957375310954457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8112957375310954457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-billboards-collide.html' title='When Billboards Collide'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-929363724487645999</id><published>2009-07-02T16:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T22:13:53.250-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Multimedia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graphic Design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TV'/><title type='text'>High Definition Art - Afternoon TV</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk7jfjn82RI/AAAAAAAAAgo/hIYuD3PVsYE/s1600-h/IMG00093-20090702-1552.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk7jfjn82RI/AAAAAAAAAgo/hIYuD3PVsYE/s200/IMG00093-20090702-1552.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354467138268354834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk7jfl9UIaI/AAAAAAAAAgg/Fh5Nr_kd48A/s1600-h/IMG00084-20090702-1540.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk7jfl9UIaI/AAAAAAAAAgg/Fh5Nr_kd48A/s200/IMG00084-20090702-1540.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354467138894832034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk7jfa5GIZI/AAAAAAAAAgY/mFyly02uS_c/s1600-h/IMG00089-20090702-1550.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk7jfa5GIZI/AAAAAAAAAgY/mFyly02uS_c/s200/IMG00089-20090702-1550.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354467135924347282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk7jfMRoKXI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/N4eGjESuQ-8/s1600-h/IMG00099-20090702-1601.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk7jfMRoKXI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/N4eGjESuQ-8/s200/IMG00099-20090702-1601.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354467132000708978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk7jex2ULhI/AAAAAAAAAgI/hC0Eaq3VEKE/s1600-h/IMG00085-20090702-1549.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk7jex2ULhI/AAAAAAAAAgI/hC0Eaq3VEKE/s200/IMG00085-20090702-1549.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354467124906831378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;More Afternoon TV experiments with sonar/antennas and the Borg Artist in me. Deconstructionist, you say? You can click on each photo for a full screen image. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The following pieces were created by interfering with the antenna signal for an HDTV and fine tuning it to varying degrees of pixelation to photograph them with a PDA Phone (Blackberry).  This generated a brush stroke appearance if it could pixelate across a canvas, breaking up the image while retaining the colors. Its like QA, before Agile Development. A SciFi Temporality of Art.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1QYh_8pBI/AAAAAAAAAgA/GPTQ2aBNTt8/s1600-h/IMG00113-20090702-1712.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1QYh_8pBI/AAAAAAAAAgA/GPTQ2aBNTt8/s400/IMG00113-20090702-1712.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354023914387055634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1QYcs7J5I/AAAAAAAAAf4/Ji2M3NSkM7o/s1600-h/IMG00115-20090702-1714.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1QYcs7J5I/AAAAAAAAAf4/Ji2M3NSkM7o/s400/IMG00115-20090702-1714.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354023912965089170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1QX83mbJI/AAAAAAAAAfw/Si4J_2RD-sE/s1600-h/IMG00116-20090702-1717.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1QX83mbJI/AAAAAAAAAfw/Si4J_2RD-sE/s400/IMG00116-20090702-1717.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354023904419933330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1QXgT1uBI/AAAAAAAAAfo/hQW-kOXY3Kk/s1600-h/IMG00110-20090702-1711.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1QXgT1uBI/AAAAAAAAAfo/hQW-kOXY3Kk/s400/IMG00110-20090702-1711.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354023896753747986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1QXpT7GcI/AAAAAAAAAfg/iECQ-B80j6o/s1600-h/IMG00112-20090702-1711.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1QXpT7GcI/AAAAAAAAAfg/iECQ-B80j6o/s400/IMG00112-20090702-1711.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354023899170019778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1FxAQOB6I/AAAAAAAAAfY/lL6DJtSnNLY/s1600-h/IMG00109-20090702-1633.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1FxAQOB6I/AAAAAAAAAfY/lL6DJtSnNLY/s320/IMG00109-20090702-1633.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354012240197322658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Let's just say Content matters--so does a sense of humour. Honestly, Television looks so beautiful pixelated....a little Still Life, a little Abstract, Almost Impressionist, Portraits, and Sampling the TV Picture. Is that derivative? &lt;div&gt;or conceptual? Its all technology  machine art.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When will they finally build the antennas and satellite receivers onto tiny little chips so you don't have to mess with the accoutrements. I feel like Erma Bombeck.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1Fwwz79uI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/zJUce4adPDc/s1600-h/IMG00105-20090702-1605.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1Fwwz79uI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/zJUce4adPDc/s320/IMG00105-20090702-1605.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354012236052166370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1Fwdtz-GI/AAAAAAAAAfI/BFMVIG6ICdA/s1600-h/IMG00104-20090702-1604.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1Fwdtz-GI/AAAAAAAAAfI/BFMVIG6ICdA/s320/IMG00104-20090702-1604.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354012230926202978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1Fwb6qskI/AAAAAAAAAfA/qstHSLLHi9I/s1600-h/IMG00103-20090702-1604.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1Fwb6qskI/AAAAAAAAAfA/qstHSLLHi9I/s320/IMG00103-20090702-1604.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354012230443250242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1EmWm9teI/AAAAAAAAAe4/Rup3KL8wtB0/s1600-h/IMG00096-20090702-1554.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1EmWm9teI/AAAAAAAAAe4/Rup3KL8wtB0/s320/IMG00096-20090702-1554.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354010957708113378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1EmFkHS8I/AAAAAAAAAew/MnQBUo_RRYc/s1600-h/IMG00095-20090702-1554.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1EmFkHS8I/AAAAAAAAAew/MnQBUo_RRYc/s320/IMG00095-20090702-1554.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354010953132755906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1Elyju27I/AAAAAAAAAeo/nUw55UlWtbc/s1600-h/IMG00094-20090702-1553.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1Elyju27I/AAAAAAAAAeo/nUw55UlWtbc/s320/IMG00094-20090702-1553.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354010948030880690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1Elsa1jRI/AAAAAAAAAeg/QqKVDy7-Hnk/s1600-h/IMG00090-20090702-1551.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk1Elsa1jRI/AAAAAAAAAeg/QqKVDy7-Hnk/s320/IMG00090-20090702-1551.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354010946382957842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/elizabeth-terrazas" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;img style="border:0;vertical-align:middle;margin-left:.4em" src="http://static.technorati.com/static/img/pub/icon-utag-16x13.png?tag=elizabeth-terrazas" alt=" " /&gt;elizabeth terrazas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-929363724487645999?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/929363724487645999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=929363724487645999&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/929363724487645999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/929363724487645999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/07/high-definition-art-afternoon-tv.html' title='High Definition Art - Afternoon TV'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Sk7jfjn82RI/AAAAAAAAAgo/hIYuD3PVsYE/s72-c/IMG00093-20090702-1552.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-1301468514333480196</id><published>2009-06-30T19:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T14:20:07.427-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='post-modern'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nature Poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Anatomy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrFOibMpMI/AAAAAAAAAcc/cvzXe6rJZRA/s1600-h/SS850386.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353307960632976578" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrFOibMpMI/AAAAAAAAAcc/cvzXe6rJZRA/s400/SS850386.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrFOQDrkZI/AAAAAAAAAcU/lfzLzt58_js/s1600-h/SS850391.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353307955702501778" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrFOQDrkZI/AAAAAAAAAcU/lfzLzt58_js/s400/SS850391.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrFNwWP_mI/AAAAAAAAAcM/AdZnDcVMTXA/s1600-h/SS850392.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353307947190451810" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrFNwWP_mI/AAAAAAAAAcM/AdZnDcVMTXA/s400/SS850392.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ceviche gives you courage to conquer&lt;br /&gt;a young wives tale   i offer&lt;br /&gt;henna and tattoos&lt;br /&gt;celebratory champagne   Jaguar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dio gracias.  i saw her do that&lt;br /&gt;took the fish in hand&lt;br /&gt;filleted it   ordered a margarita&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;she left me   don't know if she's Georgia&lt;br /&gt;Caucases in Puebla  Guanajuato&lt;br /&gt;Hopi   i   wonder&lt;br /&gt;Copland for the wildnerness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the sternum bends and holds&lt;br /&gt;cartilage probably    inside Jaguar&lt;br /&gt;on velvet    Elvis shadows&lt;br /&gt;candid French barrels&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in tequila lilt the songs&lt;br /&gt;tilting flowers&lt;br /&gt;an old wives tale    less than maguey&lt;br /&gt;more than imagery&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-1301468514333480196?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/1301468514333480196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=1301468514333480196&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/1301468514333480196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/1301468514333480196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/06/anatomy.html' title='Anatomy'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrFOibMpMI/AAAAAAAAAcc/cvzXe6rJZRA/s72-c/SS850386.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-293866865111844887</id><published>2009-06-30T18:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T22:59:17.363-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pool'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pop culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>if a broken mirror</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq8fsM2PBI/AAAAAAAAAbk/47Ggvx4_JFo/s1600-h/SS850325.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq8fsM2PBI/AAAAAAAAAbk/47Ggvx4_JFo/s320/SS850325.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353298359710268434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq8faJDhpI/AAAAAAAAAbc/VTT7A4sIHc0/s1600-h/SS850324.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq8faJDhpI/AAAAAAAAAbc/VTT7A4sIHc0/s320/SS850324.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353298354862524050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq7BQAA7ZI/AAAAAAAAAbU/DeV-BztuslU/s1600-h/SS850323.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq7BQAA7ZI/AAAAAAAAAbU/DeV-BztuslU/s320/SS850323.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353296737232547218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq6cJVhcFI/AAAAAAAAAbM/rcf3mWhTePE/s1600-h/SS850322.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq6cJVhcFI/AAAAAAAAAbM/rcf3mWhTePE/s320/SS850322.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353296099788550226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq6botMq9I/AAAAAAAAAbE/j_JYabP4e3g/s1600-h/SS850321.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq6botMq9I/AAAAAAAAAbE/j_JYabP4e3g/s320/SS850321.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353296091029482450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq5PliImOI/AAAAAAAAAa8/ed17lDcwDRM/s1600-h/SS850320.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq5PliImOI/AAAAAAAAAa8/ed17lDcwDRM/s320/SS850320.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353294784507713762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cerulean blue atmospheres lean&lt;br /&gt;left in the wind    left behind   left ahead&lt;br /&gt;the palms illuminate the lifelines&lt;br /&gt;of Planck length theories&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a patient breeze celebrates&lt;br /&gt;brilliant yellow monarchs&lt;br /&gt;cypress branches in Pacific Grove&lt;br /&gt;a southerly migration to Michoacan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a gentle implosion in her head&lt;br /&gt;conjures stormy decadent&lt;br /&gt;chestnuts at the Japanese market&lt;br /&gt;Februaries roll through Maverick dreams&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if the sky will open a mariner's song&lt;br /&gt;will the bird become   word&lt;br /&gt;and the milk maid find her way&lt;br /&gt;to the white topped hills of Andulusia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-293866865111844887?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/293866865111844887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=293866865111844887&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/293866865111844887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/293866865111844887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/06/if-broken-mirror.html' title='if a broken mirror'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skq8fsM2PBI/AAAAAAAAAbk/47Ggvx4_JFo/s72-c/SS850325.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-6091509842604212229</id><published>2009-06-06T14:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T10:16:04.329-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sustainability'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motorcycles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fuel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sanctuaries'/><title type='text'>Green Motorcycles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/models/img/g5/g5-classic-34.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/models/img/g5/g5-classic-34.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 336px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 450px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Transit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;let it run   ride rough&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;eminent domain&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;sanctuaried saguaros&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;motocross   4 wheelers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i must get 2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;easy on the water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;fire hydrant rush&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;sidewalk cafe street&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;smokers and pints&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;or tea )or coffee(&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;wild ponies ride&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i am here. i am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;just&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;because is like &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;a     spacesaver&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;thus not the same&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;as&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;tree.  Climbing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;is this a thing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;where. not yet a turn.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;hydrangea. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;legumes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/models/img/classic-c5/c5-right-red.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/models/img/classic-c5/c5-right-red.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 249px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 450px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/models/img/classic-c5/c5-right-red.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-6091509842604212229?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/6091509842604212229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=6091509842604212229&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/6091509842604212229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/6091509842604212229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html' title='Green Motorcycles'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-5765450454760634585</id><published>2009-05-29T11:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T17:08:59.304-07:00</updated><title type='text'>wanna wanna wallah</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkqpArOEPHI/AAAAAAAAAak/_kmAzgg9mFE/s1600-h/white+dutch+tulips.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 88px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkqpArOEPHI/AAAAAAAAAak/_kmAzgg9mFE/s400/white+dutch+tulips.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353276936150072434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skqo1e4ZD1I/AAAAAAAAAac/8Pa1j0tl7RE/s1600-h/white+dutch+tulips.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 88px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/Skqo1e4ZD1I/AAAAAAAAAac/8Pa1j0tl7RE/s320/white+dutch+tulips.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353276743859375954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkqninSdX1I/AAAAAAAAAaU/9BXKI_X-c98/s1600-h/white+dutch+tulips.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 88px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkqninSdX1I/AAAAAAAAAaU/9BXKI_X-c98/s200/white+dutch+tulips.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353275320187051858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Wanna Wanna wanna&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;gesund    heights   Pac heights&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;she splits carefully&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;bigtime like ing&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:ES"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;a&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;b&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;c&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;d 9 8 7 4&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language:ES"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;de serve &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Z~&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language:ES"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;hi rize&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;jump&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;trampoline trumped&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language:ES"&gt;Europa &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Europa &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Kate here: take&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;take&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;an Epsom salt&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Jump jump &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;wanna have sushi? wanna burrito?&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"&gt;Eliza are you? &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                              &lt;/span&gt;out there? &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Not like me but are you&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                              &lt;/span&gt;all the biographies and paranormal books&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;                              &lt;/span&gt;we could get our hands on&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;bus rides&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Girl Scouting&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;vines like Tarzan&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;magic bus &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;be serious I kin knot spell how much we&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;lost      gained &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;deference&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;deferred&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;to Neruda &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;another &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;flower arises&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt; spelling bees&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;una flor blanca&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;elizabeth terrazas  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-5765450454760634585?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/5765450454760634585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=5765450454760634585&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/5765450454760634585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/5765450454760634585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/05/wanna-wanna-wallah.html' title='wanna wanna wallah'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkqpArOEPHI/AAAAAAAAAak/_kmAzgg9mFE/s72-c/white+dutch+tulips.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-3838836496716877345</id><published>2009-05-19T20:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T20:35:23.870-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wireless</title><content type='html'>I've been in this cafe all day goofing off online. /Tweeting Twitter. Looking for a new place to live. Its pretty scary out there. Election day. They said only 35% of the people would vote today. I voted to be part of the majority. Not that I'm not interested, but I had to look for work or clients or a new place to live...&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But isn't it always when we have important unpleasant things to do that we download old tyme songs and look up Ella Fitzgerald or Manhattan Transfer to drown out the incessant "its a bad economy" chatter. Not that I hear that all the time. Just today.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So I downloaded some old 40s, 60s songs that I cant listen to as I seem to have messed up the speakers/audio when trying to make a phone call. OH well. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(This feels like a long Tweet.)  Anyway, all the regulars are here now at Smokey's Day of the Dead Cafe. Winston, Smokey, Paul was here, Johanna, and they're doing karaoke now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Its nice.  like a pleasant anesthesia at the dentist's office. Everyone is happy and excited to sing. They're playing the old Motown love songs...cool.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The lights on Grand Avenue are in that state between night and dusk, just after pink and it looks surreal, like a giant movie set that needs a script--a soundtrack.  My friend T. used to say that his wife G. "doesn't have a soundtrack" mostly because she wasn't the type to associate songs directly with experiences in her life.  Georgia doesn't sit around much. She's always on the move rescuing dogs and cats. Think she's an ASPCA person now. Living the good life on an island.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is greatly exaggerated however.  We listened to Rock back then in LA.  KROQ when it started...with "alternative" music. I wonder what happened to that? I got old, that's what. Oops!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You move on and get busy and that's pretty much it. Especially these days with all the new types of art/music/poetry/anything scene that weaves it all together creating what were once Art Installations--like Laurie Anderson. Superman. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I love the whole Superhero story. Who doesn't? Like the little Matilda--BAM. What a lovely movie that is. Isn't Danny DeVito kooky in that? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ok, I wandered enough. Thankfully, there's not many people reading this. You know how blogs are. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;P.S.  Outside there's talk of champagne, closer to dusk now. Ambling in the amplitude of new friends.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;C ya.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-3838836496716877345?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/3838836496716877345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=3838836496716877345&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/3838836496716877345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/3838836496716877345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/05/wireless.html' title='Wireless'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-5441063540659216513</id><published>2009-05-17T09:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T22:35:48.173-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Geo gee-oh gee</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrAFKQb6-I/AAAAAAAAAb0/b9Jf60dE9nY/s1600-h/SS850358.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrAFKQb6-I/AAAAAAAAAb0/b9Jf60dE9nY/s320/SS850358.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353302301968428002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;vanquished rubber&lt;div&gt;a Lincoln penny&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;almost it says Wait&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i'm a little tired but&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;a nightingale sang&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;hazy days pink &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;shadows a nosferatu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;first things first&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;does a picnic&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;am a logi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cal solution&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;another K in comet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kleen da sink&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;a half bottle&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;just a half oh heavens&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;to Betsy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;am i goldurned tarred&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;listing listing left&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;left did Chester Ruby &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mae April, come she will...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;disk drive is full&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;up&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hear Ye! Hear Ye!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i beckon minstrels&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;seriously beg for&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;songs n turkey legs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;may I&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;speak of this in 2009&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mr. Wilde indeed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i just cannot say.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;you missed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;something, where&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;is your 3day weekend?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oh Lawdy mint juleps&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;quiet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;it &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;down&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;doncha hate is strong&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;sentiment. 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Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-5441063540659216513?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/5441063540659216513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=5441063540659216513&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/5441063540659216513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/5441063540659216513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/05/geo-gee-oh-gee.html' title='Geo gee-oh gee'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9TJVo0uscNk/SkrAFKQb6-I/AAAAAAAAAb0/b9Jf60dE9nY/s72-c/SS850358.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-6302085065821519965</id><published>2009-05-10T11:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T12:10:26.530-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mother&apos;s Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mexican cooking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Recipe - Mother's Day 2009 - for my mother</title><content type='html'>my body climate runs&lt;div&gt;global warming&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;still. runs bicycles&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;is it the blood thinner?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;choosing memory. dairy. cheese.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;cool results  Abuelito Miguel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;art.  Mom's father. that's all.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;loved cats too. surprise&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;everyone surprised. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;cousins and proximity&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;cousins and Califas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; 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Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-6302085065821519965?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/6302085065821519965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=6302085065821519965&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/6302085065821519965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/6302085065821519965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/05/recipe-mothers-day-2009-for-connie.html' title='Recipe - Mother&apos;s Day 2009 - for my mother'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-1339282205427756184</id><published>2009-05-05T15:06:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T06:41:32.318-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My title is Was</title><content type='html'>whiteonlymatters&lt;div&gt;if then is cares   bloated head of cabbage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   estate your purpose   or means&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; by what means do you          &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;travel  hindsight, she said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the taxi driver through us out&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; was financial not&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;cigarettes more illogical because w3re&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;formulated "godliness is +/- &amp;amp; &gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i'm only being nice to you&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;incomplete compost bins&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;oyster shells nourish   a koi pond&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;they traveled in pairs - go&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;to girl go to airports    - go&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;        quietly police officer offer it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i don't have a have not   couldve &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;been a&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;mebbe i have one  after all   this&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"let's Have"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;some tea.  Be&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;your heart desires..  sometimes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;a great biology of circumspect&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   spectacle   and c and k are harsh&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; letters  to use&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;is to love as is to like   purely theoretically&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;supposedly unbound    Promethean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;is seen often   it's in the eyes of jasmine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;it's all right there under a blue &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;star      a blue black heart&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   hit inside   someone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;inside somewhere leftover &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;    the night before&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;her lover left   a blue &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i told you everything, still&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;would be nice to keep.  would&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;be    essentially. is quixotic&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;bricks.  at last a step&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;walk faster. Honest&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i do did was am now&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;for a little while longer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the lightening has left&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;my hands  where &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; myth began   another episode&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;elizabeth terrazas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-1339282205427756184?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/1339282205427756184/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=1339282205427756184&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/1339282205427756184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/1339282205427756184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-title-is-was.html' title='My title is Was'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-2220308945235497780</id><published>2009-04-25T14:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-25T14:35:42.362-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I don't want</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;For Hannah Bear, my friend and companion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;i don't want&lt;div&gt;i don't&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;need&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i don't want to pay for anything&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i want to pay for everything&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;for her        everything&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;she dreamed rivers   i know she did&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; redwoods     barns&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;      new writing desks  keyboards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;finally  New Mexico&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   Georgia O'Keefe ranches&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;d. h. lawrence San Miguel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;i knew her well    will travel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;       her world &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;another vale   a Briggadoon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;a wish&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;elizabeth terrazas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-2220308945235497780?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='' href='http://www.facebook.com/home.php' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/2220308945235497780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=2220308945235497780&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/2220308945235497780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/2220308945235497780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-dont-want-i-dont-need-i-dont-want-to.html' title='I don&apos;t want'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-918463008079911328</id><published>2009-04-19T23:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T10:45:27.455-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What does Susan Boyle have in common with Judy Garland?</title><content type='html'>Well among other things a power house voice and incredible ability to sing. I long for Clark Gable's ears.....for Mae West's buxom figure and plentitude....with the sharp wit, of course. Let's bring real talent back and dump the pre-pubescent boys and girls for the real thing. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We had something one time. President Obama has it now. Big Ears. Oh yes, they're big, but who cares? I think its about time we dump the MTV and Abercrombie &amp;amp; Fitch look and what "they" tell us to embrace real grace and talent....real beauty.  What is beauty? a curse i say. Not that I know, actually. I've never thought of myself as " beautiful."  I know I'm on a wire now...i'm always on a wire, tenously holding onto friends that are embarassed about what I write.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So here I am now...in love with Susan Boyle's performance and not so in love with the talk about her looks and what not.   I long for an innocence when we loved our performers for their fragility, their frailty, and humanity. We are all the same aren't we?  Worried about what some people think, do we fit in, why don't I get more phone calls? Less phone calls? the Right phone calls? what is the right phone call? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-918463008079911328?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/918463008079911328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=918463008079911328&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/918463008079911328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/918463008079911328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-does-susan-boyle-have-in-common.html' title='What does Susan Boyle have in common with Judy Garland?'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-8497865156764521368</id><published>2009-04-18T18:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T18:05:54.991-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blackberry Poetry and Writings: Paracaidistas Hacienditas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/paracaidistas-hacienditas.html#links"&gt;Blackberry Poetry and Writings: Paracaidistas Hacienditas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-8497865156764521368?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/paracaidistas-hacienditas.html#links' title='Blackberry Poetry and Writings: Paracaidistas Hacienditas'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8497865156764521368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=8497865156764521368&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8497865156764521368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8497865156764521368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/blackberry-poetry-and-writings.html' title='Blackberry Poetry and Writings: Paracaidistas Hacienditas'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-8180089998361888383</id><published>2009-04-18T17:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T18:04:46.330-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='El Trio Los Panchos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chihuahua'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juarez'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Edye Gormet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quesos Mexicanos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tarahumara'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spanish Poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Asaderos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Paracaidistas Hacienditas</title><content type='html'>me da miedo me da sed tirate&lt;div&gt;los tirantes  dame la lumbre que la luna&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   se va  desapareciendo. media luna  otra ave&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ve la  volo   mientras leo se guarda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;una senora  las munequitas   que baillan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;no te miento, fue milagro.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;paracaidistas las casitas  sobrevivieron&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;haciendas   sobrevivi munequitas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;lindas madres  Conchita, Luz, Esperanza&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jesusita, Tamales Tia Marta, rebozos&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tarahumara, quesos Menonita.....andale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Azadero!  El Milagro de mi madre&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;el chisme corre por Califas  mientame&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;la ola   mienta la hora   las noticias &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;por que viene Chihuahua,  viene&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Juarez     en el Norte cantamos rancheras&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"que  bonito es Chihuhua..."     &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Era.  Sera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;      mas libre sere&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;"me importas tu y tu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;........y tu y solamente tu...."*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;elizabeth terrazas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(the song Piel Canela sung by El Trio Los Panchos and Edye Gormet is the best version &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;of this enchanting classic.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-8180089998361888383?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8180089998361888383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=8180089998361888383&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8180089998361888383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8180089998361888383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/paracaidistas-hacienditas.html' title='Paracaidistas Hacienditas'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-6557344932864657503</id><published>2009-04-16T20:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T23:27:24.661-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='post-modern'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anonymous 4'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Beatles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Lunatico</title><content type='html'>a mirage takes hold a vision&lt;br /&gt;Joshua Tree anthem of cuisines&lt;br /&gt;the new regulars seek comfort&lt;br /&gt;food discover a gem dine-a-thon&lt;br /&gt;in Palm Springs, become punctuated&lt;br /&gt;rules to live by and large we hold&lt;br /&gt;these truths to be&lt;br /&gt;self-evident evidently runways&lt;br /&gt;alongside marshes grocery markets&lt;br /&gt;recover downside is upside the head. Start skip&lt;br /&gt;off the roof into a window a bathroom window&lt;br /&gt;a second story fire escaped Jesus! did I&lt;br /&gt;jump?! rock climb a freeway---weathered&lt;br /&gt;misconstrued Miss Conduct, (I say?)&lt;br /&gt;reportedly untouted and mmm….yes .&lt;br /&gt;does anyone remember Lee Marvin?&lt;br /&gt;he drinks red wine at the next&lt;br /&gt;table. Isn’t it like Paul Newman&lt;br /&gt;to make me cry in a grocery aisle?&lt;br /&gt;Less like Warhol and more like.&lt;br /&gt;Angela notices a difference between 15—&lt;br /&gt;fifteen whole minutes and 30 seconds#####&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;iiiiiiiiiii, I mean for art and love&lt;br /&gt;Are the same . thing. Recognize&lt;br /&gt;Authentic. Artistic. Post-modern pooh….&lt;br /&gt;my Tao of love. Again. Is it alright&lt;br /&gt;to film you reading…record. Nuance. Her&lt;br /&gt;lips open so quietly. Soft&lt;br /&gt;music of 13th century acapella Praise.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-6557344932864657503?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/6557344932864657503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=6557344932864657503&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/6557344932864657503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/6557344932864657503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/lunatico.html' title='Lunatico'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-5338946366983722710</id><published>2009-04-16T19:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T19:43:39.877-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nature Poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elephants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aaron Copland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rhinos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>For Aaron Copland</title><content type='html'>Bedside manners     its important&lt;br /&gt;to remember Rhinos are loveable&lt;br /&gt;Sterling makes a difference in&lt;br /&gt;Coffee service      keep&lt;br /&gt;         the honeymoon L0cKed&lt;br /&gt;do not disturb                                   never leave&lt;br /&gt;laundry on the floor          never hide&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did break glass    did make a film.  We were&lt;br /&gt;Seen        are heard!  Now begins                &lt;br /&gt;                the fan fare&lt;br /&gt;the Hoedown    the fandango   y pachanga&lt;br /&gt;a Rhinoceros         a hippopotamus&lt;br /&gt;         elephants marry…….&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;elizabeth terrazas&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-5338946366983722710?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/5338946366983722710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=5338946366983722710&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/5338946366983722710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/5338946366983722710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/for-aaron-copland.html' title='For Aaron Copland'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-8818638776507807055</id><published>2009-04-16T13:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T16:48:18.934-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Silence is an Answer</title><content type='html'>i once knew Reign&lt;br /&gt; did end the rain. the certitude&lt;br /&gt;              back pocket food emergencies&lt;br /&gt;ended nom   random. de. pleume.  ar.e U.&lt;br /&gt;chimichurri.  Haricots verts&lt;br /&gt;              che'vere.&lt;br /&gt;its not a ship i want to grow up to be&lt;br /&gt;its not wanting. alimento&lt;br /&gt;              a Captain's table. a microphone&lt;br /&gt;Sounds like  "$"   loose jeans&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      One word, first word&lt;br /&gt;Found. This table  you  this teapot&lt;br /&gt;that lamp, me a new word, a new&lt;br /&gt;dive. a better burger   Pelikans&lt;br /&gt;              pens and birds   &lt;br /&gt;                                              brushed&lt;br /&gt;    like an untamed sword     a graceful&lt;br /&gt;swan from a Haiku   a tanka    a novice&lt;br /&gt;dreams    silent mountains     calm tatamis&lt;br /&gt;Now you see.  why=&lt;br /&gt;   a jerk. a Fountain. a Castle--&lt;br /&gt;       Easy.   the maze&lt;br /&gt;i'm not kidding it’s a moat. I meant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moot.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;elizabeth terrazas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-8818638776507807055?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/8818638776507807055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=8818638776507807055&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8818638776507807055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/8818638776507807055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/silence-is-answer.html' title='Silence is an Answer'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-7222665434461316557</id><published>2009-04-16T13:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T17:06:53.635-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='post-modern'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Political Correctness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adam Moskowitz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Film Criticism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sofia Coppola'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Twittering</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Ok, how long am i supposed to wait for a conversation to start?  I might be odd, or maybe I'm a writer......how can i write just one line---&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Adam Moskowitz, a-close-friend-of-mine, no--really, he is....but i can't help joking at the awkwardness of how to say it and not sounding cliche.  Anyway, we were talking about Facebook. I'm on and doing my thing with it, but it took me a long time to understand. Explaining this to Adam I said, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"At first I thought it was an exercise in narcisism." He turned to look at me and said, "that is so weird. I was looking in the mirror when you said that."  We think it'd be a great scene in a film. Something like a Sofia Coppola movie, who by the way, is underrated. I loved "Marie Antoinette."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Why? Its the incredible restraint and muted Louie and Marie A.  Did she intend the Post-Modern Palette and Soundtrack? Yes. I bet she did. Maybe everyone noticed how the blues and hues glowed vibrant off the screen. All the colors had parts....its more than costumes in this film. Language poetry come alive! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;me blue, food powdered, dripping nougat....awkward King. They do seem confused in the film, like they don't really know their parts well as actors, but of course it was deemed as bad acting. I think it points to an accurate depiction of the youth and folly of decadence and poor decisions in and of an age where mistakes like that could not  be tolerated.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Back to the metaphor: there is one isn't there?  for now. for political correctness of all kinds...fear of retribution.....aren't we mute and powerless or at least--feel we are sometimes......all of us. Oh i didn't mean to bring up such a serious topic for this film.  Its a challenge to transition from the labels of language from the past to redefine and re-invent a new language for who we know and what we knew--people, places, things, countries.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So rent the DVD and get some chocolate strawberries a bottle of champagne and watch the movie as if it were an unfolding tapestry or quilt for our recent era...its a little Dwight Eisenhower, wasn't it? (tense)  Those Bushes, just a little scarier.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;tks,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;e&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-7222665434461316557?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/7222665434461316557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=7222665434461316557&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/7222665434461316557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/7222665434461316557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/twittering.html' title='Twittering'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498179216983001215.post-1704428483069389828</id><published>2009-04-15T15:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T17:09:53.532-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='post-modern'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spanish Poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Language Lessons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Language Lesson</title><content type='html'>La Plume. The Eraser.&lt;br /&gt;El etudiant. el conejo zapatea.&lt;br /&gt;the clover and honeybees&lt;br /&gt;have friends, la golondrina&lt;br /&gt;el ouvre c’est demain. « demand «&lt;br /&gt;dit la filles. El memento on the table&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moment has begun to charge&lt;br /&gt;Me language my science desires Sarte&lt;br /&gt;Watches Hildgarde Sor Juana redress&lt;br /&gt;A dress. A hat in the cap is @ once&lt;br /&gt;On the lad though she lights&lt;br /&gt;In a nunnery she writes like a cumbia&lt;br /&gt;“beloved F’aa Punta de Lapiz&lt;br /&gt;Punta de caйa punta de burra&lt;br /&gt;Eres sincera. Si era&lt;br /&gt;Methinks.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;elizabeth terrazas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Hello, have a great day. Tks for reading. e&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2498179216983001215-1704428483069389828?l=blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/feeds/1704428483069389828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2498179216983001215&amp;postID=1704428483069389828&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/1704428483069389828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2498179216983001215/posts/default/1704428483069389828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackberrypodpoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/language-lesson.html' title='Language Lesson'/><author><name>elixabeth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16616029547370944989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PgISpeIIwos/Th-NsCrWirI/AAAAAAAAApc/NHAsXxLdGIc/s220/Snapshot_20110712_2.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
