She sprang forward with
her plastic sword, declaring
war on France’s foes.
– Leonard “Spectator” Blumfeld
Wasn’t quite with it last night at the open air theater on the stairs of Lukaskirche in Suttgart. The short version of Schiller’s Joan of Arc play seemed a bit ludicrous, and that’s what the haiku above is about ... in so few words.
The photo is from the show, but from another scene of the play.
This world is so wide that, even if you flitted around and around it, you would never reach the end of it. This blog is a collage of more or less literary and humorous, outlandish or sometimes even serious glimpses at this great wide world.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Somebody tipped the window
Somebody tipped the window,
and now I've got all the
traffic on B10 for infotainment.
– Leonard "Lone Worker" Blumfeld
My new office at its very best. It's either too hot or too noisy... Thanks to the powers that sent me here.
This was intended to be a haiku but grew a little too fat. I'll call it a bigku (like the BigMac, which also has too much inside).
and now I've got all the
traffic on B10 for infotainment.
– Leonard "Lone Worker" Blumfeld
My new office at its very best. It's either too hot or too noisy... Thanks to the powers that sent me here.
This was intended to be a haiku but grew a little too fat. I'll call it a bigku (like the BigMac, which also has too much inside).
Friday, July 9, 2010
Roads and roads and roads
Roads
and
roads and
roads I've been
on lately - black and
grey and long. Roads and roads and roads.
- Leonard "On the Road" Blumfeld
Written for One Single Impression and 'Roads' from on the road. I've been traveling in Utah and Colorado for the past two weeks. It's been a wonderful trip, and the roads, even though they were indeed black and grey and long, were great and took us through amazing landscapes.
and
roads and
roads I've been
on lately - black and
grey and long. Roads and roads and roads.
- Leonard "On the Road" Blumfeld
Written for One Single Impression and 'Roads' from on the road. I've been traveling in Utah and Colorado for the past two weeks. It's been a wonderful trip, and the roads, even though they were indeed black and grey and long, were great and took us through amazing landscapes.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Love is all around me / he tries again
For her
“Here’s a budge, Lucy. Fresh from the garden.”
“Thank you, Homer. What lovely leaves.”
“You do not seem to be very happy about this present.”
“How can you tell?”
“By the slight wrinkle of your nose.”
“You’re right, Homer, I’m not that pleased. I’d hoped for a pretty little nimble garnished with theory instead of this vegetable, fresh as it may be.”
“Sorry to have failed you yet again.”
“You know me, Homer. Hard to please.”
– Leonard “Still Mystified” Blumfeld (© 2010)
Written with budge, nimble and theory from 3WW.
“Here’s a budge, Lucy. Fresh from the garden.”
“Thank you, Homer. What lovely leaves.”
“You do not seem to be very happy about this present.”
“How can you tell?”
“By the slight wrinkle of your nose.”
“You’re right, Homer, I’m not that pleased. I’d hoped for a pretty little nimble garnished with theory instead of this vegetable, fresh as it may be.”
“Sorry to have failed you yet again.”
“You know me, Homer. Hard to please.”
– Leonard “Still Mystified” Blumfeld (© 2010)
Written with budge, nimble and theory from 3WW.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Trembling night
The tenuous bamboo bridge spanning the double tide of the Malini river has been carried away, and now my beauteous one is cut off from me upon an island. The rain continues. Each night I climb up the hill from which I can see the trembling night of Sarmicha's house. It shines in the wet darkness like a glance through tears.
– Amaru
Not much is known about Amaru, an Indian poet who lived in the 7th or 8th century and wrote in Sanskrit – mostly about erotic love, including passion, estrangement, longing, rapprochement, joy and sorrow.
Posted for One Single Impression and Trembling.
– Amaru
Not much is known about Amaru, an Indian poet who lived in the 7th or 8th century and wrote in Sanskrit – mostly about erotic love, including passion, estrangement, longing, rapprochement, joy and sorrow.
Posted for One Single Impression and Trembling.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Laced with …
Octavius grasped the pacifier with dread.
Having to die in this manner after one insignificant battle lost seemed like a child’s cruel joke.
But then again, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known as Caligula, often acted like a child and loved cruel jokes.
– Leonard "Historicus" Blumfeld
Written for 3WW using dread, grasp, pacify.
Having to die in this manner after one insignificant battle lost seemed like a child’s cruel joke.
But then again, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known as Caligula, often acted like a child and loved cruel jokes.
– Leonard "Historicus" Blumfeld
Written for 3WW using dread, grasp, pacify.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Address to Ms. Lina Crumbpet
Go on living in
your birdhouse. But don’t complain
about the birdseed.
– Leonard “Haikai” Blumfeld (© 2010)
Written for Haiku Bones and Birdhouse.
your birdhouse. But don’t complain
about the birdseed.
– Leonard “Haikai” Blumfeld (© 2010)
Written for Haiku Bones and Birdhouse.
Love constellation
“Meanness is no recipe for love,”
he said and headed for the door.
“Knowing you, my dear,” she said,
“you will be back for more.”
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2010)
Written for ‘recipe’ at Sunday Scribblings.
Note
Some relationships I have occasion to observe simply appear to be doomed from whatever angle you look at them. A recipe that would save them does not seem to exist. And yet they go on and on and on...
he said and headed for the door.
“Knowing you, my dear,” she said,
“you will be back for more.”
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2010)
Written for ‘recipe’ at Sunday Scribblings.
Note
Some relationships I have occasion to observe simply appear to be doomed from whatever angle you look at them. A recipe that would save them does not seem to exist. And yet they go on and on and on...
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
A reign of smiles
Shrink calmly like a dusty girl.
Flowers stalk!
Walk loudly like a cold flower.
Action is an old door.
– Leonard “All Smiles” Blumfeld (© 2010)
Written and posted for One Single Impression (Reign).
Oh my, these are times of personal crisis! What better than dada poetry to carry me through.
Flowers stalk!
Walk loudly like a cold flower.
Action is an old door.
– Leonard “All Smiles” Blumfeld (© 2010)
Written and posted for One Single Impression (Reign).
Oh my, these are times of personal crisis! What better than dada poetry to carry me through.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
For a courageous one in the world of trendy fashion
Chest orange,
undies red,
apron garish –
edible
– Leonard “Bon Courage” Blumfeld (© 2010)
A little terse poem formed from the acronym ‘courage’ for Sunday Scribblings. About a courageous acquaintance who would not hesitate to wear such strange attire and would still look stunning in it. She might wear it to teach one of her Moroccan cooking classes, for example, and look absolutely positively edible...
undies red,
apron garish –
edible
– Leonard “Bon Courage” Blumfeld (© 2010)
A little terse poem formed from the acronym ‘courage’ for Sunday Scribblings. About a courageous acquaintance who would not hesitate to wear such strange attire and would still look stunning in it. She might wear it to teach one of her Moroccan cooking classes, for example, and look absolutely positively edible...
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