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The Gospel According to St. Bastard
Jan. 9th, 2006
07:58 pm
Dear Livejournal,
The time has come, we've had a long run, almost three years now, and it's been good. I don't regret a single moment, but alas, all good things must come to an indeterminate pause. I promise not to pull a Naveen Andrews and father a child while we are on a break. You see, the thing is, y'know, it's just... well... I have another love now, and that's my novel and while both of you share the letters L, O, V and E, novel has fewer extraneous vowels and consonants. I just feel that I need to strike out and explore this other option. I hope you don't think ill of me. I just don't have the time to juggle the two of you.
One day I might return, you won't have to take me back, you can whittle my friendslist down to zero, I understand, but if you can find it in your heart to keep the option open I would be ecstatic, like a little white pill with the Mitsubishi logo on it.
This is not a deletion, just a pause, a break. I love you still, but there is a greater love I must pursue.
xo,
Kári
P.S. As a parting gift, I give you this, the answer to a question that might have been turning itself in your mind, as it did in mine. Was it sheer coincidence that Durex set up shop in Knutsford or did the CEO have a puerile streak a mile wide? Turns out, it was just glorious, glorious coincidence.
Jan. 3rd, 2006
09:09 pm - poem
Dirge of the Rose
His be no seed that brack the stem
Wrap hands through grass that wafts
Catch full hands and strike at cort
Our are no wise to her that wilts
Rend and gash the bark of we
Fill with dreck the croft at lows
Bring a crown drench with bile
His be no rule that struck her down
Dec. 8th, 2005
12:50 am - Kæru Íslendingar
Draumur hefur orðið að veruleika... Draumur um straum :)
Ég, Hjalti Snær Ægisson og Aðalsteinn Hákonarson höfum stofnað og gangsett vefrit.
Nov. 28th, 2005
01:56 am - the muse only seduces me in the middle of the night
why inspiration seems only to strike in the middle of the night I can't quite account for
but it rends gashes and bleeding on my poor demented lack of sleep schedule
enough feeling sorry for myself
I rewrote two poems
which is good and awesome
I may finally getting the hang of this rewriting business
I did some changes to my recent Icelandic poem Ars Poetica for Dummies, deincomprehensibilizing its most incomprehensible line
klikkið á hlekkinn til að fara á öppdeitaða útgáfu, kommentum ávallt vel tekið
but I also finally rewrote Metaphors for Time, streamlining it, if not shortening it much
so yeah, here's the new version... comments always welcome, especially as I'm not used to writing poems of this length
[2:45 AM update - couldn't sleep, so rewrote Metaphors further, cutting a lot out]
( Metaphors for Time )
Nov. 22nd, 2005
01:07 am - WARNING: THIS POEM IS IN ICELANDIC
Nov. 7th, 2005
05:37 am - Take 2
I've written more sections into Metaphors for Time. I wanted to ground it further in memory. So I added some memory sections to it. I usually don't write "personal poetry", but I felt Metaphors for Time was too damn impersonal and abstract, even for me. I also felt that I couldn't talk about time without devoting more space to personal time. As you can probably guess from this extended preamble, I'm not sure whether this was a good idea or not. That's where you come in, good people, that's where you come in: How does it compare?
( Metaphors for Time )
Nov. 6th, 2005
Nov. 4th, 2005
Nov. 1st, 2005
Oct. 30th, 2005
Oct. 29th, 2005
05:53 am - 3 poems
( VOLK AYNO SLEE PINN )
( Blackfriars )
( Spitalfields )
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now I'm going to sleepSep. 20th, 2005
03:12 pm - still on hiatus, but composed a poem anyway
Sep. 15th, 2005
01:23 pm - rewrite of Above the Clouds: Table of Cebes
( Table of Cebes )
12:17 pm - I'm compiling a manuscript
I've started the process of compiling a manuscript, the core of which will be the poems I've been writing in this journal. Here's the list of poems that I'm happy enough with to start working on. You might see some of them pop up in revised form. The title I'm considering for the book is vojs
( The poems I'm considering for inclusion in a book of poetry )
Sep. 8th, 2005
02:51 am - No, the hiatus isn't over, I just had an idea I wanted to test out
Description of a Burned Painting
cynicalgreen
yetoddlyasky
bluegrey stars
maybethepalm
ofahand redhair
closed wall
window bricks neck
vein
fewthings
cello? string
viola? pallet
button
yellow
button
bluejeansleg
music
redground stand
eyes
nose collaged
lips sister's
chin suicide note?
Restored by the Artist's Brother
Sep. 6th, 2005
10:36 pm - hiatus
I'm going to be travelling again, for an indefinite period of time. I've therefore decided to take a hiatus from once-a-day poetry. I'll just start jotting down random thoughts into my notebook. I haven't had the energy for more than a haiku lately. I feel drained. Last night's haiku was the poorest poem I'd written in at least a month. I'll take the hint and let my mind rest for a while.
tired03:12 am
A curled length of stamps
snaking through a computer.
I've been up too long.
Sep. 5th, 2005
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