Tag Archives: culture

Fortune cookies

Posted on July 8, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Lives spent wondering what’s around the corner, pieces of paper pulled out like rugs from Fortune cookies, welcoming wisdom.

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A different knowhow

Posted on May 17, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Nobody ‘knows’ Nature. Humans are more aware of themselves, yet through some superiority complex, they believe to understand the inner workings of every other life. A hummingbird does not keep track of its heartbeats or check to see how many … Continue reading →

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Totem truisms

Posted on May 16, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Originally posted on The ancient eavesdropper:
Stand next to this totem pole and trace its smooth cedar-inscribed characters with a steady eye, graze your hand over heartwood, feel the pulse of ancient ancestry, smell the wafts of sweet grain growing…

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Totem truisms

Posted on May 10, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Stand next to this totem pole and trace its smooth cedar-inscribed characters with a steady eye, graze your hand over heartwood, feel the pulse of ancient ancestry, smell the wafts of sweet grain growing in the light of day, its … Continue reading →

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Quilting with cottonwords

Posted on May 7, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Black cottonwood Populus trichocarpa deciduous species with broad wavy, waxy leaves weaving a glossy green canopy quilt through dendritic stitches of shading cellulose. Puffy white fibers pop and float in clumps of stuffing shipped by way of the wind and … Continue reading →

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Pollen piñatas

Posted on May 5, 2013 by tyler4turtles

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      Rich pigments blink anew  on alder branches aloft –  amber-colored catkins, countless weepy, oblong piñatas punched by turbid air, burst forth showers of pollen-laden haze, sending me in sneezing fits to my…

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Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Posted on May 5, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Originally posted on The ancient eavesdropper:
In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, I have retouched my concrete poem of a cracked cranium for your viewing pleasure. Also, I have included the poem below in Spanish. Unfortunately, the shape of the…

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Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

Posted on May 5, 2013 by tyler4turtles

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, I have retouched my concrete poem of a cracked cranium for your viewing pleasure. Also, I have included the poem below in Spanish. Unfortunately, the shape of the Spanish version was lost in translation. … Continue reading →

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Loose corners

Posted on April 7, 2013 by tyler4turtles
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Second-hand garbage

Posted on March 24, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Always later, never now. Send regards  to that day though hours away, you’ll pass it up for sport.   Like a worn, faded couch, deposited, thrown aside on the curb, met by busy noise –  the springs silenced, frame caving … Continue reading →

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