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Amanda

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About Me

You can now view some of my sculptures and poetry at

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My Interests

"We shall not cease from our exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and see it for the first time." T.S. Eliotpoetry

Music:

regina spektor, ani di franco, damien rice, yungchen lhamo, yann tiersen, radiohead, augie march, patti smith, ketil bjornstadt, joni mitchell, bright eyes, angus & julia stone, beck, michel polnareff, thelonius monk, emiliana torrini, bernard fanning...and of course Jonathan Richman :).....

Movies:

Being There, Wild Strawberries, The Girl on The Bridge,The Cave of The Yellow Dog, In The Realm of The Senses, Samsara, Nosferatu, Amelie, La Regle Du Jeu, O Brother Where Art Thou, Orphee, Mulholland Drive, Kind Hearts & Coronets, Barton Fink...

Books:

Revenge Of The Lawn by Richard Brautigan, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, Mirabai, Love Of Seven Dolls by Paul Gallico, Labyrinthes by Jorge Luis Borges, Rumi, Journey To The Centre Of The Earth by Jules Verne, The World Is Round by Gertrude Stein, The Inner Experience by Thomas Merton, Harpo Speaks by Harpo Marx.... I used to own a bookstore so this is somewhat clipped....Richard Brautigan:~poetry

Heroes:

Aung San Suu Kyi, Anna Akhmatova, Thich Nhat Hanh, Cornelia Parker, Hildegaard von Bingen, Andy Goldsworthy, Anish Kapoor, Mirabai, Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse...

My Blog

Poems For Free Burma ~returned in light of the tens of thousands dead and injured

In light of the tens of thousands dead and injured in Burma since this latest catastrophe, cyclone Nargis, please take time to revisit the Poems For Free Burma from last year.. (I am unable to edit m...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 06 May 2008 04:50:00 PST

Strictures

Softly cultivatedin the furrowsof his conversationher silence grewshe would order a black coffeeand listen? Grab this Headline Animator...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:33:00 PST

Not Enough To Fold

Forgotten like air without movementThe simple dream of people talkingAnimate with hunger for the unexpectedWhile the womanI used to besleepsOh & while you’re here thinking poetically ’n su...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:15:00 PST

What Have You

A lean beastin a recurring dreamfeeding on soundIt wasn’t hereNever even passingcloseIt touched me in the waya lover’s words dowhen they talk in their sleepWhen their tongues don’t m...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:18:00 PST

Silence Suivant

Days spent without the dumb certainty of languageThe reprieve found in stepping on rock after rockMoving amongst the evidence of living things and treesAlongside things running somewhereWild pigs have...
Posted by Amanda on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:37:00 PST

Three Part Tale Spin

(i)I'm thinking of a night full of birdsA confusion of wingbeats and soft collisions that feel like heartbreakCrowds are gathering on the hill in their pink masks to watch the sky which dwarfs us all ...
Posted by Amanda on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:54:00 PST

Under It

I haven't looked at youdirectlyYou staring at my red shoeswhile I danceI wore them deliberatelyYou know itI know itThe rest of the roomtalks about how wellwe have gotten over itDear All, I am presentl...
Posted by Amanda on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:01:00 PST

Ghostling

Deceptively simplethe old photo you sentof that windblown girlSome jagged arrangementof cheekbones and armsJutting out of nine hole bootsa little comedy of red knees pulled in close as kittensto hide ...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

Sixty-Six Reasons For Loving You (Extended)

I like your silence.The way you don't speak often.You havesixty six eyelashesunder your left eye.This,I learned over dinnerI am still posting near-daily over at Little Glass Pen. If you've not already...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:37:00 PST

Basin

It was fallen inNot cavernous or hollowNothing had erodedIt was thereIt remainedjust belowwhere it had beenThere low slungprolapsedDeeper than an indentationA tragedy surrounding itThe history of the ...
Posted by Amanda on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:26:00 PST