A L O H A !
Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor, Waikiki
"Better by far
you should forget
and smile
than you should
remember and be sad."
Christina Rossetti
Land of Orange
" Only by living absurdly
is it possible to
break out of
this infinite absurdity. "
Julio Cortazar
Leaf Light / Stone Dark
"Historical evidence suggests
that anxiety can be allied to
artistic and creative genius.
The literary gifts of Emily Dickinson,
for example, were inextricably bound up
with her reclusiveness, which some say
was a product of anxiety.
(She was completely housebound after age 40.)
Franz Kafka yoked his neurotic sensibility
to his artistic sensibility;
Woody Allen has done the same. ”
Scott Stossel,
editor of The Atlantic
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Cats are excellent
confidantes and
soul healers.
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P U K A L A N I
The sky cleared blue
As I found the clearing.
Drought functionally over,
Stream bed pranced
Delighting clear waters.
The covering over
Bottomless Well of Sorrows
Had thinned precipitously
For weeks.
Whew! I had forgotten
That foetid smell,
Seductive miasmas of
Despair.
Sooner or later it
Always closes back up.
The Smell dissipates
(Hallelujah)
Eventually the site is forgotten
Best forgotten
But for this one shit-crusted gem
That I sacrificed ages ago.
I had forgotten all about
This piece of myself;
Look! It still fits!
Bringing wholeness and insight.
So even the Bottomless Well of Sorrows
Carries gifts of sorts.
Glad the Holidays are completing
Springtime lambs of my heart are bleating.
Spoiled and chastened I go on,
Bump Bump
On these funny stairs.
cloudia
Note: In Hawaiian
'Puka' is a hole
'Lani' means heaven.
There is a place in Maui
called Pukalani because
the geography causes
a sunny spot there
despite surrounding clouds.
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