—Iris Photos Courtesy of Public Domain
LETTER TO MEDUSA
Zen Salutations
in Seventeen Syllables
to you Editors—
Enclosed are haiku
to share in your hip journal
from Cleveland's cold streets.
May they find favor
and a place to rest between
your brilliant covers.
Zen Salutations
in Seventeen Syllables
to you Editors—
Enclosed are haiku
to share in your hip journal
from Cleveland's cold streets.
May they find favor
and a place to rest between
your brilliant covers.
Spring comes with red eyes
and a chorus of wild screams . . .
once more, cicadas
and a chorus of wild screams . . .
once more, cicadas
Crouched on this cold beach,
I swallow green smoke, swallow
the Buddha's true zen.
Thoughts of Kerouac's
flat Ohio plains while rain
beats jazz on our heads.
flat Ohio plains while rain
beats jazz on our heads.
Some men get drunk on
whiskey. My people get drunk
on Cleveland's cold zen.
whiskey. My people get drunk
on Cleveland's cold zen.
Let the lake waves rock
my weary soul to slumber
and sleep my wild mind.
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Today’s LittleNip:
I love the normalcy of Cleveland. There’s regular people there.
—Drew Carey
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Morley Cacoethes currently resides in Northeast Ohio where he attends "the people's university" while trying to stay warm and find a permanent residence. Welcome to the Kitchen, Morley, and don’t be a stranger!
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—Medusa
Morley Cacoethes
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that which was previously published—
and collaborations are welcome.
Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
for poetry, of course!
Northern California and otherwheres,
click on
UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS
(http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/p/wtf.html)
in the links at the top of this page—
and keep an eye on this link and on
the daily Kitchen for happenings
that might pop up
—or get changed!—
during the week.
Photos in this column can be enlarged by
clicking on them once, then clicking on the x
in the top right corner to come back to Medusa.
Poets’ bios appear on their first MK visit.
To find previous posts, type the name
of the poet (or poem) into the little
beige box at the top left-hand side
of this column. See also
Medusa’s Rapsheet at the bottom
of the blue column on the right
side of this column to find
any date you want.
Miss a post?
You can find our most recent ones by
scrolling down under this daily one.
Or there's an "Older Posts" button
at the bottom of this column.
(Please excuse typos in older posts!
Blogspot has been through a lot of
incarnations in 20 years!)
Would you like to be a SnakePal?
Guidelines are at the top of this page
at the Placating the Gorgon link;
send poetry and/or photos and artwork
to kathykieth@hotmail.com. We post
work from all over the world—including
that which was previously published—
and collaborations are welcome.
Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
for poetry, of course!
