Writing the Day

This podcast episode is also available as a blog post at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/03/27/annunciation/

This poem is titled "Poetic Obeisance" and obeisance is defined as "a gesture expressing deferential respect, such as a bow or curtsy." I bow to those poets of the past that have stood the test of time and are still read and enjoyed. This episode is also available at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/poetic-obeisance/

This poem - and all other poems from this podcast -  are available online at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com 

This poem is for the poet Laura Boss who left us this year. The poem is also available online at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/07/23/a-hole-in-the-sky/

A poem about two ships in Herman Melville's MOBY-DICK. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/the-pequod-and-the-rachel/

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2018/07/21/on-hemingways-birthday/

This episode is available as an illustrated blog post at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/06/26/she/

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/06/11/halfway-house/

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/06/07/circumpolar/

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/05/15/zen-archer/

This poem is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/05/06/the-spring-rain-in-japan/

You can find more about the ronka form and my writing practice on the blog WRITING THE DAY at  https://writingtheday.wordpress.com 

This episode is also available as a blog post and includes a video about octopus dreaming https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/03/31/my-octopus-dreams/ 

This month I started doing some short podcasts of some of the recent poems on this site. I don’t know if there will be any interest in hearing the poems but I’ll give it a few months. It’s not a very difficult process using Anchor and they are available for you on Spotify . I am adding some other podcast services and so Writing the Day is also available on Google Podcasts , Pocket Casts , and&nbsp...

The cloudy afternoon through the red maple – painted leaves, inked branches, white paper sky. This could be a haiku about spring here seven thousand miles away from Osaka where every line counts as seven beats. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/04/25/seven-thousand-red-leaves/

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/04/15/who-own-your-dreams/

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/04/20/karmic-reminders/

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/04/08/mourning-cloak/