Tuesday, September 30, 2008

say hi!

People who don’t have any
One to turn to could be
Right next to you, say hi


This was inspired by Patti Digh and her new book Life is a Verb.

What is a sherku?

train buddy says


Like a Gloucester fisherman
Yellow slicker beaded wet
It’s a bad hair day

What is a sherku?

Monday, September 29, 2008

indulgence


The brownie tasted good
With her coffee Friday
Morning at Dodge festival


What is a sherku?

Sunday, September 28, 2008

delight

The mm’s and ah’s of the teens
Responding to Hirsch
Reading Friday night at Dodge

What is a sherku?

Saturday, September 27, 2008

mud balls


Hikaru dorodango

Created from pure, simple
Common dirt and sand



This was inspired by Patti Digh and her new book Life is a Verb.

What is a sherku?

Friday, September 26, 2008

Billy Collins - Dodge Poetry Festival 2006

I have made my biannual pilgrimage to the Dodge Poetry Festival for the past 8 years to swim in a world of words and ideas. As much as I try to recapture that experience and report back to share it, I have been lacking. I can now turn to a new source. Dodge has been recording each Festival and has now begun to open that archive to us via YouTube.

Hallelujah!





Enjoy!

redefine normal


Dolls for girls, swords for boys

They, them, the others
Who gets to say what normal is?


This was inspired by Patti Digh and her new book Life is a Verb.

What is a sherku?

daughter's car

Turn on your daughter's car
Absorb the music beat
Rock with the loud new rhythms


This was inspired by Patti Digh and her new book Life is a Verb.

What is a sherku?

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Once he knew

Leeuwenhoek couldn’t not know
Once he knew; He couldn’t
not see once he saw



This is a "found" poem, that is the words are written by Patti Digh in her book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

Note: I am assuming the pronunciation of Leeuwenhoek is with 4 syllables. If it is less than 4, or more than 4, then this doesn't really qualify as a sherku with 19 syllables.

What is a sherku?

grace #3

amazing stories in their
words leave me struggling
to define grace in my words


What is a sherku?

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

grace #2

Grace, amazing story of
Took us to another place
To be in their shoes




What is a sherku?

warmth of her body

I saw you were dying
I knew the warmth of her body
Would restore your life


This is a "found" poem, that is the words are written by Patti Digh in her book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

generosity

Generosity comes from
Opening up to those
We see as unlike us


This is a "found" poem, that is the words are written by Patti Digh in her book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

let me down easy

Anna just used words, their words
Took us to another place
To be in their shoes


In honor of Anna Deavere Smith's performance at A.R.T. in "Let me down easy"

What is a sherku?

Monday, September 22, 2008

he does IT

Dotting I’s, crossing T’s
He does great detailed I T
Project management




This was inspired by Patti Digh and her new book Life is a Verb.

What is a sherku?

for JM

plenty of advice


Wow! A derailed train!

Thirty safety vests clustered
Telling Joe what to do


What is a sherku?

Sunday, September 21, 2008

red convertible

I rented a red sedan
Not a Cadillac, not
Convertible, but red!



This was inspired by Patti Digh and her new book Life is a Verb.

What is a sherku?

derailed

How do trains derail?
Wheels go slip slide away
Or switch thrown incorrectly?


What is a sherku?

Saturday, September 20, 2008

train reading

Bright September sun
Hinders my train reading,
Should have sat across the aisle


What is a sherku?

pink glasses

With pink glasses she looked
Beautiful like a light was
Shining from inside her


This is a "found" poem, that is the words are written by Patti Digh in her book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

Friday, September 19, 2008

small grape

Carry your small grape
Keep it safe. Remind yourself
to find wonder in the world



This is a "found" poem, that is the words are written by Patti Digh in her book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

The "Life is a Verb" collection

Click here to find the sherku inspired by Patti Digh's Life is a Verb.


Note: The listing is short this week. It will grow as I continue to work this 37 Days challenge of my own to find a sherku in each of Patti's essays in her book Life is a Verb.

If you would like to participate and provide your own versions or rewrite what I have crafted, feel free to do so. You can add it in a comment, or send it to me via email. Or post it on your own page and tag it with "LIAV".


What is a sherku?

Thursday, September 18, 2008

stop judging

If I stop judging other
people, I free myself from
being judged and dance


A "found" poem, that is the words were written by Patti Digh in her book Life is a Verb. I formatted them to make the sherku.

What is a sherku?

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

we give up


we give up our power
to the very people
who took it away from us


This is a "found" poem, that is the words were written by Patti Digh in her book Life is a Verb. I formatted them for the sherku.

What is a sherku?

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

being lost

Being lost only has meaning
When contrasted with
Knowing where you are now


a "found" poem, that is the words are mostly David Hollies as quoted in Patti Digh's Life is a Verb

What is a sherku?

Monday, September 15, 2008

good answer


Will they get lost without
The book? No, they will recall
Your full life is a verb!



For Patti Digh and her new book, Life is a Verb

What is a sherku?

Saturday, September 13, 2008

journey


your journey will come to an end
because there's nowhere
to go beyond silence


a "found" poem, that is the words were found in Ode's Jul/Aug issue in an article by Tijn Touber.

What is a sherku?

Friday, September 12, 2008

problems

problems are nothing but
thought structures that you can
step out of at any time



a "found" poem, that is the words are mostly Eckard Tolle's who was quoted in Ode's Jul/Aug issue in an article by Tijn Touber. I added one syllable (that) to make it a sherku.

What is a sherku?