Manzanar Free Press
a real sign commemorating a real building and a real newspaper at the Manzanar WW2 Japanese-American Internment Historical Site, painted fresh as of summer, 2008
words flow like rocks from
mountains to river: bouldered
slopes catch the news
my little late night, post-rollerblading-at-twilight try at haiku - think I'm getting the use of the colon in hand. "By the time I came out of the birth canal I was black and blue," writes one of my freshman composition students in his "this is me" essay. Boulders also shoulder passages. Some of them, razored lava rock tubes.
Only one way through. Dark chocolate-covered almonds or peanuts. Take your pick. I have samples of both. I don't know if I'm tired or inspired. Both. Late night haiku writing (or my efforts at it) has a way of rejuventating me.
The fall edition of the Inlandia Writers Workshop, Version 4.0, begins Thursday, Sept 24, from 6-8 pm at the downtown Riverside Library. Free to all, come as you are, bring paper + pen or a laptop if you'd like. I'm the instructor, once again. This workshop is sponsored by the Inlandia Institute and a generous grant from Poets and Writers/the James Irvine Foundation. IWW Version 4.0 will meet for six consecutive sessions on Thurday eves, with the exception of Oct 1 and Nov 5. This session will focus on the California deserts - including the Mojave - as the basis for a regional writing exercise.
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