To teach writing
I need your trust
As I lead you away from
habits built up over years
Trust in the silly exercises
designed to break you free
Trust in the techniques of
revision and editing I teach
Most of all--
and this is key--
I need you to trust
my good intentions
And believe I will not lead you--
purposely--
astray.
©2009-Art Belliveau
20 November 2009
19 November 2009
wandering around in philadelphia
wandering
no set destination
in a city i don’t know
a city
steeped in history
a city
that birthed a nation
looking
seeing the modern
instead of the historic
seeing statues
impressive and looming
famous
and not
the pervasive energy of
manhattan
is lacking here
the energy is less manic
more staid
as befits a place
that birthed a nation
©2009-Art Belliveau
no set destination
in a city i don’t know
a city
steeped in history
a city
that birthed a nation
looking
seeing the modern
instead of the historic
seeing statues
impressive and looming
famous
and not
the pervasive energy of
manhattan
is lacking here
the energy is less manic
more staid
as befits a place
that birthed a nation
©2009-Art Belliveau
18 November 2009
ungilded wings
as a child
i took my first plane ride
it was not a happy time
we were going to a funeral
my mother and i
her grandmother’s
a woman i can barely
rmember now
it was so formal
we dressed our best
we got there shortly before takeoff
no security checks
no TSA
that was in the future
just an unavoidable expense
to get us there
on time
no more romance
in flying today
it has become
common
as most experiences do
over forty years
of repetition
and even though
the flight i take now
is not to such a sad occasion
the trip is made sadder
by all the people
reading papers
sleeping
never once trying to see
the now familiar sight
of the top side of clouds
©2009-Art Belliveau
i took my first plane ride
it was not a happy time
we were going to a funeral
my mother and i
her grandmother’s
a woman i can barely
rmember now
it was so formal
we dressed our best
we got there shortly before takeoff
no security checks
no TSA
that was in the future
just an unavoidable expense
to get us there
on time
no more romance
in flying today
it has become
common
as most experiences do
over forty years
of repetition
and even though
the flight i take now
is not to such a sad occasion
the trip is made sadder
by all the people
reading papers
sleeping
never once trying to see
the now familiar sight
of the top side of clouds
©2009-Art Belliveau
17 November 2009
senryu 11/16/09
i know you are there
even when i can't see you
knowing that warms me
©2009-Art Belliveau
even when i can't see you
knowing that warms me
©2009-Art Belliveau
15 November 2009
14 November 2009
Irony
here is an irony
that could not be made up
in the bookstore
next to the coffee shop
with its pastries and
high calorie additions to
a simple cup of coffee
I see all the books
I would never want to read
on various and miraculous ways
to lose weight
their bright eye-catching colors
calling out for attention
over the noise of grinding coffee
and clanking plates
©2009-Art Belliveau
that could not be made up
in the bookstore
next to the coffee shop
with its pastries and
high calorie additions to
a simple cup of coffee
I see all the books
I would never want to read
on various and miraculous ways
to lose weight
their bright eye-catching colors
calling out for attention
over the noise of grinding coffee
and clanking plates
©2009-Art Belliveau
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