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January “A River of Stones” Poetry Tweets Wrap-Up @JadeBlackwater
Last month I participated in A River of Stones (#aros) writing challenge. I heard about #aros just before the New Year via the venerable Crafty Green Poet, Juliet Wilson.
The #aros project is curated by UK writer/artist Fiona Robyn and her partner Kaspa. Their invitation to writers begged daily tokens of small stones, which they define as “polished moment[s] of paying proper attention.”
I enjoyed this daily meditation not only as a part of my journaling routine, but also for the pleasures of hopping in the stream, splashing around with a few fellow writers, and listening to #aros flow.
UPDATE March 3, 2011: You can now purchase a book of selections from the January 2011 #aros project, in which my contribution “slender moon […]” appears: pay attention: a river of stones.
Below is the tributary of small stones I shared via micropoetry tweets @JadeBlackwater throughout January 2011. Hashtags have been retained to show the texture of the day when each stone was palmed. Line breaks have been restored where ‘ / ‘ was used in the feed.
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6:45 AM, Dec 31st
pre-dawn
morning star
preceding
even
old moon
#beforedawn
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6:46 AM, Dec 31st
a shimmering
bulb
in the blackness
alders
shiver
in silence
#beforedawn
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6:46 AM, Dec 31st
I shade my
eyes
look
south
still no
moonlight
#beforedawn
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6:46 AM, Dec 31st
but wait!
a tree-line
twinkle
a sliver
of late flame
#beforedawn
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8:33 AM, Jan 1st
range
hood
fan and glow
dusty blue
new
year dawn blooms
#beforedawn
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1:22 PM, Jan 1st
now
the pink
announcement
now
the brown
darting blink
#beforedawn
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7:48 AM, Jan 2nd
settled cold
quiets
coffee
steams over
waiting
correspondences
mercurial gems
#beforedawn
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2:37pm, Jan 2nd
late light
low white
catkins waggle
tides of birds
pluck, repluck
#lowwintersun
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7:48 AM, Jan 3rd
forest
dons the morning
shawl
crocheted
of frosted
breath;
too icy
for my
unwooled
skin
#beforedawn
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6:32 AM, Jan 4th
burn ban in #kitsap
I pine for my stove
bundled in the dark
——
3:56 PM, Jan 5th
praise for overcast
skies! greys, sweet eye-balm
slathering quiet
#lowwintersun
——
11:43 AM, Jan 6th
flash of black
alighting raven
breaks concentration
——
10:23 AM, Jan 8th
great blue heron glides
afore the windshield
six fixed eyes follow
——
5:17 PM, Jan 9th
slender moon
suspended
between power lines
——
8:40 AM, Jan 10th
morning news
felicitations
rock on sis!
——
10:40 AM, Jan 10th
hilltop snow
sunrise sleet
rooster crows
——
6:47 AM, Jan 11th
dreams defrost
crackling and snapping
icy stars
#beforedawn
——
2:46 PM, Jan 12th
iced streets slush
in morning hush grey
ribbons wring across foothills
——
12:28 PM, Jan 13th
soft forgotten words
practiced syllables
tonguing memory
ichi ni san shi
go back through the draft
——
7:17 AM, Jan 14th
rain rattle
shake the world awake
drip tempo
#beforedawn
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1:00 PM, Jan 14th
hemlocks hurl, howl, sway
scrub and brush awash
with windy dewlight
#windstorm #powerout #kitsap
——
4:56 PM, Jan 17th
“Now rose-pink!” cries the painter
“now mountain cobalt-white!
now scoop away all color
make room for coal-dark night.”
#dusk
——
6:02 PM, Jan 17th
beckoning sketchbook
cedar fingertips
skritch-skritch-shadashad
#afterdark
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8:35 PM, Jan 18th
glowing yawn
chilled shadow
full tremble
#fullmoon
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7:06 AM, Jan 19th
lunar mischief lingers on
morning breath exhalations
smoke detector reveille
#beforedawn
#wellnowiamawake
——
2:42 PM, Jan 25th
red alder
your swelling catkins
in first blush
#lowwintersun
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5:12 AM, Jan 28th
morning wind
chimes a new system
brisk star chants
#beforedawn
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5:16 AM, Jan28th
roof spine crack
early notebook ink
stray door draft
#beforedawn
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8:06 AM, Jan 31st
dawn blossom
sweet low hanging fog
rose-colored grasses
#sunrise