Archives for: March 2007
Lisa
03/31/07
03/31/07
Revelation
Davis had told me my innerself would come out if I drank. He was right. There it was before me. I dragged my perspiring body up into a standing position, leaned against the cool, tiled wall, reached out a tentative hand, and flushed my innermost self dow… more »
Lisa
03/31/07
03/31/07
Movie: Vulture
We thought we were enjoying the sight of a hawk soaring in the sky until it landed. We crept closer and realized vultures are just as graceful in the sky!
I used photographs and video footage that we've taken of vultures since moving to Texas to make… more »
Lisa
03/30/07
03/30/07
World Has No Hold on Me
The world has no hold on me
There is no link
I am alone, by myself, in its vastness
I need no one
And no one needs me
I can feel it
And I wonder if it is good
It is a necessary step
But is there any goodness in it?… more »
Lisa
03/29/07
03/29/07
Paper, Rock, Scissors
I always wondered
how paper could beat rock
A balance to the game
But rock
in my mind
seemed to beat everything
It dismantled scissors
and put a hole through the paper
Rock couldn't be destroyed or contained.
Until the modern age
Last w… more »
Crocus
Popping her head up
Out from the snow blanket
Like a petulant child
On Christmas morning
Eager to unwrap
Her largest, finest gift
Spring more »
Lisa
03/27/07
03/27/07
Birds Play Hide and Seek
Birds play
Hide and seek
Amidst
The brambles
Of wisteria
Blossoms
I guard home base
While they dart and fly more »
Lisa
03/26/07
03/26/07
Life in a Cage
Life in a cage
Child bone fingers claw the bars
Child in the hospital room
Child in the mind
There's no way out
Please, kind sir, throw me a slice of meat
Split me from the realness of it all
Operate with pencil points
And write out my heart
The… more »
Lisa
03/25/07
03/25/07
How I Chose to be a Solid
I lay on the damp ground, listening to the throb of my heart. A bomb inside me about to explode. A clock counting down the seconds.
I lifted my head. In the distance I could see the lighted outline of the bridge leading into town. Pretty. But also dar… more »
Liberated
Cage opened, bird flown
Strings cut, marionette leapt
Cover removed, ballerina spun and grooved
Out of the music box
Book opened, thoughts soared
Stimulated head, heart leapt
Mind opened, learned and grew
Out of my static box… more »
Lisa
03/24/07
03/24/07
Movie: Mustangs of Las Colinas
We visited the world's largest equestrian sculpture during our Dallas trip last month.
Here's a movie I put together of our video footage of photographs of The Mustangs of Las Colinas:
Mustangs of Las Colinas Movie
See silly photos from our trip… more »
Lisa
03/23/07
03/23/07
From Hole to Pinnacle
You're looking at the pinnacle
It seems so far away
The pebble in your hand
Feels like a boulder in your way
You're straining 'neath its weight
It's hard to stand up tall
You feel as if you're at square one
Have just begun to crawl
You tell y… more »
Lisa
03/22/07
03/22/07
Nature Mugs
I have created some nature mugs with photographs of dragonflies, squirrels, flowers, birds, and scenery.
I took this picture at the North Carolina beach. These bright red flowers were thriving in the sand.
This moth on an azalea bloom was taken in… more »
Lisa
03/22/07
03/22/07
Winter Leaf
I thought we were friends, and that would last forever.
We'd never let each other down. I was wrong.
I was a stepping stone in a puddle. You hopped across the water, using my back; then you walked on, leaving me there, face sunk down in the mud.
I… more »
Lisa
03/21/07
03/21/07
Muse Has Left Me
How dare you take away my words
I sang of sorrow
Wrote poetry bleak
And danced with my shadow
Alone in the dark
I wished on bright pinpoints
Solitary stationary souls
Sending beacons of light
Toward an apathetic earth
Cold in its heart
I em… more »
Lisa
03/20/07
03/20/07
Flea Market
It was a sweaty Sunday. Consumers such as myself had skipped church to attend the flea market in denims and polyester and cottons. On the look for good buys (cheaper than the evangelist's God), men and women held onto their children's hands as they made… more »
Lisa
03/19/07
03/19/07
Addicted to Beauty
I am addicted to beauty
I inhale my surroundings
The colors, the shapes, the angles, the textures
The natural and unnatural sounds
The scents and odors
The creatures and the people
I am high on all I experience more »
Lisa
03/19/07
03/19/07
Flying Dream
I dreamed I flew across the sky
I never felt so free
Then I saw my featherless arms
I never felt so frightened
Then I remembered
I had been shot from a cannon
I fell into the safety net
I never felt so relieved
For more short, short writing ch… more »
Lisa
03/18/07
03/18/07
Oops Products
I have created some Oops products including drinking mugs, magnets, and keychains. I plan to add more "Oops themed" products later this week.
The Oops products are posted on my Zazzle gallery at: http://www.zazzle.com/lisajparker*
Click the icon… more »
Lisa
03/18/07
03/18/07
Philophosizing Bullshit
Philosophizing Bullshit
Sitting, whiling away time
In order to decide nothing
Create questions while
Answers elude us
We sit
Stare at a crack in the wall
And contemplate the reality
The concreteness
Reflect on the past
Comment on the present
W… more »
(Read this poem from the bottom to the top)
TREE.
THIS
NURTURES
THE SOIL THAT
GROUND AND BECOME
THEY TOO FALL TO THE
LEAVES FLOURISH UNTIL
LEAVES TO THE GROUND
THE EARTH WHEN PETALS FALL LIKE
BEAUTY THAT F… more »
Lisa
03/16/07
03/16/07
The Sunrise
A horizon nicked by
a reddened glow
Lavender covered stars
blue comes slow
A fountain of pink that
splashes the sky
To a silver moon now you
wave goodbye
Yellow building to the stars
green Venus turns to air
Orange dust… more »
Now when you get to thirteen
You'll get a lot to try
Like Mom's patience, for instance
When you want to change your hair with dye
And practicing and practicing
To ask your parents for the car
When you know all along
You won't get very far
You… more »
Lisa
03/14/07
03/14/07
You Are Always With Me
I woke to a beautiful world
lying in your arms
warm
loved
I didn't want to leave our bed
But I had to go to work
I kissed your head
and slipped out of our blanket cocoon
to start my day
You continued to sleep
But I heard your laughter… more »
Lisa
03/13/07
03/13/07
Knowledge Killed the Neurotic
The day before Valentine's Day they found a tumor in my brain. I had known that they would. It was my own fault - for educating myself. Education can be a deadly thing - especially if you are myself, an individual who employs avoidance coping strategies… more »
Lisa
03/12/07
03/12/07
Greeting Cards
I designed some greeting cards using Photoshop and photographs that Ronak and I had taken over the last few years.
The cards are posted on my Zazzle gallery at: http://www.zazzle.com/lisajparker
Click the icon below to check out other Zazzle produ… more »
Lisa
03/12/07
03/12/07
Autumn Ball
Brightly colored attire
Fluttering in the wind,
And in the swirling
Movement
Of the dance
Costumes blend into
A blur of color
A rainbow in motion
Single, brilliant palettes at rest
Excitement mounts
As midnight approaches
The time for fire… more »
Lisa
03/11/07
03/11/07
The Time We Cared Too Much
A man of about 140 years hovered across from us at the ship stop. He was using his mind to convey a dairy shake from its vessel to his lips. The liquid surged like a geyser, arriving at its target exactly. My son snickered, unamused by the display. I tur… more »
Lisa
03/11/07
03/11/07
Refracting Pool
Bubbles always
Breaking through the surface
Of the unbreathable water
Watch as they never stop
For I am never allowed
The pleasure of a change
I sink and long for
A still, glass reflecting pool
Calm, serene, black depth
The world through a ref… more »
Lisa
03/10/07
03/10/07
A Young Bud
a young bud
wet with dew
becomes a youth
adorned in yellow green
holding tightly
to the maternal branch
his hue darkens
deepens
with experience
understanding
and age
until
with confidence
and maturity
he becomes
an indiv… more »
Lisa
03/10/07
03/10/07
Movie: Dust Storm
Here's some footage I took of the dust storm we experienced on February 24th on our trip to Dallas, Texas. I'd never seen the sky turn such an odd color before. And the wind!
Dust Storm more »
Lisa
03/09/07
03/09/07
The Master's Artwork
The master's artwork
Non-replicable
Hung high above
A black canvas sky
Watery moon
Air-brushed clouds
Spattered stars
Framed by treetops
I lie on the ground
Admire a passing, priceless piece more »
Lisa
03/08/07
03/08/07
Gnawing Mouse
Scratching in my attic
Gnawing mouse
Whiskers bristling in my ear
Awakening me in the night
Softly held close
I feel its warmth
But open eyes
And he has scurried far away
Leaving only
A tingling memory upon my cheek
Of something I once felt more »
Lisa
03/08/07
03/08/07
Bubble Tea
We had lunch at Veggie Heaven before heading over to the Zilker Park Kite Festival. And we had brought our beverages with us.
As soon as we arrived at the festival, a woman grabbed my arm and asked, "Did you get the bubble tea here?" She was very dis… more »
Lisa
03/07/07
03/07/07
In a Carbonated Mood
Emotions
Within me
Whirling, swirling
As carbonated soda
In a glass
Effervescent
Bubbles bursting to the surface
Wanting to be free
To let the world see
Let the world know
Ice cubes
Slipping, sliding
Past one another
Bumping, clinging
T… more »
Lisa
03/06/07
03/06/07
A Woodland Shower
The rushes rustled
A leaf fell
A bird flew across the sky
A gurgle came from a mossy well
A bunny hopped in the meadow
A chipmunk scurried up a tree
A deer grazed in the grass beyond
In a flower, a tiny bee
A dandelion roared
A cloud darkene… more »
Lisa
03/05/07
03/05/07
Prince Kent's Escape
He swam across the greening pond
With all his fancy clothing on
Quietly, so the guards couldn't hear
The prince made his exit by the rear
He paddled forth to the mossy wall
That was built to protect the castle, all
He grasped a strand of green mo… more »
Lisa
03/04/07
03/04/07
Waking Up in Bombay
I wake in my cocoon of mosquito netting
Crows cawing
Metal dishes clanking
A wallah calling out wares for sale
Rickshaw horns blowing, engines revving
In time to invisible traffic signals
A rhythmic cacophony
I feel the heat
A heavy, comforting… more »
Lisa
03/03/07
03/03/07
Roads of Life
We follow the roads of life
Traveling in different cars
They are all unique
We honk individualized horns
In greeting, as our paths cross
Sometimes,
We are blessed with light traffic
And we speed along together
But roads aren't free forev… more »
Lisa
03/02/07
03/02/07
Brother, Sister
Brother, sister
Teasing
Poking, prodding
Out of boredom
Mother sighs, "Please stop or this might escalate."
Brother, sister
Arguing
Yelling, name-calling
Over a game move
Mother says, "Please stop before it escalates."
Brother… more »
Lisa
03/02/07
03/02/07
Wish to Fly
Life is like the swirling, foaming waves
Tumbling over rocks, I hope to be saved
But dead leaf boats, they pass me by
I'm sure to drown. I wish to fly!
Rose petals fall along my way
From bud to wedding, then death day
The flowers always in others'… more »
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