Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Wednesday Haiku, #28: Andrea Grillo




Wednesday Haiku, Week #27



nipple-hard cold who me predictable...
Andrea Grillo








a tall chrysanthemum
in the dead center
of the heat
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue









best,
Don





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16 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 27, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    Andrea Grillo's haiku as suddenly surprising as that hardening, as urgent as budding as syntax. A feat to behold. Heat chill. Thank you.

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  2. Issa's Untidy HutJuly 27, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    Donna, sometimes it pays to have a long lead time to publication. The heat cold thing just came naturally after the recent hellish week and now a little relief ...

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  3. Issa's Untidy HutJuly 27, 2011 at 9:19 AM

    Charles, now that captures the heat of summer ... a smell you can taste, as they say ...

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  4. AnonymousJuly 27, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    the Grillo piece REALLY "flips"

    in a little different form

    well, (for me) this is an entire novella just as it is.

    I "hear/see it as:

    nipple-hard cold
    who me
    predictable

    however, my "play w it is no improvement on her .... thrust

    K.

    ( &, where DO I know the name "Grillo" from ? Around U of Md ?D,C. in the 60's/70's ?

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  5. AnonymousJuly 27, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    just came back to me

    the Grillo that I knew was around Baltimore in the
    early 70's as I recall close friend of Charlie and Pam Plymell and others.. Always taking pictures

    about my age. I wonder is Andrea is his daughter?

    Is Paul still alive & "kicking" ?

    gonna search-out some more of Andrea Grillo's ... "stuff" she is new to me...

    thanks.


    K.

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  6. Issa's Untidy HutJuly 27, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    K:

    Don't know the vintage, but the wine is fine. I read it look you, might just be two old men on the park bench.

    Glad you liked.

    Don

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  7. Woodland RoseJuly 28, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    Thanks For publishing this one - a bit of fun for me.
    Love the Issa companion poem - as usual a brilliant juxtaposition. Love all the comments too - I'm smiling.

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  8. Ed BakerJuly 28, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    Don,

    here is a little bit re: Paul Grillo

    http://www.unlikelystories.org/old/archives/grillo.html

    I got something somewhere maybe in Cold Spring Journal or in Athanor re: Paul's work

    maybe Origin has some of his "stuff"
    or in Flute ?

    Paul Grillo REALLY raised the bar
    influenced lots of poets


    & all pre this VISPO crap !

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  9. Issa's Untidy HutJuly 29, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    Woodland Rose, thanks for the kind words, I thought a little cool, a little heat, such a nice blend.

    Andrea's poem is wonderful ...

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  10. Issa's Untidy HutJuly 29, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Kokkie-san,

    Don't know Paul's work - pre-vispo, eh? Nice summary and some amazing visuals here.

    Don

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  11. AnonymousJuly 29, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    not sure what the Bly poem has to do with
    [...]-thing
    as
    being not sure has never detained my me from standing on one leg in the middle of this bog
    & dipping in.... I must be related to that bird in Bly's poem

    Paule did collages using among other things his photographs

    did these things long before computer-fanagled images
    became the norm..

    anyway let s see some more of Andrea's "shorties"

    K.

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  12. Issa's Untidy HutJuly 29, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    K:

    Thanks for the tip ... the visuals are quite amazing ...

    We all do seem to be standing in the muck on one leg (and in a different post).

    I've published some of Andrea's things in the mag, but see this is the first online. Hmn.

    best,
    Don

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  13. adityaAugust 1, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    Took me a while to 'get' it.

    The internet's slow

    and the nipple sure traveled slowly like an infant bullet.. slow precision.

    Its a beauty. It has been a pleasure to read the variously delightful 'Wednesday Haiku' series.

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  14. Issa's Untidy HutAugust 1, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    aditya:

    Took me awhile also but well worth it. Glad you are enjoying the poems.

    Don

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  15. Johanna LawsonJuly 22, 2014 at 10:49 AM

    Paul Grillo did not have a daughter named Andrea. Yes, he was good friends with Charlie and Pam Plymell but was born, raised, lived and died in Philadelphia. I know all of this because I AM his daughter. He passed away on August 28, 2013 surrounded by his daughters and drifted away beyond the veil of this world on the lyrics of Van Morrison.

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  16. Issa's Untidy HutJuly 22, 2014 at 12:55 PM

    Dear Joanna:

    Thanks so much for the clarification. I am sorry to hear about your loss.

    Wishing you the best,
    Don, Issa's Untidy Hut

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