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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Andrea Grillo's haiku as suddenly surprising as that hardening, as urgent as budding as syntax. A feat to behold. Heat chill. Thank you.
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 ...
Charles, now that captures the heat of summer ... a smell you can taste, as they say ...
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 ?
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.
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
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.
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 !
Woodland Rose, thanks for the kind words, I thought a little cool, a little heat, such a nice blend.
Andrea's poem is wonderful ...
Kokkie-san,
Don't know Paul's work - pre-vispo, eh? Nice summary and some amazing visuals here.
Don
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.
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
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.
aditya:
Took me awhile also but well worth it. Glad you are enjoying the poems.
Don
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.
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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