aros #31

This is it, the final stone.

I have been staring at a blank page of paper for sometime, until I went over to oneword.com for a prompt. The word they have today was "print". It was a good prompt.



the art of writing


after an hour
or so
there are still
no words

on the paper

except

an oily thumb print
a couple of creases
and some agitated doodles
of stick people.

31/01/2011
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Chinese New Year is just around the corner. I may be taking a break from blogging. :)

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aros #30

Working on a full Saturday, and then going back on an emergency call in the middle of the night leaves me with no mood to write anything, so there's no 29th stone. :)

And the rain that is falling since last night inspires this 30th stone.

photo by seemann

image from morguefile.com



stoic


how long have the pigeons
huddled on the wet ledge
from the incessant rain
that has been falling
since dawn?
and
i
in my warm room
still feel a chill when i see
them shake their feathers ever
so slightly when an angry rush of wind
howl across this rain-lashed apartment block.

30/01/2011
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aros #28

the 28th stone. a cinquain.



your smile


sometimes
i see your smile
it is not you really
but a stranger who looks or walks
like you

28/01/2011
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aros #27

the 27th stone



street lights


street lights
reflecting off the wet asphalt -

still thinking of you.

27/01/2011
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aros #26

the 26th stone


green man

green man turns red -

old lady with groceries
starts to cross road.


26/01/2011
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aros #25

Another mad day in the office yesterday, another missing stone. Here's the 25th (or is it the 23rd) stone.


chatter


evening chatter -

crickets out
in the fields.

25/01/2011
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aros #23

the 23rd stone.


offerings


paper ashes
flutter
along the void deck

tiny black moths
in the
evening air.

somewhere
a soul
will be appeased

with the offerings
of gold
silver and money.


23/01/2011
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aros #22

the 22nd stone


a mimosa peeks



a mimosa peeks
from a crack in concrete-

bright morning.

22/01/2011
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aros #21

the 21st stone


waves crash

waves crash
against a breakwater-

thunder overhead.

21/01/2011
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aros #20

Sorry about the 19th stone, too exhausted after work to lift a pencil. Here's the 20th stone, for someone always in my heart.





days


a
day
passes
without
      you
again

your
teddy bear
      sits

alone

on
the
bed
    waiting.

20/01/2011
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aros #18

the 18th stone


crows feeding

stifling afternoon-

crows feeding
on roadkill.

18-01-2011
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aros #17

the 17th stone.


blackbirds perch

blackbirds perch
on rooftop antenna-

useless scarecrow.

17-01-2011
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aros #16

the 16th stone


festive shopping


festive shopping -

a small child crying
at the checkout counter.

16-01-2011



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aros #15

the 15th stone.


technology

In the bus on the way home, a lady was solving a game of mahjong on her i-phone. A guy was poking his fingers on a tablet, while another was yakking away on his smartphone. And me, i was killing ninjas on my PSP.

Nobody reads a book or newspaper anymore.


15-01-2011
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aros #14

the 14th stone.


rush hour

evening rush hour-

a train of ants
scurrying along the kitchen top.

14/01/2011
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aros #13

I have given the 12th stone a miss. Clocking 12 hours at work leaves not much time for anything else. So then, the 13th stone.


The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, super- condensed

Martians
Ha ha, who can stop us now, we with our superior weapons?


terrestrial bacteria 
stupid martians!

13/01/2011
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aros #11

the 11th stone.


empty tables


cold night -

empty tables
at the coffeeshop.


11/01/2011
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aros #10

The 10th stone. Today's weather inspired this.
It was a wet, wet day, the rains coming down since late morning, and it is still pouring as I am writing this...



rain

No voices of children from the playground
Only the incessant chatter of rain.
The wind moans like a wounded hound.
The pigeons huddle in the eaves, shivering.

10/01/2011
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aros #9

the 9th stone. i am changing the title of the posts to aros #(date) from today. aros is, of course, a river of stones. :)


dogs barking


3 a.m.
nine floors below
in the streets
the dogs are barking
primordial
frenzied
they must have seen
ghosts or thieves
or
just shadows
and
i
sitting
on the edge
of the bed
in the dark
looking out
at a mottled
sky
too awake
to
get back
to sleep
again



09/01/2011
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NaSmaStoMo #8

the 8th stone. it's getting harder to find one.


untitled

lightning across the sky -

blackbirds crashlanding
onto roof-tops.


08/01/2011
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NaSmaStoMo #7

the 7th stone. unpolished pebble.



untitled


afternoon showers -

the bougainvillea
repainting its bracts.


07/01/2011
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NaSmaStoMo #6

the 6th stone. another dark pebble.

photo by blary_54

image from morguefile.com

a dream




just as
       i tried
          to touch
          you

          you
          fade away
             like a
             wisp
               of
       cigarette
             smoke.


06/01/2011




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NaSmaStoMo #5

the 5th stone. Slightly bigger, and dark. A sudden thunderstorm today inspired this..


storm

the evening
thunderstorm
hit us
with the urgency
of an
incoming shell.

i was
at a bus stop
drenched
in the city
but it could
very well be

a base
in a foreign land
as my comrades
lobbed mortar bombs
over the ridges
of tortured hills.


05/01/2011
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NaSmaStoMo #4

the 4th stone.


football

bright evening sun -


shrill shouts of boys
kicking football.


04/01/2011
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NaSmaStoMo #3

the third stone


aged

another morning -

strands of hair
in the washbasin.


03/01/2011
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NaSmaStoMo #2

the second stone.



sale

dressesjeansshoeschocolatestoys.

post-christmas sale.


02/01/2011
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NaSmaStoMo #1

the first stone



new day

clouds roll across the morning sky
in puffs of battleship grey.

new day.


01/01/2011
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