http://www.blueprintzine.net Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:21:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HAS TO has to be about bears about doors that open where bears should be - Bob Heman http://www.blueprintzine.net/?p=2145 TELL ME AGAIN day floats by a great whale drunken cricket songs drown the shushing sea the door to the cellar of myself is swollen shut with tears I will never forget this land is not my own slanting sun lays bare fleshy limbs of beech trees goes down in rosy waves is the ... http://www.blueprintzine.net/?p=2097 The Golden Rule Sometimes life gets so hard along the way that we forget that it is essential for our future to take care of one another. No matter how much money, power, or education one might acquire we are all still subjected to the pressures of this world. One ... http://www.blueprintzine.net/?p=2082 Living Vicariously In “ Once More To the Lake”  E.B. White and his son embark on a memorable journey to a calm and placid lake in Maine.  White soon becomes torn as he begins to retrieve memories from his childhood trip to the lake forty years earlier.  As he ... http://www.blueprintzine.net/?p=1993 Editor’s Note: I met Bill Mohr recently when he read a selection of Leland Hickman’s work at a special tribute to the late poet. We are honored to have some of Bill’s work on blueprint. He teaches at California State University, Long Beach. Susan Gangel LES PECHES AU CYGNE being extinguished even enlightenment feels ... http://www.blueprintzine.net/?p=1988 [caption id="attachment_928" align="alignnone" width="247" caption="Green Earth"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_928" align="alignnone" width="217" caption="Spawn"][/caption] http://www.blueprintzine.net/?p=1861 REVELATION Common as coin and wrapped mint spilled on a table in a portal of half-light. In season the ripe outstrips even desire. A fine dust settles on the Fuyu persimmon, comparison to time, useless. I polish then peel and slice. The taste, a perfection words can’t craft. Thus, by flesh, ... http://www.blueprintzine.net/?p=1846 FORTUNE What is sought after cannot be found in word or seed. She tapes promises from Chinese fortune cookies to the first page of a journal -- disembodied leaves. Consults them as migratory birds do thermals. Take heart. Nothing lost, each abundance caught and released as season dictates. For instance, Fall is a spill leaving a body naked. Welcome ... http://www.blueprintzine.net/?p=1839 Who do you think is Brain Washed? Michael Herr’s “From Dispatches” is one among many pieces he has written that reminded me of when I was in the military. Joining the military is optional, but once you are in you cannot not leave until you have served your ... http://www.blueprintzine.net/?p=1794 The Horrors of the Vietnam War During the Vietnam War, the public in America protested and rioted against the government’s actions. Public approval for President Johnson slumped to an all time low. As images and videos of the war streamed back to the American public, people ... http://www.blueprintzine.net/?p=1786