Daily Archives: October 20, 2004

The Scream

The Scream Ten Lines Found Poem Teresa Lee The space you need, I let you be No matter how you disguise I sense your inanity. You tangle yourself in a way unfamiliar I drag you out in my way familiar. You scream aloud to let me hear I tremble to envision what I can get…

The End of the Tunnel

The End of the Tunnel Ten Lines Found Poem Cindy Wu Cold and dark, the tunnel inside, Following tracks that left behind. Forward, forward, what do you see? Is there in the back more to meet? A beam of light front seems to shine More closer, more to decline? What leads us down here in…

Impression, Sunrise

Impression, Sunrise Ten Lines Found Poem Audrey Lau Sun rises, Here And there, blushes Eternal water transparently as Changing sky. No rowboats and no fixed Shape Ripples in thy crystal eyes I could feel before I Thought [Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet]

Victim of Fire

Victim of Fire Ten Lines Found Poem T.C. Cheng Let me be the worshiper of Satan, for God has turned my city into fire, and my hair into flame. Light me up, Darkness for I’m the citizen erased and my face vague… Shadow, Shadow, concrete me, Hatred, and hang them on Satan’s teeth by eyes,…

Hideaway

Hideaway Ten Lines Found Poem Pauline Huang In daylight, captivated in dark of Despair, was she not seizing the letter, But seized by the sudden punch of words, Escaped from life, Intentionally. A blossom lost its hue amid reluctance ’nd will. Not freedom she has longed for, shut in silence Of love, thy hate seem’d…

Marcus Stone’s “In Love”

Marcus Stone’s “In Love” Ten Lines Found Poem Diana Chiang Sitting so close I cannot disguise That love so deeply intended Could cease to live at dawn I gently gaze Searching for a sparkle in your eye Given back to me the love I once desired One pleasant afternoon I gaze upon myself. [In Love…

The Old Guitarist

The Old Guitarist Ten Lines Found Poem Michelle Wang The wooden body and the gifted sound Once brought joy to the little crowd But the crowd never felt grateful for the delightedness They only took the enjoyment for granted As times went by The strings got loosened And the voice got roughened This was where…

Quietness

Quietness Ten Lines Found Poem Miranda Lu We were noisy. We shouted out. We jumped up. We ran around. We are quiet. We shut up. We stare down . We sit up. We are colorful, But no longer happy. [_____ by Picasso]

A Haunted Song

A Haunted Song Ten Lines Found Poem Brian Huang A tempting song sung by beautiful ladies, Far and near echoed on the sea, relentlessly. On the sea sailors battered by waves and sounds, As if they ne’er escaped the raging disaster forthcoming. And then a man of wire craftly waxed the crew’s ears, the way…

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa Ten Lines Found Poem Anne Hsui She is the only one in the world, without goodness looks, but with the fame of beauty. She is a myth of myths, an implicit smile evokes a century-long question: Who is the luckiest guy awarded? For what the privilege laid on him? She is a riddle…

Mirage Six

Mirage Six Ten Lines Found Poem Doris Vallejo Time contracts between us across the frigid snow thawed by our heat. Longing swells. Tides of blood thrum in quickening beats. Etched in moonlight we measure silence nimbly spanned in a leap. Tomorrow nothing will remain but frozen prints of paws and feet. [Mirage Six by Boris…

Ten Lines Found

Ten Lines Found refers to a almost-found poetry exercise in which the poet looks at a painting or photograph and quickly writes a ten-line response within five minutes. It is akin to flash poetry. My literature students participate in the activity by way of first examining some poems inspired by great works of art. Then…

Guiding versus Leading in Hypnotic Experiences and Regression

While the Hill Alien Abduction case is an “American” case involving hypnotic regression uncovering an alien abduction, there have recently been a number of media cases here in Taiwan where someone has been doing similar work involving “spirit possession” and the like. The principles of good hypnotic session control should be in place at all…