[Share] Shade of Black, 7/16/05

Lightscapes: [POEM] Shade of Black, 7/16/05

Shade of Black
Mitz, 7/16/05

The phone rings
and the night bleeds, cut
by the sharpness of noise.
My ear, cold against
the receiver, deciphers
burning decibels:
"You've hurt me so much,"
over thin wires connecting
kilometers of pain.
"This is the second time
you've broken a promise."
Heartbeats become deafening throbs
in the ensuing stillness,
pale as withered moonlight.
"You've broken me,"he says,
"I've once believed
we have the same ideals.
You have changed."
Tears are invisible
in the shadows,
save for the errant drop
that catches moonlight,
gleaming like the last
ember of hope.
"Remember my promise
to marry you next year?
Guess what? You're right.
People do change."
The night, the oppresive darkness,
turns a darker shade
of black.

-=0=-

This is a poem by Michelle Lanuza. A good friend though we've only seen each other face-to-face twice.

--andoy
19 July 2005

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Last Saturday, I picked up my copy of the latest Harry Potter book before we (me and my family) went to Sta. Lucia to watch a movie, "Fantastic Four".

Unless the author changes her mind, this will be the penultimate installment of the Harry Potter series. As such, I can say that it delivers. It answers several questions: How can you kill Voldemort? What was the Riddle diary (in "Chamber of Secrets") all about? How can Professor Snape get back to the Death Eaters and report on them? Who takes over as Gryffindor Quidditch captain? Why was Tom Riddle born in an orphanage? How can Harry train to become an Auror? These set the stage for the next (and last) book of the series.

The larger questions remain, however. And these include new questions, like: "Who is 'R.A.B.'?"; and "Will Harry Potter kill Voldemort?"

It's a good, easy read, with almost an emphasis on simplification. J.K.Rowling's style is not like Asimov who ties up everything too nicely. Rowling leaves some loose ends which are self-explanatory. She also leaves some untied for the reader to review earlier books and to serve as teasers for succeeding books.

I think I'll be re-reading Harry Potter 1-6 for the next year or two, until the last one comes along.

--andoy
18 July 2005

a terminal trick

Forwarded message:

i hope this isnt too far off topic for this group but i thought i
should share this

goto the terminal with an internet connection and type

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

then watch star wars episode 4 (the original) in ascii text ;)
have fun
`km

Yuk, what kind of dumb menu system is that? Oh, so that is Windows!

-=0=-

I picked this up on the MacOSX Yahoo groups courtesy of Kris Murray.  Enjoy.

--andoy
15 July 2005

[poem] Conspiracy

by Andoy, Mitz, Steph and Bambina
posted at Pinoy Poets 4 July 2005

Rolling through landscapes lost,
smoky eyes in a dark red-lit room,
cacophony of white noise foiled against
distinct syllables of poems newly writ.

Listening to echoes of words ghosting by
entwining, undulating like twin snakes--
verses birthed in a flash of lightning
swallowed by silence,
slithering slowly out from its hollow
like notes from an indian's flute.

Tonight, we conspire to write.

-=0=-

I forgot to post this collaborative poem on this blog. I've not
posted any new poems with Pinoy Poets since then. And that's quite a
long drought.

--andoy
13 July 2005

(Share) Somnambule, Cielo Maaliw

Poem was first posted by Cielo at her blog.

Somnambule

Je mesure chaque soufflée argentée
que m'envoie la lune;

Je te vois, lucide, accentué
sculpté par la lumière;

Je t'entends murmurer, renvoyé
en échos sur les murs;

Je te sens, ma peau s'en est brulée
de baisers et caresses purs;

Je rêve, mais je peux déclarer
que c'est toi -- j'en suis sûre.


Rough translation:

Sleepwalker

I measure each silvery breath
sent in by the moon;

I see you, lucid, focused,
sculpted by the light;

I hear you, whisper,
echoed by the walls;

I feel you, my skin tingles
from pure kisses & caresses;

I dream, but I so declare
that it's you -- I'm sure of it.



~~ Cielo Maaliw (Vendredi 1 juillet, 2005)

-=0=-

--
--andoy
7 July 2005