River

Poems of Life and Death – 18

Happy Birthday

The world is your birthday cake.
The shape is elliptical,
Its flavor is mystical,
Served on a tectonic plate.
In icing from the exosphere
The planet’s flora
The color of aurora
Deck the journey of a year.

Poems of Life and Death – 17

House

The mountains hold the house of sun.
Crests of white and blue connect
An outline of the architect
Along their mortal run.

Poems of Life and Death – 16

Starship

Snowfall charts the filament
In nebulae of spruce,
Gravity’s instruments
Declassify the truth:
This atmosphere of green and white
Changes at the speed of light,
Warps the world through fields of gold.
A galaxy. Majesty. Behold.

Poems of Life and Death – 15

Construction

Neon orange and yellow equipment
Plastic, cones, rebar, fences
Delivery vans with mystery shipments
Hopping ravens in various tenses
Streetlights wrapped in LEDs
Tired machines, hydraulic dreams
Erase themselves a monument.
The forest looms an unseeable green.

Poems of Life and Death – 14

I strike the match.

Dressed for St. Peter’s,
I stand in the Colosseum,
Obedient to camera’s command.
The world selects a fate.
“LION!”

Poems of Life and Death – 13

Workwalk

Green
White
Photosight.
Mist
Moss
Sugarboss.
Marble
Check
Supertech.

Poems of Life and Death – 12

March

Call rhythm by its name:
Rain.
Rests are snow
Falling into place.
Pitch is oil
Ambiance of aerospace.
Of the sounds that music makes
Mistake this daybreak for a song
As symbols crash the dawn.

Poems of Life and Death – 11

Ignorance

Confident in stride
Searching for prize
I called the trees silent!
So
They canceled the hunt,
And drove this arrow
Through my pride.

Poems of Life and Death – 10

Impact

The days are gentle meteors,
Falling snow.
Slow
This morning’s blaze
Of lavender.

Game 9 – New Forest

This game with Lukas was played over a week ago, and it gave me much to think about. Although every game of Go is unique, Lukas said that this one’s feel was different from previous games. This happened to be the first game I played since moving to a new city and starting a new job. Coincidence? I think not.

I made the decision to play the 5-4 point. Life began as I leapt into a different forest in search of a new species of Go.

This is how I would like to approach the game from now on: trekking through unknown woods without fear.

In the game below, commented by me with some of Lukas’ suggestions, I played black, and Lukas won by 20.5 points.