Here I collect small, but polished, observational pieces, moments of experience in a nutshell/haiku/senryu or other forms of micropoetry and very short fiction.
This space includes my #aros entries and several haiku written for NaHaiWriMo 2011 and the group that continued on Facebook afterwards.
For my main blog please go to http://stellapierides.com
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Happy New Year’s Day!
Remember though …
.
a river flows
into a new year
every day
.
In a sense this micropoem plays on the theme of Heraclitus‘ Fragment 41: ”You cannot step twice into the same river”
Δεν γίνεται να μπει κανείς στο ίδιο νερό του ποταμού που κυλάει δύο φορές.
From today on, though, I, along with others, will be entering the river of stones every single day for a month.
For Heraclitus the appearance of stability is an illusion, ”for as you are stepping in [the river], other waters are ever flowing on to you.” However, consider the possibility of re-entering the river of stones: on the one hand, the river consists of the flowing moments of experience as represented by stones; on the other hand, each time we polish and share a stone, we ourselves change, grow through our attending to and encapsulating the moment of experience.
Happy New Year 2011!
(Source: stellapierides.com)
