Things I Did Yesterday Paying Attention To Details Instead Of Writing A Poem

27 Tuesday Nov 2012

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I Ching, poetry, prose poem, tongue-in-cheek

I asked the I Ching what I should write about. It said to pay attention to details.

I went to the post office. I visited an art gallery. I took the kids to lunch at a sloppy pelican. I ate a shrimp po’boy. I took a shower. I took the kids to the beach. I listened to my wife. I gave blood. I told the woman trying to scam change that I didn’t have any (which was true). I listened to jazz. I ate pizza. I fell asleep on the floor.

I did not write a poem. I paid attention to details.

4 thoughts on “Things I Did Yesterday Paying Attention To Details Instead Of Writing A Poem”

rholland50 said:

November 27, 2012 at 12:12 pm

Probably the most creative thing you could have done.

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- peculiaritiesandreticences said:
  
  November 27, 2012 at 12:24 pm
  
  That’s what I figured.
  
  My batteries are running a bit low- probably because of all the enthusiasm from the block being broken. This morning the I Ching told me that there was a risk of burning out.
  
  The #52 was a randomized fiction assigned by the I Ching. Hexagram 52 basically says “stop, take a rest, breathe.”
  
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  - rholland50 said:
    
    November 27, 2012 at 1:45 pm
    
    Wise, these random oracles.
  - peculiaritiesandreticences said:
    
    November 27, 2012 at 1:50 pm
    
    Yeah 🙂 I started playing with the I Ching after learning how John Cage used it.