There is romance and poetry around us if we care to look. They are there in our living rooms and kitchen floor where sunlight plays over, on the window ledge looking out to the garden, on the weather-beaten surface of an old tree trunk, on grubby street walls scrawled with graffiti “art”, in a chic café tucked between two shabby buildings, and countless other familiar places we tend to overlook. In a world that keeps rushing, how refreshing it is to slow down to notice what is ordinary, authentic and yes, poetic in their own quirky ways.
I “bumped” into your blog because I was looking for the full version of the poem “Instructions before visiting Earth”. How wonderful has it been to discover such an incredible and, yes, sublime blog. As you were posting this piece on April 20th, I was celebrating my second’s child first birthday. Looking at her eyes whenever she discovers something new is my example of the poetics of the ordinary. I wish I could express myself more precisely, but English is a foreign language to me. That being said, I believe Thank You is very clear message in most languages. So thank you for your time and dedication to sharing what makes us believe that our (and every) life matters.
Thank you for your kind words. I hope you will find more interesting posts from this blog that will speak to you.
Wallace Fong