These haikus were written as exercises in mindfulness— an attempt to catch the fleeting moment in my daily walks, while reading, listening to music, and pondering about life. (Underlined words are not for emphasis but to web links.) This web page best viewed with Times font size 14.

Thursday, February 1, 2007, 3:30 pm Pinsky's "An Invitation to Poetry" DVD, Olivia Milward, 74, tells her experience Her daughter had died— a butterfly flew to her arm to say "good-bye".	Thursday, February 1, 2007, 3:40 pm Pinsky's "An Invitation to Poetry" DVD, Olivia Milward reads Goethe's "Holy Longing" You're the butterfly and you're gone— to die & grow flying for the light.
Friday, February 2, 2007, 10:08 am Awakened from bed by KDFC 102.1 FM Johann Pachelbel "Canon in D" Such beautiful tune to dance to— I spread my arms, my spirit in flight.	Friday, February 2, 2007, 11:00 am Reading "Mercury News" 2-2-07, 1B Norman Carroll: "Don't Call Me Homeless" The little boy says "You don't have a house, do you?" Yes!— I'm not homeless!
Friday, February 2, 2007, 3:00 pm Pinsky's "An Invitation to Poetry" DVD, Yina Liang, 16, reads Emily Dickinson Poem #288 "I'm Nobody! Who are you? God is Emptiness so you could be everything— Go paint the whole sky!	Friday, February 2, 2007, 9 pm Waverley Writers, Friends House, Palo Alto Persis M. Karim reads poem "Pomegranates" from "Let Me Tell You Where I've Been" The way to eat it is to knead it— drink the blood- red juice from a hole.
Saturday, February 3, 2007, 6:40 pm Shopping Express— Stanford students gossiping about golfer Michelle Wie, running into her in the Stanford dorms She just got twenty million in endorsement fees— quite a humble gal!	Sunday, February 4, 2007, 11:15 am Home Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Beethoven's Violin Sonata #9 in A Opus 47 (Kreutzer Sonata) Hummingbird flaps its wings 80 times per second drinking the sunlight.
Monday, February 5, 2007, Noon Reading "Mercury News" (2-5-2007 2B) Queen Mary II is 1132 feet in length I'd invite James Joyce on the Queen Mary— let him read Finnegans Wake!	Monday, February 5, 2007, 1 pm 89th anniversary of "In the Waiting Room" Elizabeth Bishop, "Geography III" (1976) In the Waiting Room— the fifth of February, 1918— Read!
Monday, February 5, 2007, 9 pm Stanford's Arrillaga Alumini Center Andrei Linde: "Origin & Fate of the Universe" He shows a slide of The Kandinsky Universe claims his is better.	Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 9 pm Foothill College Middlefield Lab, Staff Lounge Chat, Palo Alto Four friends tell stories being an American— It's good living here.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 10 pm Conjuring up James Cagney singing and dancing "Yankee Doodle Dandy" I see James Cagney— "I'm the Yankee Doodle Boy born 4th of July!"	Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 10:30 pm Cubberley Parking Lot, Palo Alto Jack tells about Frederick Spencer Chapman Ace Adventurers— Lawrence of Arabia and Freddie Chapman!
Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 11:26 am KDFC 102.1 FM— Isabelle Faust plays Haydn, "Violin Concerto #3 in A on a violin lost for 100 years. Found in the attic— "Sleeping Beauty" violin now playing Haydn.	Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 3:30 pm Eavan Boland's Poetry Workshop Quotes Yeats' "Easter 1916" History Corner, Stanford University "changed utterly: a terrible beauty is born" What does Yeats mean here?
Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 3:30 pm My reflections on "terrible beauty" of Yeats' "Easter 1916" Easter Rebellion— Just like Christ's resurrection, rebirth for Ireland.	Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 3:30 pm Eavan Boland's Poetry Workshop Boland reflects on Yvor Winters Ah! Yvor Winters— Magic Philosopher's Stone minting good poets!
Thursday, February 8, 2007, 2:25 pm Walking on Ortega Avenue to El Camino Real, Mountain View Bare sycamore trees to my left and to my right— white plum petals bloom!	Thursday, February 7, 2007, 3:00 pm Walking by Avalon Towers on the Peninsula, 2400 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View O Majestic Oak— King of Avalon Towers! Ruler of this space!
Friday, February 9, 2007, 6:15 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Simone Simon in "Cat People" (1942) She's a cat woman— a kiss could turn her to a panther that will kill!	Friday, February 9, 2007, 7:15 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Tourneur & Lewton: "Cat People" Dark light and shadows, a chiaroscuro film— great horror thriller!
Saturday, February 10, 2007, 11:55 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio— Franz von Suppé "Poet & Peasant Overture" It's a carnival— Bright balloons, cotton candy, Merry-Go-Around!	Saturday, February 10, 2007, 12:50 pm Walking by the Bookstore Fountain at Stanford University Crow on the rooftop, another on the treetop— cawing together!
Saturday, February 10, 2007, 3:00 pm Reading K.A.J. Batterby, "Rilke and France" "Rilke arrived in Paris on 28 August 1902" An auspicious date— The 153rd birthday of Goethe!	Saturday, February 10, 2007, 11:50 pm Ballroom Dancing at Cubberley Pavilion Valentine/Chinese New Year Party Dancing the rumba to Boyzone's No Matter What before the last waltz.
Sunday, February 11, 2007, 12:25 pm Riding Shopping Express Bus on El Camino Real to Stanford A giant mushroom cloud— Dark gray stem, white foam on top covering the sky!	Sunday, February 11, 2007, 2:00 pm "Thank you" Email from Dick Freeman on finding Merton's "Prayer for Peace" He "wrote the Palo Alto Library" and they send him my web page.
Sunday, February 11, 2007, 7:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Josef von Sternberg, "Shanghai Express" (1932) Train snakes through China photographed by Lee Garmes— fire-breathing dragon!	Sunday, February 11, 2007, 10:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Maurice Chevalier in "Love Me Tonight" (1932) Whoever you are— I love you. He's a tailor! Isn't it romantic!
Monday, February 12, 2007, 12:04 pm Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio— Beethoven, "Rage Over a Lost Penny", Op. 129 Beethoven's upset— Rage Over a Lost Penny Extreme Emotions!	Monday, February 12, 2007, 2:30 pm Foothill Middlefield Lab, Palo Alto Writing "First Poem in Paris" They meet at the zoo— "Come and have a cup of tea." What a Zen remark!
Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 3:00 pm Gentle Dental, Palo Alto Osseous surgery by Dr. Rana Baroudi Rana is Nara Buddha working on my tooth— I'm blessèd indeed!	Tuesday, February 13, 2007, 4:00 pm Osseous surgery by Dr. Rana Baroudi Eyes closed, mouth numb, I see & feel: I'm surrounded by pale green light, listening to song Time After Time.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 11:52 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio— It's Valentine's Day— Romantic ballet music: Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake	Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 1:55 pm Cal-Train Depot, Palo Alto A long feather quilt pen cloud extends across the blue sky— What poem will you write?
Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 3:30 pm Robert Pinsky's Stanford Poetry Workshop Pinsky's short talk on Sonnet History Volumes of despair! Cruel lady makes man suffer— Male peacock display!	Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 4:00 pm Robert Pinsky's Stanford Poetry Workshop Pinsky's answer on poet's responsibility Don't freeze it. Change it. Keep it alive. Pass it on. Turn it inside out!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 9:30 pm Pigott Hall, Room 113, Stanford University Egyptian Film: "Malek wa Ketaba" (2005) Young film actress smiles at old drama professor and changes his life.	Thursday, February 15, 2007, 10:35 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio— Franz Schubert, "Serenade" Dining with the one you love— you'll want this music played at your table.
Thursday, February 15, 2007, 1:15 pm Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchesta, conducts Beethoven's Symphony #5, Op. 67 O Wake up! Wake up! There's beauty all around you— Thou art That you are!	Thursday, February 15, 2007, 3:15 pm Foothill College Middlefield Campus Parking lot near Theatre, Palo Alto Crow on dark branches against white clouds in a pale blue sky— Caw! Caw! Caw!
Friday, February 16, 2007, 11:34 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio— Haydn's Symphony #94 "Surprise" (shortened) Light lilting music— I'm waiting for the surprise but it never came.	Friday, February 16, 2007, 4:00 pm Braun Music Center, Stanford University Prof. Hinton's " Kurt Weill & Lotte Lenya" He's in love with her voice; writes music for her to sing— They marry twice.
Friday, February 16, 2007, 4:15 pm Braun Music Center, Stanford University Caruso recording on Edison machine Caruso's singing Pagliacci opera on the grammaphone!	Friday, February 16, 2007, 4:30 pm Braun Music Center, Stanford University Talk with Jerry McBride, Music Archivist They've gone up for tea. I touch Kurt Weill's autograph and feel uplifted.
Friday, February 16, 2007, 9:00 pm Stanford Theatre, "The Leopard Man" It's the same panther from the Cat People zoo film— now out on a leash!	Saturday, February 17, 2007, 6:40 pm Stanford Shopping Express Shuttle Two women embrace— they hug in surprise— she shows her engagement ring.
Sunday, February 18, 2007, 4:00 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Greta Garbo tells Robert Taylor in "Camille" "The earth is sweeter than any perfume. Ah, look— a four-leaf clover!"	Sunday, February 18, 2007, 6:00 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald, "Maytime" Singing with my love— Let us remember this day— O sweet heart! sweet heart!
Monday, February 19, 2007, 6:20 pm Seeing the New Moon & Evening Star as I enter Stanford's Green Library Day after New Year— Crescent Moon & Venus shine straight into my heart!	Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 1:30 pm Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio— Bizet's Orchestral Suite #3 "Roma" She phones to tell me "Are you listening to this— music to kiss by!"
Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 7:00 pm Email from college friend Richard Hanauer when he learned I got in Pinsky's Poetry Class "You're very lucky! Maybe this is what heaven is like."— Yes! Yes! Yes!	Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 10:30 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio— Chopin, "Concert Rondo, Opus #14 Fountain music sings bubbling waters flowing— wakes me up from bed.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 4:00 pm Eavan Boland's Poetry Workshop discussing Judith Wright's "Australia 1970" "She turned her 'I' to a 'we'— I don't think poems should be marching songs."	Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 8:30 pm Pigott Hall, Room 113, Stanford University Réne Clair, "Italian Straw Hat" (1926) Groom's horse ate a chunk of a lady's straw hat and he can't replace it."
Thursday, February 22, 2007, 4:00 pm Watching Real Audio Interview of Max Perutz: How does hemoglobin work? 10,000 atoms to transport four oxygen molecules for life!	Friday, February 23, 2007, 10:50 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio— Nicolo Paganini "Perpetual Motion" White waters tumble down the river without stop— fast forward motion!"
Saturday, February 24, 2007, 11:00 am Walking to Showers Drive, Mountain View A pin in the sky tells me how many angels are dancing on it.	Saturday, February 24, 2007, 5:00 pm Stanford: Reading Rumi's "Unmarked Boxes" He's one with the gold, the light, the sun. His poems bath us with Light.
Sunday, February 25, 2007, 4:55 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio— Jean Sibelius, "Valse Triste", Op. 44 Woman on deathbed hears haunting waltz melody and recalls her youth.	Sunday, February 25, 2007, 1:40 pm Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio— Johann Pachelbel "Canon in D" The field is filled with snow— a child sticks her tongue out to catch the white flakes.
Sunday, February 25, 2007, 5:40 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Marlene Dietrich in "Devil Is a Woman" (1935) She's a femme fatale! Unless you're a Parzival, her charms will kill you.	Sunday, February 25, 2007, 6:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Jeanette MacDonald in "Monte Carlo" (1930) She's riding a train beyond the blue horizon to Monte Carlo.
Monday, February 26, 2007, 11:32 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio— Handel, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" Queen of Sheba's gift— 666 talents of gold to King Solomon.	Tuesday, February 27, 2007, 7:30 pm Foothill College Middlefield Campus Paul Shirville Hybrid Tea Rose A beautiful rose— 30 petals for my niece Elisa's birthday.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 11:40 am Walking on Ortega Avenue to El Camino Real, Mountain View White plum trees now green. When walking closer, I see the green leaves in bloom.	Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 11:50 am Sitting on bench to write a haiku while waiting for Bus #522, Mountain View How stupid to sit on the bench after the rain— Now my pants are wet!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 3;30 pm Pinsky's Stanford Poetry Workshop Ned asks Pinsky to summarize the role of the poet in one sentence. Art world on mass scale— Poetry is an art on an intimate scale.	Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 9:07 pm Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center Pinsky reads 11 poems, the last on passage from Dante, "Paradiso", XXXIII.46-48, 52-66 The way the sun melts snow, so the oracle of the Sibyl was lost.

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