Haikus: June 2010

HAIKUS: June 2010

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

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.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 11:53-11:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Sol Gabetta plays
plays Peter Tchaikovsky, Andante Cantabile,
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, (1877)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2) Article

Tchaikovsky's cello
strings tug the heart
with melancholic longings. Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 4:00-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Wrote 10 haikus with links for May 30-31—
Reading once-yearly sunset at Manhattanhenge;
Listened to Dudamel's Beethoven Symphony #5

Yesterday was magical—
great music, films, and
walking with a friend.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 1:02-1:32 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Sir Georg Solti
conducts Franz Joseph Haydn,
Symphony #104 in D major "London" (1795),
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Haydn's London Symphony—
Minuet followed by
Croatian folk song. Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 2:11 pm
Mountain View, Showers Drive
Went grocery shopping at Wal-Mart—
Country Crock margarine, Dairy creamer,
Dozen Ramen Shrimp Cup-of-Noodles

Switched to distance glasses
and forgot to bring
reading glasses to Stanford.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 3:30-6:45 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Typed Apple Symbolism from Harold Bayley's
Lost Language of Symbolism (1912), p. 304
More apple citations in Bayley's book, Volume 2

Ap is equal to ob—
so Apollo is "orb of
the Lord Everlasting".
Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 7:10 pm
Palo Alto, University Ave. & Alma Street—
Walking to Stanford Theatre via tunnel
and saw dozens of yellow Asian lilies,
but only one pair stayed together (Photo)

Dozens of lilies
in the field— only this pair
seemed to be in love.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 7:30-9:10 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Jack Conway directs
"Libeled Lady" (1936) starring William Powell,
Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy,
& Walter Connolly (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Trout fishing sequence
is so funny that audience
all burst out laughing. Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 9:20-11:13 pm
Stanford Theatre: W. S. Van Dyke directs
"After the Thin Man" (1936) with William Powell,
Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia, & Penny Singleton; (YouTube: 1, 2)

Surprise ending in
finding real killer with
so many guilty ones.

Thursday, June 3, 2010, 12:00-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews David Sereda (Web site); "Solar Activity & the Universe" (Converging Spirituality, Quantum Communication, Light Stream, E-Books)

Harmonic ratios
and frequencies let us
tune in to infinities.
Thursday, June 3, 2010, 11:52-11:56 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jeffrey Tate
conducts Franz Joseph Haydn,
Symphony #94 in G major "Surprise" (1791),
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Quiet piano theme
with sudden drum stroke
that woke everyone up!

Thursday, June 3, 2010, 7:00-9:00 pm
Stanford University, Pigott Hall, Room 260-113
Screening with introduction by Paul Harrison,
The Buddha: Story of Siddhartha, Directed by David Grubin (YouTube: Trailer, PBS, Video)

Great documentary
of Buddha's life with art,
animation, and interviews.
Thursday, June 3, 2010, 9:03-9:30 pm
Stanford University, Pigott Hall, Room 260-113
Q&A Session & Discussion with Paul Harrison,
The Buddha: Story of Siddhartha, Directed by David Grubin (YouTube: Trailer, PBS, Video)

Monk points up to summit
for enlightenment but poets
say it's here in this room!

Friday, June 4, 2010, 11:04-11:10 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Daniel Hope plays
J. S. Bach Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3),
Orchestral Suite #3 in D major,
"Air on the G String", BMV 1068 (1731)

Bach's Air on the G String
transports me to heaven
for a taste of bliss. Friday, June 4, 2010, 1:00-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Formatting poems for Waverley Writers;
Writing poem "The Gods Need Our Light
to Grant Our Wishes" (Is & Ish Words)

Why we blow out candles
on our birthday cake
before we make a wish?

Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:00 pm
Palo Alto, 731 Colorado Avenue—
Photographed two tree twined together
merged as one; Loie Johnson spots me &
gives me ride to Waverley Writers (Photos 1, 2)

Turned back to marvel
at two trees twined together
merged and grew as one. Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:30-9:45 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading—
Read three of my poems "A Sea of Steps",
Easter Bunny Hunt, and Phalaenopsis

They liked my short poems
inspired by Kay Ryan's theme
I learned about lightness.

Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:30-9:45 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers Reading— Tom Digby reads
poem "A Moon with Three Questions"

Have you met people
who don't believe in the Moon,
the Sun, the rain, and even in love? Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:30-9:45 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers— Patrick Daly reads "Poem for William Tyndale" (translated Bible to English)

Fire for light, sapling
fan of life— how is it
possible not to hope.

Saturday, June 5, 2010, 9:13-9:21 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Fionnuala Hunt plays
Ástor Piazzolla, "Libertango" (1974)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Woke up to Libertango—
song of liberty
to dance, dance, and dance. Saturday, June 5, 2010, 9:51-9:56 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Mikhail Pletnev conducts
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, "Sleeping Beauty:
Polacca" (1889), Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Princess Aurora
slept for 100 years
till awakened by a kiss.

Saturday, June 5, 2010, 5:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Bus Stop on hilltop
Bus #40 came late yesterday and Beatrice,
dental student gave me ride; today hitched
ride from Kathy, staff at Krause Center

Hitched rides from Beatrice
and Kathy to Los Altos Library
yesterday and today. Saturday, June 5, 2010, 8:45-11:55 pm
Palo Alto, Cubberley Pavilion,
Ballroom dancing: James Kleinrath taught
intermediate Tango (pivot turns & swivels)
(Ann gave me ride home afterwards)

Danced tonight with Jade,
Jing Jing, June, Kim, Annie,
Ann, Trudy, and Lucy.

Sunday, June 6, 2010, 11:25-11:29 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Edvard Grieg,
"Peer Gynt: Morning Mood" (1875)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Grieg's "Morning Mood" from
Peer Gynt is good wake-up
music as the dawn breaks. Sunday, June 6, 2010, 1:00-1:50 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at CVS Pharmacy, Milk Pail,
and Safeway (2580 California Street)

Pickles, broccoli,
Brussels sprouts, red grapes,
cherries, potato salad.

Monday, June 7, 2010, 11:22-11:32 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gioachino Rossini,
"La Gazza Ladra: Overture" (Thieving Magpie) (1817), Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2), Magpie

Servant blamed for stealing
food till they discovered
it was a magpie. Monday, June 7, 2010, 2:00-3:15 pm
Palo Alto: 3920 Middlefied Road
Gentle Dental: Dr. John Glerum and
Jasmine prepared crown for tooth #11

Small crack in tooth #11—
dentist preparing crown
to protect my teeth.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 7:30-9:05 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Robert Wise directs
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951)
with Michael Rennie & Patricia Neal
(Photo), (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

"Klaatu-Barada-Nikto"—
activates robot Gort
to do his work. Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 9:15-10:35 pm
Stanford Theatre: Jack Arnold directs
"It Came from Outer Space" (1953)
with Richard Carlson & Barbara Rush,
(YouTube: 1, 2)

Spaceship crashes in
desert— are aliens
benevolent beings from afar?

Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 10:54-10:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Andre Rieu plays
Dmitri Shostakovich, Jazz Suite #2, Waltz #2 (1938)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

What a lovely waltz
for dancing in a garden
or in a palace. Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 12:36-12:44 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2),
Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings (1715)

Christ ascension to heaven—
but the Kingdom is
not up but within.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 7:30-9:38 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Elia Kazan
directs "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1945)
with Peggy Ann Garner, James Dunn,
Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Peggy Ann Garner
performed with such pathos
bringing tears to my heart. Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 9:45-11:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
directs "The Late George Apley" (1947)
with Ronald Coleman & Peggy Cummins,
Vanessa Brown, Richard Ney, (1937 Novel)

A stuffy film about
Bostonians saved by
Ronald Coleman's acting.

Friday, June 11, 2010, 9:18-9:22 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jon Lord,
"To Notice Such Things" (2010)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube), Title from
Thomas Hardy's "Afterwards"

To notice such things,
beauty all around us—
this miraculous life! Friday, June 11, 2010, 1:00-6:00 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
Jacob Grimm's "Teutonic Mythology" (1844)
"From fairy-tale to legend to history to real life"
Preface in Volume III, page xv (28 April, 1844)

Fairy-tale flies, legend walks—
one links to poetry,
the other to history.

Saturday, June 12, 2010, 8:12-8:15 am
KKSF-The Band 103.7 FM: The Beatles,
"Roll Over Beethoven" (1963)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2), Lyrics

Roll over Beethoven—
we're rockin' in two by two
digging these rhythm & blues. Saturday, June 12, 2010, 8:52-8:55 am
KKSF-The Band 103.7 FM: John Lennon,
"Instant Karma" (1970)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2), Lyrics

Well we all shine on
like the moon, the sun, and stars—
on and on and on.

Saturday, June 12, 2010, 11:55 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
Reply to Deborah Glerum's email on
web link to my poem "Phalaenopsis"

She brought orchid for
Gentle Dental waiting room
that inspired my poem. Saturday, June 12, 2010, 1:08-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
Typing "Apple" (pp. 4-13) from Roy Vickery's
"Oxford Dictionary of Plant-Lore" (1995)

Largest entry on apples
from all the symbolism
books consulted so far.

Sunday, June 13, 2010, 10:37-10:44 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Eugene Ormandy
conducts George Frederick Handel,
Xerxes: Ombra mai fu "Largo" (1738)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

King Xerxes loved his
plane tree that gave him shade
more than his concubines. Sunday, June 13, 2010, 10:44-10:50 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Butterworth,
The Banks of Green Willow (1913)
Listen, (CD) (YouTube), based on
A.E. Housman's "A Shropshire Lad"

Died at Battle of the Somme
in World War I, but
his music lived on.

Sunday, June 13, 2010, 11:04-11:10 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Alexander Borodin,
String Quartet #2 in D major (1881)
"Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" (lyrics)
("Kismet" 1955 film), (Listen), (CD), YouTube

Loved Howard Keel singing
this song in Kismet—
but Peggy Lee is better. Sunday, June 13, 2010, 11:30 am
Mountain View: Rudy returned from Clovis,
came to my apartment with gift of two bags
of apricots from his aunt's garden. Will pick
me up at 6:30 pm for Stanford Theatre movies

Better see two horror films
today since Stanford
Library is closed.

Sunday, June 13, 2010, 7:30-8:55 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Robert Siodmak
directs "The Spiral Staircase" (1946)
with Dorothy McGuire, George Brent,
Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Psychopathic killer
stalks a young mute woman
in spiral staircase house. Sunday, June 13, 2010, 9:05-10:22 pm
Stanford Theatre: John Brahm
directs "Hangover Square" (1945)
with Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell,
& George Sanders, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Bernard Herrmann
wrote eerie score
fifteen years before Psycho.

Monday, June 14, 2010, 11:06-11:08 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Itzhak Perlman plays
John Williams, "Memoirs of a Geisha" (2005)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

John Williams composed
Oriental music for
Memoirs of a Geisha. Monday, June 14, 2010, 12:00-1:45 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (2580 California Street) &
Wal-Mart (legal size envelopes & milk)

Coffee cake, Danish,
plain yogurt, sea scallops,
large pizza and red grapes.

Monday, June 14, 2010, 3:00 pm
Palo Alto, California Ave & El Camino—
Supervisor tells me new trees planted are
Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)

Street looked desolate
after all the oaks were chopped,
now they've planted new trees. Monday, June 14, 2010, 3:30-6:50 pm
Stanford University: Art Library to 5 pm;
Green Library to 6:50 pm typing notes
on Apple Symbolism & Johnny Appleseed

Learned that Johnny Appleseed
lived a monk-like life
with a Buddha-mind.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 10:06-10:23 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony #3 in Eb, Op. 55 "Eroica" (1803)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Summon the Hero
within as Beethoven did
to do the Great Work. Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 11:30 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Found 1966 stamp of Johnny Appleseed;
Formatting photo "Cat Eyes in the Tree"

Missed 10:50 Bus #35
and took 11 am Bus #40
to Foothill Krause Center.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 11:30 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
72nd Anniversary of Johnny Vander Meer's
Consecutive No-Hitters on June 15, 1938

This baseball record
will not be broken— pitching
two straight no-hit games! Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 11:30 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Writing Notes to poem "Gods Need Our Light"
with link to Ryutan Blows Out the Candle

Ryutan gives Tokusan
a candle to find his way
in the dark— then blows it out!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 7:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Google Building 40
WebMapSocial Silicon Valley Meetup: GPS
Per Enge, "GPS Jamming & Spoofing"

Staying ahead of car thieves
who jam GPS so police
can't track stolen cars. Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 7:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Google Building 40
WebMapSocial Silicon Valley Meetup: GPS
Gary Lyons, "Google Earth Mapping of Parks"

Mapped park boundaries,
trails, and elevations
using Google Earth overlays.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 7:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Google Building 40
WebMapSocial Silicon Valley Meetup: GPS
Randy Kochevar, "Tagging of Pacific Predators"

Migration patterns
of sea creatures show
dynamic ocean activities. Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 9:15 pm
Mountain View: Google Building 40
WebMapSocial Silicon Valley Meetup: GPS
Dr. KRS Murthy interested in WisdomPortal

He knows Ramana Maharshi
and Swami Chinmayananda—
my spiritual mentors.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 8:51-8:57 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gioachino Antonio Rossini,
La Scala di Seta: Overture (1812)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

The Silken Ladder
lowered from her bedroom
window for her lover. Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 3:00-5:00 pm
Friend takes me grocery shopping
Sunnyvale: Sprouts Farmers Market
Mountain View: Walgreens & 99 Ranch Market

Walnuts, sunflower seeds,
broccoli, cherries, red peppers,
radishes, green onions.

Thursday, June 17, 2010, 9:27-9:34 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Janine Jansen plays
Antonio Vivaldi, (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)
"The Four Seasons: Winter" (1723)

Woke up to Vivaldi's
"Winter"— the music
that inspired my first poem. Thursday, June 17, 2010, 11:23-11:29 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Pepe Romero plays
Luigi Boccherini, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)
Guitar Quintet #4 in D, "Fandango" (1798)

Fandango music
stirs me to snap my fingers,
to dance, dance, and dance!

Thursday, June 17, 2010, 12:45-6:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Compiling list Trinity: A Survey of 3
for grandniece Sophia's third birthday

Found Mariposa Lily
with three petals for Sophia's
third birthday I'd forgotten. Thursday, June 17, 2010, 7:00-8:00 pm
Stanford Cantor Arts Center: Visit with friend
to "Tracing the Past, Drawing the Future:
Master Ink Painters in 20th-Century China"

Red rooster and shrimps
appeared more lively than
serene nature landscapes.

Friday, June 18, 2010, 10:58-11:02 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Erik Satie,
Gymnopédie #1 (1888)
(Listen), (CD), (YouTube: 1, 2)

Melancholic melodies
in Erik Satie's slow
atmospheric tunes. Friday, June 18, 2010, 12:45-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Finished Trinity: A Survey of 3 and
3rd Birthday web page for Sophia

Mariposa Lily,
Three Hares & Wise Monkeys
for Sophia's 3rd birthday.

Friday, June 18, 2010, 6:20-6:52 pm
Stanford University, Lake Lagunita
Walk around the lake with friend
Panoramic view of lake (Photos)

The trees are sleeping,
misty clouds are dreaming,
but the Lake is awake! Friday, June 18, 2010, 6:20-6:52 pm
Stanford University, Lake Lagunita
California Live Oak that looks like
an Octopus Tree (Photos & Haikus)

Hello Octopus Tree—
spray your ink on me
so I may write more books!

Friday, June 18, 2010, 7:30-9:05 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Josef von Sternberg
directs "Morocco" (1930) with Marlene Dietrich,
Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou, (YouTube: 1, 2), Photos: Marlene & apples, "I changed my mind"

What am I bid for
my apple which Eve gave
to Adam that made him wise? Friday, June 18, 2010, 9:15-10:37 pm
Stanford Theatre: Josef von Sternberg
directs "The Devil Is a Woman" (1935)
with Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill,
& Cesar Romero, (YouTube: 1, 2)

She peers through nets, veils,
screens, flowers, and mists,
seducing men with desires.

Saturday, June 19, 2010, 11:40-11:47 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Helen Habershon,
"Found in the Rain" (2009)
Listen, CD, (YouTube)

Mikhail Lermontov's poem
"yellowing cornfield sways"
inspired her music. Saturday, June 19, 2010, 12:45-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Wrote haikus with web links
from June 17-June 19

Found YouTube links to
Marlene Dietrich's films
and classical music.

Saturday, June 19, 2010, 8:45-11:55 pm
Palo Alto, Cubberley Pavilion, Ballroom dancing: Ylvas taught intermediate Quickstep
(lockstep & pepperpot), (Video: 1, 2)

Quickstep is hard dance
to do— pepperpot is fun
to learn with feet clicks. Saturday, June 19, 2010, 8:45-11:55 pm
Palo Alto, Cubberley Pavilion, Ballroom dancing: Ylvas taught intermediate Quickstep & pepperpot
(Friend gives me cheese bread & dried fruits)

Four women who danced
with me all night are here
tonight— I'm in heaven!

Sunday, June 20, 2010, 11:21-11:30 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Alexander Borodin,
In the Steppes of Central Asia (1880),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Marco Polo found
tomb of Three Magi
in Saba, Central Asia. Sunday, June 20, 2010, 12:22-12:34 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony #9 in D minor, Op. 125 (1824)
(Listen), CD, You Tube: Karajan; Bernstein

Beethoven honors
the human voice in his
Ninth "Choral" Symphony.

Sunday, June 20, 2010, 1:00-1:25 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (2580 California Street)

Sargento Swiss cheese,
Lay's Kettle potato chips,
Starkist tuna fish. Sunday, June 20, 2010, 3:30-9:00 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
Notes to poem: Gods Need Our Light

What's the reason for
blowing out birthday candles
in making a wish?

Monday, June 21, 2010, 11:26-11:38 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony #3 in Eb, Op. 55 "Eroica" (1803)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Symphonic breakthrough—
Beethoven's Erocia makes
new pathways in music. Monday, June 21, 2010, 1:30-2:15 pm
Palo Alto: 3920 Middlefied Road
Gentle Dental: Dr. John Glerum
fits permanent crown for tooth #11

He was a hippie
with long hair and used
I Ching for fortune telling.

Monday, June 21, 2010, 2:20 pm
Palo Alto: 3920 Middlefied Road
Gentle Dental: Waiting Room flower pot
Phalaenopsis replaced by Anthurium (Photo)

Anthurium is in love—
with heart-shaped green leaves
and heart-shaped white flowers. Monday, June 21, 2010, 2:30-9:45 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Notes to poem: Gods Need Our Light;
Reflection on Summer Solstice Day

It's sad today since
from now onward, each day
gets darker and darker.

Monday, June 21, 2010, 2:30-9:45 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Reading James Wright's "A Blessing"

The pony's eyes darken
with kindness and his love
would break into blossom. Monday, June 21, 2010, 2:30-9:45 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab— Reading
Lisel Mueller's "Monet Refuses the Operation"

Monet sees haloes
around Paris streetlights
and gas lamps as angels.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 8:48-9:00 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gustavo Dudamel
conducts Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony #7 in A major, Op. 92 (1812),
(Listen) CD, YouTube, Notes

Waking up to Beethoven
is such a delight
to inspire my work. Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 9:33-9:38 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Xue-Fei Yang plays
Narciso Yepes, Romance for Guitar,
Forbidden Games (1952), Video
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Saw this film decades ago
but the haunting music
remained in my heart.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 10:02-10:05 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell
plays Camille Saint-Saens,
Carnival of the Animals: #13 The Swan (1886),
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Montreux memories—
swan flies out of the lake
to greet a sage of peace. Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 12:35-11:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web links to classical music heard this morning;
Web page on Lake Lagunita walk (6-18-2010);
Notes to poem: Gods Need Our Light

Saint-Saens' "Swan" music
soothes our soul and in that
stillness we shine forth.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 10:10-10:15 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Nicola Benedetti
plays Franz Schubert "Schwanengesang"
Serenade, D 957 #4, Ständchen (1828)
(Listen), (CD), (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, Song)

Schubert's Serenade in D—
soft, sweet, and serene
lullaby for sleep. Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 1:00-9:40 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web links to Schubert's Serenade;
Notes to poem: Gods Need Our Light;
Story of Ryutan Blowing Out the Candle

Candlelight, sunlight,
starlight— but your inner
light will outshine them all!

Thursday, June 24, 2010, 11:30 am
Home in Mountain View: Reading about
Fedor Emelianenko, best mixed martial arts fighter
(San Jose Mercury News, 6-24-2010, D1 & D9)

He enters the ring
with two Russian priests
playing a Cossack folk song. Thursday, June 24, 2010, 12:06-12:18 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Mark Elder conducts
Frederic Delius, (Listen), CD, YouTube
The Walk to the Paradise Garden (1901)

Paradise Garden
to my left, to my right,
and everywhere around.

Thursday, June 24, 2010, 12:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College
Parking Lot #4— Stopped to take photograph:
Giant-winged Bird Cloud (Enlarged Photo)

Beyond eucalyptus trees,
above hilltops— bird cloud
soars in the blue sky. Thursday, June 24, 2010, 1:00-4:05 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Notes to poem: Gods Need Our Light; Listen
to Gentle Rain, Soothing Sounds of Nature

Why is sound of rain
so soothing?— Perhaps
it purifies our spirit.

Friday, June 25, 2010, 12:00-12:04 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Yundi Li plays Chopin,
Impromptu #1 in A-flat major, Op. 29 (1837)
(Listen: 1, 2), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

George du Maurier's Trilby
performs this Chopin piece
under hypnosis. Friday, June 25, 2010, 3:15-5:00 pm
Hometown Buffet (2670 El Camino Real,
Moonlite Shopping Center, Santa Clara)
Free birthday meal with two friends

Fish fillet, salmon,
green beans, clam chowder,
and tapioca pudding.

Saturday, June 26, 2010, 10:26-10:32 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Maurizio Pollini
plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Piano Concerto #21 in C, K. 467 (1785)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Mozart's Piano Concerto 21—
Andante movement
is so romantic. Saturday, June 26, 2010, 11:01-11:03 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Raymond Leppard
conducts Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
"Flight of the Bumble Bee", Op. 57 (1900)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Buzzing all around,
the bumble bee is busy
to make more honey.

Sunday, June 27, 2010, 1:00-2:00 am
Home in Mountain View: Reading "Musings of the Spheres" Neil deGrasse Tyson, (By Paul Hond, Columbia Magazine, Summer 2010, pp. 12-19)

Bringing stars down to Earth—
his passion teaching
wonder of the cosmos. Sunday, June 27, 2010, 11:12-11:15 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Yiruma, "River Flows In You"
from First Love (2001), Lyrics,
(Listen), CD, (YouTube)

River flows in you
longer than the Milky Way
singing of the stars.

Sunday, June 27, 2010, 12:45-1:15 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (2580 California Street)

Carrots, dill pickles,
muesli, orange juice,
spinach and strawberries. Sunday, June 27, 2010, 3:40-9:00 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
Writing poem "This Is Bliss" (Is & Ish Words)

Lovers with light in their names—
Tristan and Isolde,
Venus and Adonis.

Monday, June 28, 2010, 9:50-10:00 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Janine Jansen
plays Ludwig van Beethoven,
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (1806)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: Perlman, Oistrakh)

Beethoven's passion shines
forth in this concerto
for the violin. Monday, June 28, 2010, 1:24 pm
Stanford University, Hoover Tower
and Nathan Cummings Art Building
Asked a little bird to stay while
I got camera out to take this photo.

Chirp, chirp, tweet, tweet—
Little bird don't fly away.
Please keep singing your song.

Monday, June 28, 2010, 6:30-7:20, 9:25-10:25 pm
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre,
Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen direct
"Singin' in the Rain" (1952), Song, (Lyrics: 1, 2)
starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor,
Debbie Reynolds, and Jean Hagen
Ranked #1 in AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals

The angels must have sent
you to make me content—
you're my lucky star. Monday, June 28, 2010, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtis directs
"Casablanca" (1942) starring Humphrey Bogart,
Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains,
Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre
Lyrics: "As Time Goes By"— "A kiss is just a kiss"
Ranked #1 in AFI's Greatest Romantic Movie

A kiss is not just a kiss
for there is light in its
midst— this is bliss.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 10:22-10:26 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Karl Jenkins
Palladio "Diamond Music" (1996)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Scintillating tunes
of Karl Jenkins' Palladio
called "Diamond Music" Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 1:30-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center
Revising poem "This Is Bliss" (Is & Ish Words)
Arranging photos for haikus Redwood Grove.

Paris, city of light
in its name and Christ
Fisher King of Piscean Age.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 8:00-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtis directs
"Casablanca" (1942) starring Humphrey Bogart,
Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains,
Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre
Lyrics: "As Time Goes By"— "A kiss is just a kiss"
Ranked #1 in AFI's Greatest Romantic Movie

"Round up the usual suspects"
I tell her to read
wisdom of the sages. Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 9:25-11:15 pm
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre,
Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen direct
"Singin' in the Rain" (1952), Song, Lyrics,
starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor,
Debbie Reynolds, and Jean Hagen
Ranked #1 in AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals

Jean Hagen wins Oscar
for her squeaky voice
that made this film so funny.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 1:00-1:30 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Felix Mendelssohn,
Symphony #4 in A major "Italian",
Op. 90 (1833), (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

My favorite love story—
from Felix Mendelssohn's
grandfather Moses. Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 1:30-2:45 pm
Home in Mountain View: Reading Rose poems
(19, 35, 163, 1154, 1339) of Emily Dickinson
and Poem #469 to match House 469

Red blaze is the Morning—
The Violet is Noon—
Miles of Sparks at Evening.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 1:30-2:45 pm
Home in Mountain View: Reading Rose poems
(19, 35, 163, 1154, 1339) of Emily Dickinson
and Poem #470 for friend's birthday today

How good— to be alive!
How infinite— to be
this— besides, in— Thee! Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 3:30-5:00 pm
Sunnyvale: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Sprouts Farmers Market
(111 East El Camino Real)

Red grapes, red pepper,
broccoli, strawberries, shrimp,
rye & pumpernickel bread.