Day One of 28 Days of Unreason 2017 (WooHoo!)
My writing has been flat, my muse bored, and my heart a bit frantic for a kick-start. Jim Harrison’s Songs of Unreason is the best curative known to Jilly. If you are joining in, you are most welcome! Please know that I will not be doing anything formal (linky & etc.), so just drop me a comment to wave at me; I love your beautiful presence. The Harrison line is followed by my first poem. I went with the Tanka form just to be gentle with myself. In case you haven’t written a Tanka before it is like an extended Haiku. 5 lines with syllable counts of 5/7/5/7/7.
Harrison Quote / Day One Prompt:
“In this world of dreams don’t let the clock cut up your life in pieces.”
~ Jim Harrison
VITAL UPDRAFT
(A Tanka by Jilly ©)
Cumulus expand
Driven upward by their own
Energy and dreams
I stop all progress of time
Caught in the vital updraft
Jilly's 
I found Harrison’s Songs of Unreason at the library. I’ll try to read along and add something muse-willing. I like the contrast between the reality of subjectivity’s dreams and objective clock-time which is an artificial model. Nice description of the clouds moving upwards by their own dreams.
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Thank you! So glad you are taking a dip in Unreason; it is a marvelous collection with stark images and insight. I welcome your musings, Frank.
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My lungs expand with this vital updraft you have breathed into being
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Thank you!
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I’m glad you’re doing this! Here is my take on it:
https://revivedwriter.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/vital-updraft/
Looking forward to reading what else you come up with during these 28 days.
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That quote and your poem! It’s going to be an amazing 28 Days of Unreason. I found a sample of Harrison’s book online, the sample being one poem, one! I was already stunned by the brilliance. It made me want to delve deeper into his words. I shall get my hands on a copy soon.
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YES! This stuff rips my heart out, blows it up and puts it back, saying – ‘Go ahead, deny being impacted by reading this.’
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