"On Separation from the World"

from: "On Separation from the World" a chapter in:
Christian Retirement - or Spiritual Exercises for the Heart, anon., London 1849

These are from page 4. Page 1 -3 can be viewed at: http://the-otolith.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/johannes-s-h-bjerg.html

some haiga

one-line tanka

going through the motions on a mindless morning I make no excuse for The Crown of Creation appearing to made of fluff

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so damned humid it's like living in an aquarium I add a bubble-blowing diver and start a new philosophy

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sob sob sulk and dream there must be better things to do with poetry than dwelling on lost loves with illusionary lovers

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lost in the bog of prettiness and hearts make of smoke the notion that Romeo and Juliet had gut worms and rotten teeth