Monday, June 13th, 2011
“The Book of the Dead Man (Peacetime)” by Marvin Bell
Marvin Bell THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (PEACETIME) Live as if you were already dead. —Zen admonition 1. ABOUT [...]
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
“Deadline” by Marvin Bell
Marvin Bell DEADLINE “Bodies left to rot in the bush char in the sun.” I have to pause the taped replay of the news to catch my breath. It’s taxing to keep abreast of brush fires, abuse, disease and war, and the late-night talk show funnymen mocking villainy and genius equally to top the ratings. [...]
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
“Creatures” by Marvin Bell
Marvin Bell CREATURES Am I to save the spider in the bathtub, who lives in the drain and can scramble up porcelain as if its feet are suction, or shall I be done with it, as I have been done with ants and snails, with armed yellowjackets and the mice and the bats? You tell [...]
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
“Basho’s Frog” by Marvin Bell
Marvin Bell BASHO’S FROG The plop of Basho’s famous frog when it leapt into the pond, thus seeming to pierce the ancient water, which circled and instantly resealed itself, offers us the chance to crack the silence that overtook the empires and their far flung armies by hearing again that which the armies could not [...]
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Friday, December 26th, 2008
from A Conversation with Marvin Bell
from A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MARVIN BELL and ALAN FOX IN PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON AUGUST 11TH, 2007 [...] FOX: How does getting older affect your writing or your philosophy on life? BELL: Well, I think I’m a guy who matured pretty late—well, I don’t want to say that; I got older, I didn’t mature. [Fox laughs] [...]
