Head Nods - Toli Turns Twenty

So apparently I've been writing at this joint for 20 years
To all who've been reading, a head nod in your direction
An interruption perhaps to your regular programming here
A head nod, twenty years is worth a little commemorating...

I've found that, when it comes to the heart of the matter,
The typical toli intervention still adheres to the old formula
The ingredients are well known: some prose, a poem, and a playlist
I vary things as enthusiasms ebb and flow, even on technical topics

But it seems that poetry has taken over these past few years:
Even book reviews are escaping in virtual ink dressed in verse
The slightest thing sends me into significations and wonders
But the muse wills what she wants, who am I to question her?

The poetry started to flow, as it were, for want of a bolt
First a golden encounter (a hungry man offered me some gold)
Then a broken lawnmower turned out to be the proximate cause
Now, having settled into a groove, I've been steadily adding to the vault
Hell, I've got things scheduled out for the next six years and more

I tend to cover mostly familiar topics:
Small things, whimsy and dark matters
Albeit the arrival of parenthood affected the quantity of toli chatter
Some were concerned at the prolonged absences; I told them

"Sleep deprivation will only get you so far"

And trusted that the fallow years of writing would soon come to pass

I'm firing on all cylinders these days,
  Covering humanity's curriculum
Writing from the torrid zone,
 A far region of the mind under the sun

Meanwhile, I dream in hypertext.
 My books of toli all start with a link
So, again, a head nod in your direction, Dear Reader,
  Do let me know what you think

Head Nods, a playlist

A soundtrack for this note (spotify version)

• Nod your head to this by Kings of Swing
  This is my jam - I've got a dance to this, catch me on the dancefloor
• The Rhythm by Kwame
• I got da feelin' by Sweet Tee
• Friends to the end by Wreckx-N-Effect
• Pump your fist by Kool Moe Dee
• Break ya neck by Busta Rhymes
• Higher Level by KRS-One
• The Line by D'Angelo

And I leave you with the Kings of Swing again from the golden age of hip hop: Nod your head to this

File under: blogging, appreciation, Head Nods, life, culture, writing, Creative Process, navel gazing, poetry, toli

Writing log: July 13, 2024