10 Birthday Resolutions

1.) Put more thoughts to paper! Try always to be a pen (and carry one on me) inked by immediacy. Try always to be paper too, plain, uncluttered and blessed with space for the poem that comes.

2.) Write what I read -- of the natural world, people, cultures and cities -- left unsaid and implicit.

3.) See more sunsets and sunrises on the road. Drink them in, deep.

4.) Serenade more silences. Find more mystery roads, deserted quarries, way-sided bridges, rain-pelted Forest Rest House balconies, snow-crested mountain passes. Cycle or (God forbid) punctured motorcycle, be my own engine.

5.) Get back to serious photography seriously. Accent on "seriously".

6.) Stop surviving the city, start re-discovering it. Bus around to give a finger to the traffic if need be.

7.) Read more poetry, read myself less into the claustrophobic corners of definitions of what is and what is not poetry.

8.) Offer free copywriting services to anyone who want babies, bikes, books, puppies, software products, companies, houses, ex's and so on... named. (note - "Free" means "Free", I will gladly go dutch on the bar / refreshments bill). Second time onwards, charges apply. (note - "Charges", don't refer to drinks / refreshments; I will gladly go dutch on the bill).

9.) Seriously explore alternative vocations like lumber-jacking, bricklaying, leading motorcycle expeditions, truck-driving, dog breeding, professional gambling, etc.

10.) Live, love and laugh more.