BY JAN HAAG

POETRY + ESSAYS + MUSIC + TRAVEL + FICTION + TEXTILE ART

INTRODUCTION + HAAG'S BIO





DANCING
SIVA

1986



There is nothing
but what happens
at the center of things.
Pa-tat
patapatat
patapapat
patatat-tat
pat-a-tat-tat
pata-tat-tat
pat-a-pa-tat
pat-a-pat-tat.
Mud, bronze, feet, fire.
Patapat tat
patatat tat:
Shiva dancing whatever happens
at the center of things.
"...a dagger sub k, alpha
a sub k, alpha
N sub k, alpha..."*









*The last three lines are the physicist's way of saying Brahman, Vishnu, Siva.
J. J. Sakurai, Advanced Quantum Mechanics, p.27


Copyright © 2000 Jan Haag
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Jan Haag may be reached via e-mail: jhaag@u.washington.edu




The Jaipur Sequence

Dancing Siva

#204, Short Couplet

#206, Capitolo

#207, Sanskrit Didatic, RASA

#208, Mandakranta Meter

#209, Vakh

Vijayanagar

#211, Gayatri

#212, Anustubh

Crossroads

Khajuraho

#213, Tristubh, KHAJURAHO II

#214, Jagati, ORNAMENT AND CRIME

#215, Usnik, COMMENTARY

#216, Kakubh

#217, Pura Usnik

Elura

#218, Gayatri II, ELLORA

#219, Pipilikamadhya

#220

#221

India



The Desolation Poems



BY JAN HAAG


POETRY + MUSIC + ESSAYS + TRAVEL + FICTION + TEXTILE ART

INTRODUCTION + HAAG'S BIO



21st CENTURY ART, C.E. - B.C., A Context