Category: Writing

  • Decimation

    Decimation

    The bedroom door kept dancing gorgeous van Gogh swirls while sounds around my windows sang Debussy voiles, while anything was everything. I tell myself I’m here to try to sleep despite this fusing force that surges deep inside my veins. I strain to close my eyes, and first this warping world is far too bright,…

  • “Wishing on Worlds”

    “Wishing on Worlds”

    There is a world People aware of surroundings Acknowledging strangers Discussing dreams Changing attitudes Preserving peace There is a world cared by all No laws No rules No need for regulations Overflowing genuine reciprocity There is a world it could be ours But our world survived through screens has this false mentality the World Wide…

  • Within My Happy-Go-Lucky Head

    Within My Happy-Go-Lucky Head

    I aim to paint poemsbut am better suited topaint houses outside. Escape into life’sa goal good writers oftenget failing grades at. On the other hand,upshots are they’ve deadlierexit strategies.

  • “Evaporations at 17,000 Ft”

    “Evaporations at 17,000 Ft”

    I trekked miles, exceeded elevations to get high enough to hear myself think without the clutter  day to day distractions. To be able to look at one thing and truly see it, for all it’s worth its purest form. Mountains stained orange, defined by rusty veins. My breath lingers as I exhale Smoke stacks dance…

  • Airplane Mode

    Airplane Mode

    “A poet…manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,to be struck by lightning five or six times.”— Randall Jarell Gathering kindling —silver tin can flies aboveagainst black sky– thwack!

  • “Sanguine”

    “Sanguine”

    People are beautiful give them a chance. Not everyone is out to get you Strangers bring light into the darkest places Play. Laugh. Keep a tight grip on childish emotions. Stay excited Fuel the fire Fall. Hard. Plunge into love. Spoil your dreams Seek out the good in people             Indulge.                         Humor.            Fiction is…

  • Home from Chores

    Home from Chores

    Swing open cabindoor, walk alone on forestpath or with my wife.

  • WHOLESOMELY HOLISTIC

    WHOLESOMELY HOLISTIC

    i. Transformative SeeingTraining in ethics,wisdom then meditation— follow Buddha’s path. ii. Hansel And Gretel Path to our delight’shopefully something inside— no need to import. iii. My Privates Peaceful heart and mindare revolutions you useto stop suffering. iv. Winter All’s fine now when sunout but notice how nice moodchanges when cloudy. v.  Right ActionConsequential deedscan create lovingkindness,equanimity.…

  • “Throw a Flower”

    “Throw a Flower”

    When someone throws you a stone, throw back a flower—Gandhi If you and your soulmate are made of the same stuff same star-studded atoms electrons, neurons then is it not the same for you and your enemy? Are not your atoms molecules and cells acted on by the same laws of the same universe? Are…

  • “The Journey”

    “The Journey”

    They will resist you, beautiful darling. When you near your prize monsters will rise from their lairs challenge you and prove your mettle. Show you are worthy to enter the Cave of Wonders. Your heart’s desire is at your fingertips if you survive the barbs and stings of traps waiting within. Poisoned arrow tips, strangling…

  • Child Rearing

    Child Rearing

    Pushover as dad, kids did everything I asked.  But my youngest’s strict with hers who will not do one single solid thing: a coincidence?

  • Math is Beautiful

    Math is Beautiful

    Having grown tired of his students asking why they needed to know math, Mike Glank came up with a plan. For eight months he had responded to their question with “You should know math because it is beautiful.” This would stun them long enough that he could go on to the next thing. But they…