When once again knowledge becomes loose ends I leave it to the wind and soul-float possibility— a question mark among many peace among pieces zest... Continue reading

awareness drifts from mind to heart with the heft of snowflakes on windless January afternoons Continue reading

the heart can hold what the mind will not accept - our greatest griefs, the unbearable, it bears beyond the knife of words perpetual pain... Continue reading

it does not diminish the solidarity and cooperation in the wake of tragedy to consider and say that it's natural, remarkable is the same behavior... Continue reading

people in the building across the way planted a small flag on their porch a black, red, and yellow nine by seven solo wing flapping... Continue reading

I don't feel like sitting still So I will write a restless poem About a pair of walking shoes Sitting in a patch of sunlight,... Continue reading

The cardinal outside my window insists it's spring. I say, "Look at the malingering snow scruffing the boulevard like patches of missed whiskers, more piles... Continue reading

every darn time taking a walk air light color the cardinal's talk moon-pull the poetic juices to record a wave of miracle today's wave: that... Continue reading

our greatest gift to each other so easily killed by countless criticisms one creature with many eyes wanting one vision from separate creatures when truth... Continue reading

Barely turned sixty and reading a Simic poem called In the Library Ah the fresh of love for a vein of verses coursing down a... Continue reading

I remember times of being all the way inside my life, comfortable in my traveling clothes. Perhaps some people live that way their entire lives,... Continue reading

no tiresome conversations about endless details of one's life that reveal you very little only the ease of being together the companionship of breath and... Continue reading

The sun does not rise, Earth constantly bows down; Without spin Apollo has no chariot. (photo: PhaRaoh0001) Continue reading

If recognized accomplishment makes a life meaningful Then your wasn’t. It has nothing To do with schizophrenia, For if life is measured by recognition We... Continue reading

why write a poem words carefully thrown like pots on wheels something to hold the mystery of honey before our history that we may taste... Continue reading

If you stand in a door frame facing what we call the future, letting the winds of time blow future to past, life stops being... Continue reading

sunlight falls through the window onto my arm on the arm of a chair, lays soft and warm, my rumpled shirt sleeve made a brief... Continue reading

the oak TV tray holds a still life, a catalog of Great Courses topped by a book about energy coherence held closed by a pair... Continue reading

you have to step into the futility in order to bear it, to see what it guards: a garden of all you've planted - wild... Continue reading

One addiction that is rarely spoken of as an addiction, is an individual's dependence on particular emotions and feelings. It is almost impossible to grow up without developing at least one. The repetitive emotional patterns we experience growing up become engrained in us, and even if painful, they are familiar. We associate those emotional patterns with the love, acceptance or safety that we want. This is not an individual's fault. It is part of the current human condition. Here are some signs of emotional addiction: Deep down you are pleased when someone hurts your feelings You don't feel loved or... Continue reading

upon all strips of sand-land water leans forward only to pull back - a tease - receding tides a finger curling toward its mysterious self... Continue reading

TWO "TYPES" OF FEAR 1. "Natural" fear is a spontaneous reaction to real (or perceived as real) danger. When a car just ahead of you changes lanes unexpectedly and pulls in front of you too close for comfort, your body will send a shot of adrenaline into your blood stream. This is the normal workings of the human autonomic nervous system. The auto-nomic system is auto-matic and readies the body for action when danger is detected. This is normal and helpful. Of course, if you see something narrow and squiggly out of the corner of your eye, your body may... Continue reading

so then I said, "are you kidding me? after all the searching I've done all I've discovered is there is nothing to search for what's... Continue reading