Casting about for a reason I sink a plumb line into the firmament My wings have been cut But still I build my edifice . In it there will be a menagerie And a fountain Exotic birds, an aviary And a throne room I am the lord of this, my castle Yet the animals do […]
Year: 2014
Bookstand
Technology of such elegance and simplicity It escapes all notice Until you see it And seeing, need
Erupted
These layers of old wounds pile up and in a weak moment erupt Collapsing A series of fires A nod to the angels A truckful of illusions In silence we go on, changed Untold stories ripple out across the water upsetting the bobbing flotsam in a left-handed kind of Silence
Microcosm Poem, Emptiness Poem
Under small mushrooms, A blade of grass Worker bees visit the clover Sunlight glints on dew This microcosm a universe Settling on the fungus’ shoulders Unsatisfied The silence of all day Perforated by pills and chasing goals One thing leads to another And all is accomplished (yet to what end?) And I am still alone
Steps to Philosophy, Steps to the Central Loop of Human Concepts
An interesting wikipedia clade: “Wikipedia trivia: if you take any article, click on the first link in the article that isn’t in parentheses or italic, and then repeat, you will eventually end up in “Philosophy”. from the mouseover text of http://xkcd.com/903/ which the picture for I can’t post for some reason. I find this fascinating and […]
Protest & Sing
Sit Massed in Front of the Advancing, yet Quavering mass of Force Allow the inner silence in the midst The power at self’s center The call for justice & democracy Direct Democracy In the midst of the raining teargas They Seize the medical supplies Deliberately attack medics Shoot at people approaching hospitals Unwilling to lay […]
cat
sits and stares at screen jealously irritating sitting on armrest
Lost in Mist 