First draft posted 6/19/2017 Technically speaking, the scatter of papers represents entropy, while the persistence of furniture represents illusions of permanence. There is no persistence of the construct of self, at best, a standing wave, yet we all act ‘as if’ it were so, and in time the elements wear on it. Meanwhile, in their […]
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Timewise
1st draft written and published January 30, 2017. Expected to rewrite it a lot but didn’t change much. The last two lines are new. For Nextdoor syndication where it doesnt add the headline or featured image, this is a poem called ‘Timewise’. Click the link thou lazy critics. Those memories countless of innumerable days—idle-Lost in […]
Knots & Spiderwebs
We are here to tangle, to knot, to spiderweb, and to all run together.
Without Hesitation or Lists
[…] Wake in the morning from peaceful dreams, and spin through the day without lists or hesitations. Walk without thoughts of need for an audience. […]
Dreaming Plants
Writing, ring-toss ’round the rosies, limits of imagination, checkerboard pattern of climbing vines straightened with Backbone Growing all through the night bedroom, the jungle, where the wild things are & limits unlimited, the mind unbound untwisted untwisting the madness free associating and unwinding on these small pages Cranking out the thoughts like so many fireworks […]
Space
How a space is organized (or un-organized) matters. Where is your jar of pens? Do you have one? Are they scattered everywhere, or forever going missing? What do you see from where you sit? Is it demoralizing? Is it pleasant? Is it beautiful? As I sit here, there are 8 containers of pens and markers […]
Standing Before the Mirror Unadorned
Inserting the pleasure. Finding no connections between plan & act. Alighting — the pathway of lightning. The lightning alit on the pla[i]n[e]. The lightning dismounted the towering, charging storm-cloud. Rhythm. Stop. Spot. Ought ex em, clap thunder, run, pitty-pat. Answer beside. Sit beside. Answer back the talking drum. Keep clear of the combine. Athwart the […]
Mantra Against Paranoia & Aimlessness
Stabilize the thoughts
Weigh them for logicalness
What are the investments in time, money, people?
Filter out the madness
[…]
To-Do List No. 3
[…] If you want happiness
you must remind yourself
that you are valuable.
God gave you feet for a reason,
and cars are damned expensive!
The Revolt, Ever to Collect Its Due
A poem with a more concrete narrative than most from my book Synaptic Syntactic. Read more from Synaptic Syntactic by checking out the posts tagged Synaptic Syntactic. Buy the whole book in one neat offline package with no clicking around page loads at BookBaby or Synaptic Syntactic on Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Apple iBooks, […]
Lost in Mist 