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POEM: Evergreens
Evergreens line the trail, transporting me to a place -- higher and harder -- where one might expect trees that refuse to yield for seasons. Read more
Posted on 10 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Downstream Movement
everything is one thing. the way we are rivers. and all things are nothing; as takers are givers. i'm flow-er and flow-ee -- twisting as I'm drifting, not fanc... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Burning Too Hot
The festive fires were burning hot, too hot for their own good. They melted through the rocky ground just feet from where I stood. I stepped back, wondering... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Choices, Choices, Or Not
arches echo ahead, stretching to the end of time left into the labyrinth, right to the blinding sun it's a land of stark contrasts on one side, great... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: The First & The Lost
So long ago I remember events that weakened knees. My mind a haze, my heartbeat hard my soul eager to please. When I was moved by subtle touch, a gesture, or... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
Cloud Senryū
a bull-shaped cloud drifts, chased by a piglet-like cloud -- oh, senseless skies Read more
Posted on 07 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Agony’s Anchor
pain nails me to The Now there is no pulling away the only escape lies in finding the drift, riding the swells until there is nothing but those sacred... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: The Impulse to Self-Destruct
energized by french fries Oedipal knife to the eyes when all know the truth, he still lies takes without asking burns while sun-basking fidgets reveal ... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
BOOK REVIEW: Tokyo Junkie by Robert Whiting
Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball by Robert Whiting My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page Tokyo is the river that... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
BOOK REVIEW: Drawing is for Everyone by Kateri Ewing
Drawing Is for Everyone: Simple Lessons to Make Your Creative Practice a Daily Habit - Explore Infinite Creative Possibilities in Graphite, Colored Pencil, and... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
BOOK REVIEW: Poetics by Aristotle
Amazon.in Page "Poetics" is the surviving volume of Aristotle's guide to literary criticism. This volume explores Tragedy. [The lost volume covered Comedy.]... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: That Hazy Hamlet
a small town a cluster of buildings, really visible from the train and everyone who passed it must have surely wondered whether it always sat looking as they'... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
BOOK REVIEW: Henry V by William Shakespeare
Amazon.in Page In this, the final play of the Henriad, the new King Henry V is advised that France should be his to control. He's not entirely sold, that is... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Everyday Magic
If you can't see the magic in a flower or a leaf, how can you see it in the work of some cutpurse thief? And if you can't see it in stars of a hinter night... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: View Killing Fog
Clouds roll over the low hills, enshrouding the vast plantation, crawling down into the valley, filling it like a bowl, until it drifts toward one like horror... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
Salt Marsh Haiku
land dragged from sea river-snaked salt marsh what moves? what's still? Read more
Posted on 02 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Figment
I'm in a special mode of mind. One in which nothing is ahead or behind. Everything is shades of a me that doesn't exist. So, maybe I'm a reflection of all... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Calamity Came
We heard the sound, distant rumbling. We watched the castles fall, crumbling. The choice of running to the rubble, or staying safe in our bubble. But either... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Nom De Guerre
They called him "the Emperor of Pain," the they who didn't know his real name, a name that was comically disjointed to his reputation, a name that was to... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL -
POEM: Finding Your Zen Through Travel [PoMo Day 30 – Epigram]
I Pray for smooth travels... but not too smooth; bad experiences make good stories.II Mother nature is the kind of mother who doesn't play favorites.III Fairnes... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2021 SOCIETY, TRAVEL