Tag Archives: absurdity

Happen

If it doesn’t ever happen was it ever gonna change? Do the puzzle pieces ever move or just not look the same? Are the ones that make it happen just the ones we find to blame? Do we pick and … Continue reading

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All Possible: a poem of lies

The sky above is never blue, the earth is flat as pie, youth is eternal in the world and villains never cry. True riches can be hoarded, real pain fades by and by, belief is always justified and nothing good … Continue reading

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The Camel in the Room

Tonight, I answered questions from a survey-taking girl who wished to know where I weighed in on God’s place in the world. The purpose for the questions seemed to me a bit unclear; more fodder for pro-Christian ranting or control, … Continue reading

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The Politics of Epiphany

It occurs to me that all poets at some point in their lives experience something of the profound, and the nature of this experience colors and informs their writing from that point forward. Robert Graves might have said it is … Continue reading

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Random Passing Thought

The difference, in a nutshell, between what Michael Moore is saying and what I’m saying: MM: The emperor is naked! ME: That naked man is NOT the emperor! LOL Share This:

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Father’s Day

Ultimatums are absurd, like “I will not write one more word until those reading clap and say, ‘Bravo!’ and ‘Watch the genius play!’” The Sufis had it right, I think: “Don’t name wells from which you won’t drink”; and yet, … Continue reading

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