Tag Archives: adventure

Abandon This Garbage: alcaics

Posted on August 11, 2006 by John

Oh wisdom seeking mendicant travelers, your baggage and burdens are troubling handicaps; they will not help you on your journey. Abandon this garbage by the roadside. If you would find some unforeseen adventure, let drop your jaded world-weary illusions; you … Continue reading →

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Against The Grain

Posted on July 26, 2005 by John

If knots formed in the wood have turned the grain in a maze that wanders no continued line nor runs a cogent phrase, then those who go against it are not veering from a norm, but rather seeking patterns in … Continue reading →

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Box Haiku

Posted on June 22, 2004 by John

Inside the small box that is our experience there is nothing new: the folded edges let in small amounts of light to read old news by. But the lid is loose — a gentle push opens it; look, there is … Continue reading →

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Our Children’s Lives: a villanelle

Posted on April 15, 2004 by John

Adventure here finds peril where great mystery still thrives; it won’t respond to reason or attempts to understand the me-o-centric universe that is our children’s lives. A place where having grown ourselves, we’ve proved we can survive, although what proof … Continue reading →

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