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Idle Chat(ter)
There is too much of nothing here for me to speak at length. To break it down to mere ideas would take all our strength. Instead, pretend it’s something grand, more worthy of our time. That may convince the rest … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, conversation, idealism, language, limitations, truth
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On Sharing the Wealth
If you do not add something of yourself
to everything you choose to pass along,
what kind of an inheritance is that?
Why should your downstream children give a damn?
What good is simply sharing more bad news?
How does that help us to improve our lot?
There is no solidarity in that,
just mindless repetition, nothing more. Continue reading
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Tagged communication, energy, identity, inheritance, meaning, resistance, sharing
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Anti-Social Media: free verse
They tell you to engage your audience,
to offer readers ways to interact
that draw them in. And offer helpful bits,
like simple rules or things to take and do.
But honestly, who needs one more “how to”,
another great life hack, or useful trick,
especially condensed down to a quick
and easily digested amuse-bouche? Continue reading
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Tagged communication, engagement, free verse, poetic forms, social media
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No One Writes Letters: epistle
Dear reader: do you wonder what
the point may be in all of this?
Why do we bother keeping track
of who said what to whom and such?
On an entire stretch of sandy beach
we seek a single special grain,
imagining some magic quest
in which we play the hero’s role. Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, communication, connection, daily poems, epistle, illusion, poetic forms, relationships
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Expecting Different Results
Krishnamurti once said that it was no great achievement to appear sane and well-adjusted in an insane world. In these interesting times, that’s an idea that resonates with me on several levels. First of all, it calls into question what … Continue reading
Talking Loud is Saying Nothing
When you start writing about your life, who are you writing for? Who is your audience? It takes a certain amount of conceit to believe that anyone is or will ever be interested, of course, but say we’re past that … Continue reading
The Oxymoron of Social Media
Social media: the name implies communication (defined by me as an exchange of ideas only possible between individuals who consider themselves equals) yet most of us seem to use it exclusively to sell ourselves – our products, our services, our … Continue reading