a poem is a sermon
I want to tell you something in a few short locking lines; you may find the concept shocking, or reject it, but that’s fine. You may not think it a poem, for it doesn’t show a thing; it does not just throw out pictures like a TV set with springs. It employs some form and […]
One of the greatest drives for me, as a writer, is producing for readers. That’s the one thing that keeps me writing in a journal, as opposed to channeling my energies into more traditional writing forms (i.e., novels, plays, short stories, chapbooks of poetry, etc.). It’s knowing that there are people out there who are […]
I’ve spent a life in parables, disguising my ideas in costumes and strange metaphors deliberately unclear and so perhaps convinced the world that I’m a harmless quack, imagining just chimeras with no spine in their backs. But recently, while looking through and sorting sundry stuff, I’ve started thinking parables are just not clear enough. So […]
This is primarily an intro to several chains-of-thought that make up the bigger picture. They probably will not be chained together in this way once each of them has been fleshed out a bit more. Each historical age is determined by the predominant societal position given to the individuals, groups, nations or empires that can […]
Sanity is a funny thing. It often seems that the more you emphasize your own sanity, rely upon it as a sure thing, compare yours to others, the more likely it is that you are in fact not sane. On the flip side, it seems to me that questioning one’s own sanity is one of […]
Suppose the price were for a stamp? Would you refuse to pay, if knowing without postage you had no method to say to friends in far-flung places (quite impractical to meet) the things that occupied your mind, your heart, the path under your feet? You’d gladly pay, yet you begrudge the folks who tote the […]
(edited slightly for content and privacy) Hey: I like you train of thought. I was in church this christmas eve to see my little girl in a play. I heard the preacher talk about Jesus (you know the one from Nazereth), being the “Prince of peace”. I thought you know this just dosen’t seem right. […]