Tag Archives: foolishness

Real Fools’ Gold: a barzeletta

Posted on November 14, 2010 by John

If you would be thought no one’s fool: don’t drool – that’s first thing on the list; and at all times retain your cool. Please, try it sober; don’t start pissed. The key is to keep mostly still. You will … Continue reading →

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Simpleton’s Tune: a balada

Posted on November 10, 2010 by John

The simple truth? Who claims to know, except to judge how the wind blows first from the east, and then the west; and who’s to claim which way is best? To spend one’s time defining right, without the benefit of … Continue reading →

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Martyr Without a Cause

Posted on May 24, 2004 by John

Waken, would-be martyrs seeking causes to in an instant devote life and limb, and cling half-drowned along the upturned raft of culture that leaking, seeks the bottom of the quay. The words that might be spoken now are silenced; upon … Continue reading →

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The Shallow Water

Posted on April 4, 2004 by John

a poem in blank verse Again, the conversation turned to fate; and as the group was interested, to chance, the lines of battle drawn between the ones who thought the world predestined yet misshaped and those who found perfection or … Continue reading →

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Fool’s Gold

Posted on March 10, 2004 by John

I have tried to live my life each moment, Let my imagination run its course; and sought for truth, to find it, not to own it, or make it fit my notions using force. But there are times when I … Continue reading →

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Old Pottage

Posted on August 15, 2003 by John

While you still have your youth is the time to find out your version of the truth; as you age, fear and doubt can crack the careful clay of all your work and play. Then in a heaping pile of … Continue reading →

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