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Leaving Something Good
The kind of bands that play the music that I write these days seem few and far between; somewhere between grasping the brass ring and the consequences lie some broken dreams. Just for myself, it doesn’t matter much; but without … Continue reading
Posted in Songs
Tagged bands, education, inheritance, inspiration, legacies, live music, music, youth
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Notes from Icarus
Daedalus, my father, tried to fashion me for wings but I, who treasured heresy, had no use for the things or for the cliff that he had labored at for many years to leave for me a fortune or a … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Daedelus, disappointment, inheritance, James Joyce, legacies, parents, success
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A Tendency to Madness
There is a touch of madness in my blood; but not a malady of harmful need, more like grasping out for things that last despite all proof that just illusion stays. My German, Swiss and Irish stock is sound – … Continue reading
My Mother Tongue vs. My Grandmother’s Tongue
After having spent a number of days contemplating the connection between the Vedic and Celtic stream beds, via Indo-European language, and receiving a number of illuminating comments to my queries posted at several Celtic culture sites, I now find myself … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural literacy, culture, inheritance, language, literacy, translation
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Inheritance
for Robert Leroy Litzenberg (1928-1993) My father was a Gemini. To some that may serve or suffice to explain him; and to deny it as a factor is a lie. For those signed twins are often twice as hard to … Continue reading
Your Father’s Son
Most men come here broken, but you appear undefiled despite the years you must have spent out roaming in the wild; and when I asked you for your name, you offered up naught but a smile. No, you are not … Continue reading