a poem is a sermon
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 of us to stand up, down the line. Besides, we’ve talked and talked to death […]
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 ideas. There is neither space (i.e., post limits) or time (i.e., lifespan of the average […]
There are those who imagine “magical” places like they are scenes from the “happily ever after” part of a fairy tale: in a strange twist, they believe the hereafter, the great beyond, and the future tense of once upon a time to be like the world initially encountered by the young Siddhartha Buddha, one without […]
At Shakespeare’s feet must surely lay the blame: the histories he gave dramatic cause put in the mouths of persons dull and lame an eloquence to hide their actual flaws. With words beyond their likely frame of mind, he put this world’s past leaders up so high that when comparing those we can now find […]
VULGAR MOMENT #1 There’s a little word that covers so much ground, fits in so many contexts, and feels so at home in so many social variations that most people don’t give it a lot of thought. It’s what I like to call a ‘Smurf’ or a word used in place of the word implied. […]
If words alone could change the world the poets would still reign as kings, and those who may rely on swords would spend their time on lesser things. The lure of verse, both blank and rhymed, would tempt young minds to greater heights; to cast aside appearances and reclaim beauty as their right. If words […]
His speech was almost poetry; I say almost, because to claim such subtle acts of sophistry as conscious art is to enflame the ire of critics, who exist with their sole purpose to decry encroachment on their world as lies, and play the constant pessimist. The world’s not ready, they proclaim, for such a mix […]