Tag Archives: miscommunication

Don’t Say a Word

Posted on February 10, 2006 by John

Don’t say a word; let the silence between us deepen and swallow us whole; forget who was in control, who had the more meaningful role. Don’t say a word; let not speaking remind us of what can be better unsaid; … Continue reading →

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Thus fails poetry

Posted on June 5, 2005 by John

What can I show you in mere words requiring some shared frame, a reference we both use to describe a common ground only imagined that in the vanity of hope we craft of veiled illusions, archetypes that may at best, … Continue reading →

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My Generation Waits

Posted on May 2, 2004 by John

They do not call us Boomers, born too late to wear that name, and Generation X we’re not having slipped into life a bit too soon Each generation bides its time Seeking its voice and words to say But in … Continue reading →

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Zen and the Art of Arc Welding

Posted on May 1, 2004 by John

Split ends of clock’s tick and flee from the circle of power where union is meet in a cooper’s wheel, hard and hot like fire from welding’s arc and concentrated blue flame. It’s not so much the trip, he says,  … Continue reading →

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