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The Blackout
The streets are filled with idle, itching hands, their owners on the prowl in vain pursuit of some pastime to fill the vacant hours in darkened rooms enswamped with summer heat. Without their cellphones, TV sets and games, and fast-food … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, daily poems, fear, hurricanes, New Orleans, power, storms, technology
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Volume is no substitute
Volume is no substitute for power; It’s not the loudest shouts that prove most true. These sounds that shake foundations may undo in minutes what took builders countless hours, but mere feats of destruction can’t compete with the small, quiet … Continue reading
What’s in a Pseudonym?
A lot of my online friends don’t use their real names. They do this for a number of reasons. For those of the neopagan persuation, it’s a way to keep one foot in the closet, so to speak. We are, … Continue reading
Such Times Are These
Such times are these that rich men gloat to turn great woods to creosote and laugh to see the world take note as style takes substance by the throat. Such times are these that poor men work their fingers fleshless … Continue reading
Who Says That Poetry Dare Not
Who says that poetry dare not describe, except in abstract, the signs of the times, when modern culture abounds with sound bytes from cinema, like Puzo’s line that all business is personal, and we hang with pride by electron pins … Continue reading
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Tagged expectations, expression, language, limitations, poetry, power, responsibliity
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