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Memory is the Greatest Weapon
Memory is the greatest weapon in love’s mad arsenal. I wrote that line when I was 26 years old. It still rings true – although as I get older it seems often it is a weapon for good, a defensive … Continue reading
Don’t Believe the Hype
The world is suffering and pain or so the Buddhists say but with control of mind and flesh for some, it goes away Not for the tree, or rock or mouse does this travail desist; nay, ’tis for man, and … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Buddhism, evolution, humanity, hype, self-importance, self-righteousness, stewardship
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No Critique Requested
So many poets trace, or seek to trace the root of their art back in time, but just so far; and would attempt to judge all verse to suit their own agendas. Doing this, they scar just the veneer, the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged commercialism, criticism, education, ignorance, poetry, Poetry, self-importance
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Dathy Pahka and the Couscous Bauble
We sit in circles, crop circles, like silver-clad heroes at Arthur’s table, dark knights of the soul of verse, our words colliding in the jousts of wit and criticism. Is it the flame that draws us moths to it, and … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Poems, Statements
Tagged cliques, conversations, criticism, Dorothy Parker, happiness, meaning, purpose, self-importance
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History Lessons
Well, my mom is visiting for a few days, having driven 2,500 miles on a cross-country jaunt to see not only me, but my sister in Tennessee, uncles and cousins in Cincinnati, the farm in Forest and then friends in … Continue reading
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Tagged conceit, ego, genius, history, nostalgia, personal history, self-importance
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