Monthly Archives: December 2014

Ominous evening lone black stallion gallops between iron rails resolved to defy the single headlight of approaching train Funny to think that the horse might win ………………………………………… So many passions are bound up in possibilities. The Canadian painter Alex Colville … Continue reading →

(response to HD documentary of space shuttle views by Hadfield) there are no borders up there just you and blue as far as the eye there is orange and white now and then and mostly peace or silence no fear … Continue reading →

“One thought fills immensity.”–William Blake Ok, you were borne in some other time, another place, now changed. That may very well be, but what about who you are today? Are you just someone defined by where you’ve been and (not) … Continue reading →

“Awe is what moves us forward.”–Joseph Campbell There are some moments when you feel as well as see it: honest-to-goodness awe and natural beauty. So different from a lousy day or the other sad myriad limits that flesh is heir … Continue reading →

became a spirit as much as then. Well beyond touch or anything remotely palpable and the limits of empathy. A veritable life in stars. A final transcendence. There are matters beyond any limitations, chains, and mind-forg’d manacles: freedom from Other. The … Continue reading →

I do know that I had long wandered the garden enjoying the views. taking note of the many precious blooms. There was more than enough to keep one walking, satisfied and more than curious. Till you showed up one day … Continue reading →

You make it up It starts like this: an empty room and paper to write on Quill in hand the peacock’s feather an eye upon the world You are the optical On your bones are fleshed the words of your … Continue reading →

(written on way to dentist, rush-hour) The car music was Mozart under a soft blue fall morning sky. Few commuters noted the black smoke escaping a roadside mortuary beside the sign that promised “Dignity”. Whatever had been tangible, loved or … Continue reading →

“A poet is a state of mind.”–Virginia Moore, “Saint Teresa” There were so many remote islands you had passed scarcely knowing them. You may, in fact, have preferred the sunnier beaches with crowds of people to the south, the slushy … Continue reading →

“When life doesn’t seem worth the living And you don’t really care who you are When you feel there is no one beside you Look for a star.” –Tony Hatch, “Look for a Star”