Inquiries and Observations on “Being Here”

as opposed to Being There a great movie with Peter Sellers about a simple man whose words are taken to heart by the rich and powerful. Poems include, “All I Can Do“: On being here, and then not, “Everything Has a Precedent“: Never … Continue reading →

A Book to Consider – “Dhalgren” by Samuel R. Delany

Published in 1974, this book I would call Sci-Fi Apocalypse Noir. Think William Burroughs meets Stephen King and Charles Bukowski. First page quote below: to wound the autumnal city. So howled out for the world to give him a name. … Continue reading →

Enjoy This Old Chestnut from Oz!

If I Were King of the Forest from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg If I were King of the Forest, Not queen, not duke, not prince. My regal … Continue reading →

Favorite Verses from Gitanjali by R. Tagore

12. The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long. I came out on the chariot of the first gleam of light, and pursued my voyage through the wildernesses of worlds leaving my track on … Continue reading →

Ocean Poems

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“Monhegan“: “Lazy as a Seed“: “No Ticking Minutes“: “Dark Inside“

Valentine’s Day Observations

Let me know if one or more of these odes makes you think of Some One or Some Time… Poems include “Summer Becomes You” an ode to the flush of summer on fair skin, “Take Away Slumber’s Peace” an poem about restless nights … Continue reading →