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Creativity
Posted on Thursday, October 30th, 2008
I wrote this poem as I contemplated change.
Creativity
There’s drone out there
Squelching imagination,
New directions,
Paths emerging –
Monotone dull that’s it,
Lacking inflection
Smothering passion;
Mandating repetition
In past illusions
Of colorless routine.
It’s time to stir awake
This sleeping soul
Who now limits excitement
To painted [...]
Creativity
Posted on Thursday, October 30th, 2008
At the risk of sounding like a revolutionary, consider how you relate to creativity, especially as it concerns the authentic self that resides within.
Creativity
There’s drone out there
Squelching imagination,
New directions,
Paths emerging –
Monotone dull that’s it,
Lacking inflection
Smothering [...]
Yet to Pass
Posted on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
The following poem I composed as I reflected on my life in India thirty-five years ago.
Yet to Pass
Years past I smoked
Madrasi cigars
Hand rolled by
Brown-skinned girls;
From tall dark bottles
With residue settling
Drank beer brewed by
A mischievous Jesuit;
Reclined [...]
There is a Time to Pray
Posted on Saturday, October 18th, 2008
There is a Time to Pray
Indeed there are times
When fire-burn sunrise
Turns gray even dark at dawn,
When wave sounds rush thick,
And ponderous are thoughts
Of past and future feints
That linger upon the heart;
This is a time for [...]
Mystery of Love
Posted on Saturday, October 4th, 2008
One afternoon the words of the title came to mind and I was not satisfied until I paused and wrote this poem.
Mystery of Love
Yes I asked you
The mystery of love,
And you answered
Love is a mystery.
I [...]
