Monthly Archives: May 2010

a thousand brief winters

Sometimes I can just put it out of my mind.
It drops away like the final leaf on a naked tree
leaving me ready to stand against the winter.

A brief coldness that passes like a sharp wind,
and I realize it’s better to bloom than worryRead the rest

My Playlist 00520

One of the good things about getting people send me what they like – music, movies, books – is that I get new stuff to try. The songs on this playlist are primarily gleaned from the lists of songs and records that have been submitted. Enjoy. I did.

 […] Read the rest

Signs of Dementia

Thomas Frediman is at it again. This week he reassured us that the Gulf oil spill is not this president’s Katrina. Obama is doing everything right, and Bush did everything wrong. This in the same week that Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said, “They told us it was under control. […] Read the rest

Where Are You?

There’s something I want to talk about.
Where are you?
There’s something serious
I have to tell you right now.

It’s not about love.
It’s not about me.
It’s about the world we live in.
It’s about the way thing ought to be.

There […] Read the rest

boundless

rising out of the sky
through puffs of cotton clouds
are the aspirations of a soaring soul.

undaunted by the pull of earth
into the weightlessness of silent space
where physical constraints no longer take their toll

on a life released.

once burning in a bitter […] Read the rest

Just Outside

Just outside are things you should maybe notice on your way to work, to drop off the kids, walking the dog. It’s a beautiful, magical world God gave us. Images of that world are just outside the door.

Bright New Child

what’s going to happen to me?
today.
tomorrow.
in all my possible futures.

what has already happened to me?
yesterday.
the day before.
in all my muddled past.

is it a loose association
or a concrete path?
is my future predestined
 […] Read the rest