A few years ago, I had some prolific output as a poet. A Muse had entered my life, and I expressed my typhoon of emotions in an onslaught of poems: Long form free verse, rhymed almost-sonnets, a scatter-shot of haiku. Here are some sample lines from that period: *** “A young person often regrets whatContinue reading “A Flurry of Poetry”
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The Fragility of Health
One of my favorite and most often-quoted poems was written by Richard Brautigan and included in his beautifully-titled collection, Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork. I can’t find my copy at present so I will have to rely on my fragile memory to recall it. Please forgive any errors, and I put XX since I don’tContinue reading “The Fragility of Health”
The Fragility of Health
One of my favorite and most often-quoted poems was written by Richard Brautigan and included in his beautifully-titled collection, Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork. I can’t find my copy at present so I will have to rely on my fragile memory to recall it. Please forgive any errors, and I put XX since I don’tContinue reading “The Fragility of Health”
When You Wish For The Apocalpyse
I have a friend who, if he perhaps did not truly believe the Mayan Calendar predicted the end of the world in 2012, kind of hoped the world would end. And so I wrote this song, “The Ballad of the 2012 Believer.” Video to follow. Ballad of the 2012 Believer(SLOW)No man knows the day, andContinue reading “When You Wish For The Apocalpyse”
Decisions, Decisions
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. I’d say I’ve never been very adventurous…until this century. I usually played it safe with investments, job moves, and life decisions. Putting off having a child until achieving some measure of financial solvency and health insurance probably delayed the process tooContinue reading “Decisions, Decisions”
The Poetry Page
I’ve just added the poetry page to the site. So much of my time has been spent writing poems and songs, I’m a little amazed I only have three volumes out there! Of course, several of them can be found as performance pieces on my youtube channel (often with Prof. SteveO as the performer—I’ve onlyContinue reading “The Poetry Page”
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