Category: My Work
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Why and How
Why and How I don’t want instruction on “How” to write, I think I’m doing pretty well in that regard. I want instruction on “Why” I write And how I can write With more innovation and precision. Innovation is the key. It’s how I keep from saying things That others have said And play the…
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Emergence
Emergence I need to escape this hospital routine. I know I must run on their timetable. I know that it’s necessary for There is so much for them to do. They must be excused. But it is not my timetable. I am often chided for not adhering To my circadian rhythm And the way I…
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Shine a Light
Shine a Light A diminished third and half-toned seventh Can transform joy into melancholy, Sunshine into darkness, Hope into despair, Major into minor. A twist here A tweak there Can bring the darkest night Even to the brightest day. Another twist here Another tweak there Can resolve that minor chord and Shine a light into…
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Goodbye
Goodbye Oh, heart of stone, Does nothing touch you? I am swept up to the heavens By magnificent choral presentations. And orchestral feasts. When spread before you, They fall upon your ears, There to die a pitiable death Held at bay by walls that surround you. You observe it with a detachment That I do…
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Haiku – Rose Croix
Haiku – Rose Croix Blood hued sacred rose Scatters drops upon the ground Staining red the sand
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Whiskey on my Grave
Whiskey on my Grave Sing songs o’re my casket Pour whiskey on my grave Dance jigs at my parting And reels that tempt me To rise up and join you.
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Stairway
Stairway The clouds assembled In a serried shape Outlined with a sunlit brush That drew my sight And I thought, “Stairway”. I may have still had a tune By Zeppelin echoing in my ear, So the pairing was not unusual, A surprise, but not unusual. They mounted to the sky And seemed to invite…
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Two Vultures
Two Vultures Circling in a dance on thermals and updrafts, Not hunting But soaring for the joy of soaring. They are impossible figures To my eyes. Too big for common fowl And dark as coal dust. Unlike the common gulls With wings white as crescent sails, Their supremacy exceed only by Swans, snow-white valkeries…
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Healing
Healing Suffuse your body and soul with music. It will protect you. Feel it move you and carry you. Let it creep up upon you And peer over your shoulder. Let it surprise you with angels or party balloons. Let it suffuse your spirit And rebuild that which is broken. It is my constant companion.
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My Brother’s Keeper
My Brother’s Keeper I can no longer endure his misery. His fruitless cries for help or water Or at the phantoms in his mind Now go unheeded. I cannot attend him. His need drains me. I must abandon moral values (Perhaps even my ethics, A far more serious case), For my own sake And I…
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