But Wait, There's More! (I just haven't said it yet!)
We must learn to see the beauty in the weeds – at least those we cannot kill! Vine. Vidi. Vomit. One need not seek out pain and suffering...
Maestro (for Terry)
she approaches the table her breathing evens, her spirit is gathered she takes full possession of herself the hands gently rest upon the...
The Love Song of Akiva ben Yosef
(Akiva) How shall we hear that sacred utterance Made as the iron tore away his life Strip by fleshy strip? Excruciance Sufficient to...
Grandma's
Not to your grave but to your house I go, Self-conscious, wary of drawing a neighbor’s glance. I don’t belong here anymore, I know;...
Sinai, March 1974
We sat down on the desert floor to wait, Each shaded by a strip of tin on stilts. The signs read “Danger!” “Mine Field!” “Do Not Enter!”...
Super Blue Blood Moon
Super Blue Blood Moon. A constellation of one, Glowering above.
A Higher Truth
Yin and Yang, good and bad – One alone cannot be had. Our deepest joys expressed as tears; Our dearest hopes our greatest fears. Pi’s...
On Boxing Up Works of Philosophy
The shelves are empty, but for remnants saved I know not why. For years they sat enshrined As - stones with which the path to Truth was...
Higher Truth
Yin and Yang, good and bad – One alone cannot be had. Our deepest joys expressed as tears; Our dearest hopes our greatest fears. Pi’s...
Ditty
Oh, what can I do with this beautiful day, Now that I am too old to play, Too old to succumb to the power of dreams, Knowing this beauty...
