The Looking Glass

image link Clutching at scraps, Slight involuntary movements, A timbre to the voice, The positioning of an eyebrow, Morsels that may indicate Whether truth or lies. Approval or disapproval. I’ve never lied to you, And there are no bones About my opinions, Yet the eternal search Continues.   Do you know how fatiguing It is…

Renaissance — A Trip to the Fair

image link I had to take a work day trip to near Detroit yesterday.  While driving I passed through/near two big college towns, Lansing (Michigan State U) and Ann Arbor (U of Michigan), which means college radio stations.  Yes!  Somewhere along the way yesterday, while channel surfing, I heard familiar piano chords.  Despite it being…

ESAD WOODY

This is one of the most in-depth, incisive philosophical ponderings I’ve read on the subject. I do think the author confuses monstrous with focused when it comes to artists of either gender. The difference between a focused artist and a monster is that a focused artist does not steal souls unless they are monsters. Also…

Hyperbaric

image link Heart crushed Went deep too fast Hyperbaric chamber Conjures a living past Cells tainted With the scent And smile of him Tears long gone Dry chambers Entombed Within the other Ghosts dangling Before blinded eyes Bones rattling On deaf ears Psyche’s burned imprint Limbic extinguishment A terminal contradiction   the daily prompt —…

Masters of the Universe

image link image link image link Mushrooms have been magical entities forever, across individuals, timelines, and cultures.  Mushrooms elicit emotional responses from people, whether it is a love or hate relationship.  Having read that mushrooms eat radiation for breakfast before, the daily prompt prompted me to go find data to flesh out the databyte.  The…

The Second Third

image link Over 20 years ago, a class assignment was given to interview someone connected with my field of study.  I chose to interview a judge that had been at it for probably 40 years.  I wanted to try to get a sense of what conclusions he had drawn over his years on the bench…

Old Bones On The Shore

Another exquisite photograph by Ted Jennings that has inspired a haiku: My lifesap fading I reach out, touching you to share our afterlives. TPJphoto.net Two shots of bones around sunset. Old Bones On The Shore – click to enlarge Old Bones On The Shore – click to enlarge The great thing here, you can wait…