July 23, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 204. Rubbing my nose just to feel another’s touch. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 20, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Nature, Self-Realization 201. The lake spreads before me – immense – past that, the sky — forever. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 15, 2021August 1, 2021Political / Social, Self-Realization 196. I know that if I have one all that it will do is make me want two. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 13, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization 194. Mirror mirror on the wall, is there some god doing this to us all? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 12, 2021August 1, 2021Moments of Life, Political / Social, Self-Realization 193. That awkwardness betwixt this bliss – these pauses between those stares. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 11, 2021August 1, 2021Self-Realization 192. That point of the night where the pen goes where it wants, says what’s on its mind. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 5, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization 186. for Dave My soul’s writing checks my body can’t cash; singing songs my mind can’t grasp. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 29, 2021August 1, 2021Moments of Life, Self-Realization 180. Chin on hand – hand on chin. Which is which? Which is it? What is? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 26, 2021August 1, 2021Political / Social, Self-Realization 177. My mind is littered with faceless monoliths — can’t you see them? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 21, 2021August 1, 2021Nature, Self-Realization 172. All day I pray for rain: the only hope to dispel this loneliness… Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 20, 2021August 1, 2021Self-Realization, To the Masters 171. for Dr. Boss and W.B. Yeats on Father’s Day 2021 The wild things were real. Inside everyone’s mind: islands — in its […] Read more
June 19, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 170. Nobody ever changed anything yelling at a flatscreen TV. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 17, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 168. for “progress” Think about it: are we only “happy” because we’re “comfortable?” Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 15, 2021August 1, 2021Moments of Life, Nature, Self-Realization 166. How can I blame the carpenter bee for wrenching me from zen? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 14, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Moments of Life, Self-Realization 165. Are you happy now? You drank yourself to the lonely drizzle of night. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 11, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Moments of Life, Self-Realization 162. for myself on my death bed This is it: the moment has come. Either this is over — or isn’t. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 7, 2021June 8, 2021"Short Story", Moments of Life, Self-Realization 158. for B.P. The days, the weeks, the months and years, have led me here, to this craft-brewed beer. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 31, 2021June 3, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization 151. I claw, I scratch, just to drag myself back to this place I was before. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 30, 2021June 4, 2021Self-Realization, To the Masters 150. for Charles Dickens I drag these chains of pains both dealt and caused — Marley moaning at my side Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 24, 2021June 3, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization 144. for the future generations It makes less sense as you go on — but there’s nothing to do but go on. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 21, 2021June 3, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization 141. for my reflection “Don’t stare.” “Sorry. It’s just that I’m a lot closer than I was before.” Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 18, 2021June 3, 2021Health & Wellness, Human Condition, Self-Realization 138. One more cigarette than tomorrow’s different. I swear — it has to be. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 11, 2021Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Self-Realization 131. How much joy can we destroy chasing these dizzy peaks of ecstasies? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 9, 2021May 10, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization 129. You can’t pick all the pieces up at once — they’re s e […] Read more
May 2, 2021May 3, 2021Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 122. for discipline You can’t pick up all the pieces all at once — they’re shattered-everywhere. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 26, 2021April 27, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization, To the Masters 116. for Dante — and my 35th Thirty-five: I look behind — and see the halfway journey of my life. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 25, 2021April 27, 2021Human Condition, Nature, Self-Realization 115. Syrupy sweetness now leathery earth, but still the memory Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 18, 2021April 27, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization, To the Masters 108. for Nilanjan Bhomick Writing is man’s great rebellion against a purposeless universe. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 17, 2021April 27, 2021Health & Wellness, Self-Realization 107. The addiction hits me all at once, suddenly it all seemed worth less. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 5, 2021April 29, 2021Self-Realization, To the Masters 95. for my father, 11 years since There’s not much to say as I stare at your grave. I’m here, you’re there. […] Read more
March 10, 2021March 20, 2021Self-Realization 69. I was fun until I wasn’t. It was fun, kinda, while it lasted. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 9, 2021March 20, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization 68. I’m not afraid of before or after — just that moment in between. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 5, 2021March 7, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 64. Pick and choose what fits your views — truth is malleable clay. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 4, 2021March 28, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization 63. Sometimes you can’t help but stare at the Great Equation in the air. Love1 Share Tweet Read more
March 3, 2021March 7, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization 62. Sometimes, in my mind, I go through the list of each girl I ever kissed. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 27, 2021March 7, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 58. all these trivial catastrophes we begrudgingly choke down Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 17, 2021February 21, 2021"Short Story", Human Condition, Self-Realization 48. “Was it worth it?” she asks. “I don’t know: I’m too close to the fire to tell.” Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 16, 2021February 21, 2021Self-Realization 47. A simple “Could you bring me home?” — everything could have been so different. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 12, 2021February 13, 2021Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 43. for consumerism I can’t say why I hop in my car just to buy… something — anything. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 25, 2021January 26, 2021Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Nature, Self-Realization 25. one pain goes away, another takes its place — diminishing returns Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 18, 2021January 25, 2021Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Self-Realization 18. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 11, 2021January 13, 2021Human Condition, Self-Realization 11. What once was (you, me) is just a story now — no longer memory. Love1 Share Tweet Read more
January 2, 2021January 3, 2021"Short Story", Self-Realization 2. I wake in the new year; iron out my crumpled shirt of a life. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 1, 2021January 5, 2021Self-Realization, To the Masters 1. for Counting Crows The last thing you said, as you were leaving, echoes off these dawn-drenched walls. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 27, 2020December 30, 2020Human Condition, Moments of Life, Self-Realization 362. for Michael Fessler Summiting the mountain, the mountain summiting me. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 24, 2020December 30, 2020"Short Story", Human Condition, Self-Realization 359. When you first see the finish gleam… it’s easiest to succumb to dreams. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 21, 2020December 30, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization, To the Masters 356. for Lord Byron Imagine if we lived our entire lives thinking only of ourselves… Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 20, 2020December 30, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization 355. Past rock-bottom: an endless abyss of emptiness — and nothing. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 15, 2020"Short Story", Daily Haiku, Self-Realization 350. I woke unsure if it was Sunday or Monday. It’s Tuesday. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 3, 2020December 14, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization 338. “One more day, one more day. One more day,” I always say. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
November 30, 2020December 14, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization 335. The empty, blank white page betrays my teeming brain. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
November 25, 2020November 26, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Nature, Self-Realization 330. How silly we are: pretending to know of what the skylarks sing. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
November 12, 2020November 18, 2020Nature, Self-Realization 317. all these poems about moons and sunsets, without the actual life Love0 Share Tweet Read more
November 8, 2020November 10, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 313. Sip your drink — criticize, think how everyone else needs to change their life. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
November 3, 2020November 10, 2020Health & Wellness, Human Condition, Self-Realization 308. Your body is the physical story of your life. What’s it saying? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
October 30, 2020Daily Haiku, Self-Realization, To the Masters 304. for Robert Frost I’m one acquainted with the night — last to sleep, first up in morning’s light. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
October 28, 2020October 31, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization 302. My pen bends under the strain of my teeming brain — breaks. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
October 23, 2020October 30, 2020"Short Story", Self-Realization, To the Masters 297. for Samuel Beckett All the poems I lost over the bridge. I watch, nothing to be done. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
October 5, 2020October 8, 2020Self-Realization, To the Masters 279. To the Master(s) It’s time for rhymes – you have the rest of your life to kill yourself to death. Love0 […] Read more
September 29, 2020September 29, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization, To the Masters 273. for Haruki Murakami I close my eyes with everything I have — please… just let me fade away… […] Read more
September 26, 2020September 27, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 270. alcohol— filling the abyss with emptiness until it’s full Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 24, 2020September 27, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization, To the Masters 268. for Basho Another year gone — pen in my hand, reams of unmarked pages. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 13, 2020September 14, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Self-Realization, To the Masters 257. for George Orwell Brooding on enormity it’s hard to see what’s in front of your nose. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 7, 2020September 8, 2020Daily Haiku, Nature, Self-Realization 251. I apologize to the thrush for imbuing its song with my grief. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 4, 2020September 4, 2020Daily Haiku, Self-Realization 248. Thirty-four. I look through my phone: pizza parlors outnumber the friends. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 31, 2020September 1, 2020Self-Realization 244. They say it’s never too late to save yourself… I humbly disagree. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 30, 2020September 3, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization 243. The hard part: waiting till time dulls the pain to a manageable ache. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 18, 2020August 28, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization 231. Everything gets stagnate if you have it every day. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 16, 2020August 17, 2020Political / Social, Self-Realization 229. The cackling masses. Myself? I’m laughing along – Narcissus bemused. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 11, 2020August 12, 2020Self-Realization 224. Come and kiss me – I’m beautifully twisted – just the right torture you need. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 4, 2020August 4, 2020Daily Haiku, Pandemic, Self-Realization, To the Masters 217. for Kristin George Bagdanov The architecture of your hand builds me from the ashes I’ve become. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 3, 2020August 4, 2020Daily Haiku, Self-Realization, To the Masters 216. for Margaret Gibson Cursed by perfect – and dwindling lives – but sometimes the making is enough. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 31, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Self-Realization 213. even if this is all there is — we should feel blessed it ever was Love1 Share Tweet Read more
July 30, 2020July 31, 2020Self-Realization 212. writer’s block — when nothing seems worth the ink it takes to right Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 28, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Self-Realization 210. perhaps one of these poems will breathe breath beyond death — rise from ink and page Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 25, 2020July 27, 2020Self-Realization, To the Masters 207. for Gregory Corso O the whole tradgedy ! the weight of it ! I myself am my own fool. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 23, 2020July 24, 2020Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Self-Realization 205. It’s that choice in this moment — when all the plotting asks you, “Yes or no?” Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 2, 2020July 2, 2020Daily Haiku, Self-Realization, To the Masters 184. for F. Scott Fitzgerald “First you take a drink, and then the drink takes a drink – then the drink takes you.” […] Read more
June 11, 2020June 20, 2020"Short Story", Self-Realization 163. “I’m here… Still waiting… You know there’s only so much time,” quipped the blank page. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 29, 2020June 20, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization 150. I toe this abyss of meaninglessness; one missed step spells certain death. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 19, 2020June 20, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 140. I’m back on track… to getting back on track. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 16, 2020June 20, 2020Self-Realization, To the Masters 137. for Cervantes Like Don Quixote’s armor, rusted with neglect, my pen idly clots. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 15, 2020June 20, 2020Self-Realization, To the Masters 136. for Herman Melville It’s time I took to sea; my soul is a damp, gray, drizzly November. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 8, 2020June 20, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 129. I’m my own judge, jury, and executioner — and I plead the fifth. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 5, 2020June 20, 2020Moments of Life, Self-Realization 126. I sewed a button back on my pants and felt like Michaelangelo. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 26, 2020June 19, 2020Self-Realization, To the Masters 117. for Charles Dickens 34 – a trail of unfinished poems and verse cling like Marley’s chains. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 23, 2020June 30, 2020Self-Realization 114. This fleeting flesh – full of foolish folly – forlornly defying fate. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 14, 2020June 20, 2020Self-Realization, To the Masters 105. for Gabriel Garcia Marquez My judicious first impression quietly slinks off stage right. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 21, 2020June 19, 2020Self-Realization 81. The more you think it’s insurmountable, the less likely you are to start. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 10, 2020June 19, 2020Moments of Life, Self-Realization 70. As always, when I’m finished, I stare and wonder, Who cares? and What for? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 4, 2020June 19, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization 64. Another peak leads to another plateau; leads me unto myself. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 2, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 62. Maybe some day I’ll just do it — and even I’ll be surprised by me. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 27, 2020June 19, 2020Self-Realization, To the Masters 58. for Robert Frost I think I can get back — but one day the road will bend beyond my view. Love0 Share […] Read more
February 25, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 56. The poet who produces naught – prisoner in a dream. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 24, 2020June 19, 2020Self-Realization, To the Masters 55. for Leo Tolstoy You will never know the Answer, just walk in right direction. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 22, 2020June 19, 2020Self-Realization 53. Near 32, I realized the truth: there’s really nothing much to do. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 21, 2020June 19, 2020Self-Realization 52. Of course it’s my decision to dwell on these thoughts that make up this hell. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 20, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 51. What is it inside of me that always wins the fight against myself? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 16, 2020June 19, 2020Self-Realization 47. This is depression: scrounging change to order off the dollar menu. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 12, 2020June 19, 2020Self-Realization 43. You’re wasting your magic; you grasp it but blackout. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 10, 2020June 19, 2020Self-Realization 41. Maybe if I wrote something immortal it could save my tortured soul. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 9, 2020June 19, 2020Self-Realization 40. Complain about your life – but you don’t read other people’s stories. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 8, 2020June 19, 2020Self-Realization 39. Only speak when your words are more significant than your silence. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 31, 2020June 17, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 31. It was a gradual fall – that happened so quickly. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 27, 2020June 16, 2020Self-Realization 27. You can’t control what happens, but you can decide how you will react. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 25, 2020June 16, 2020Self-Realization 25. I’ve hit rock bottom, but if I keep scraping the dirt and rocks below… Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 21, 2020June 16, 2020Self-Realization 21. My jagged teeth suck on the teet of each thing I wish I didn’t do. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 9, 2020June 16, 2020Self-Realization 9. Think about it… Just to be here, in the moment – what a blessed curse. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 7, 2020June 16, 2020Self-Realization 7. When your shot misses its spot, don’t blame the bow or the arrow. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 6, 2020June 16, 2020Self-Realization 6. That syrupy dread ever-bubbling under the surface of my life. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
