Loss, Desire & the Search for Meaning in Life and Literature
Loss and desire–these are the themes that run through so much of what I’m compelled to write about in my …
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Once Upon a Time in America, Two Poems
At a time when we are all striving toward some optimism because the future looks so dark, I almost hate …
The Pieta & the Writer’s Palette
It’s been said that for the writer the blank page is our canvas and words our paint. But I don’t …
Personification & The Interplay Between I and Other
The personification of nature and inanimate objects is age-old, something we humans have done as far back as we remember. …
Parenting Advice from The Prophet
Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you …
O Holy Night, What Stars Give Birth To
“Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright.” The single-most, salient symbol of Christmas, for me, is a …
Hot Hills in Summer Heat, A Poem
Hot Hills in Summer Heat I watch them every summer, the hot hills Crouched like a lion beside the road, …
Behind All Art is an Element of Desire—Adrienne Rich
Behind all art is an element of desire.Love of life, of existence, love ofanother human being, love ofhuman beings is …
What Joy! Poetry in Motion in Art, Dance, & Writing
What is it about this painting by Ernie Barnes that so uplifts and inspires? That ripples with joy? That feels …
A Mayan Myth of Love, Self-Sacrifice & the Creative Process
I mentioned in my last post that I wrote a myth about the creation of the isthmus that now comprises …
