How and why Beast of Burden As I walked along a narrow road, I came upon a young boy riding a large beast of burden.   The boy would gently whip the beast when it attempted to wander off the directed path. It occurred to me that if the beast only would realize its strength, the boy would have no power over it.  But alas, the fear of repercussion keep the beast trodding on, under the control of its master.  One third of the world’s population is, and has been in one way or another, a beast of burden – it’s … Continue reading Beast of Burden

Baudy prose Fugitive Verse  –  The pangs that tempt the spirit to rebel By my own admission, I am  a slow and attentive worker; often sidetracked by indolence, emotional distress, illness, drunkeness, and subjective poverty. Fugitive verse has found a small, yet appreciative audience.  Public attention is given mostly to the subject matter.  The  principal themes of sex and death are considered scandalous by those who are naive about the realities of human existence.  It touches on sacred and profane love, metamorphosis, melancholy, the corruption of the city, lost innocence, the oppressiveness of simple living.   The effect is unexpected, mingled … Continue reading Fugitive Verse

On the way to Yonderyou’ll cross a river bridgeKeep straight on a whileuntil you see Stembridge Take a right and go a mile or twotill you cross the creekOn your left and on your rightis the place you seek A sandy bottom beach roadand a house beside a pondYou’ve reached your destinationand a little bit beyond The porch is cool and shadyand big and long and widethe perfect place for rockingand sitting side by side Once here you will know itThere’s plenty of time to ponderthat mysterious and elusive placewe all know as over yonder zsg – Milledgeville, Georgia Continue reading Over Yonder

Old age is a cage that gets smaller everyday. In time it will squeeze the life from my body. It’s no big deal, every body dies. Two angels sing and a baby cries. <>z<>. Continue reading Old Age is…

March 17, 2018  –  Saturday morning Meditation: Context and Balance create Content.  Cycles average to a mean result. Small paths converge into a Lane, and the lane meanders.  There are no straight lines in Nature. Language can not explain the complexities of Life.  The heart beats and the lungs breathe as we sleep-walk through time. Don’t worry, be happy.   <>z<>.   Continue reading March 17, 2018 Saturday morning Meditation

*  Just ranting… August 22, 2017 If we are going to alter history by removing statues, we should be thorough and clean up all the dirt — at which point everything will be swept away and we’ll be back in the jungle. Thomas Jefferson is the author of the Declaration of Independence, the most eloquent appeal for human liberty ever written… but, Jefferson was also a slave owner. That’s history. What else represents much of America’s racist history? The Democratic Party is, historically, the party of slavery, the party of Jim Crow laws; it fought civil rights for a century. … Continue reading Just Ranting… August 22, 2017

* Time is unredeemable and problematic, whereas eternity is beautiful and true. To understand the poetry of poetry, we must ignore the conflict between academic and creative pursuits. Poetry is an excellent medium for rendering a total situation – for fuseing the matter-of-fact and the fantastic. It joins the mix of our minds but it does not tell us what to believe. Just as a religious interpretation of existence is needed to order the world of nature and of woman, poetry is an artistic form which can impose order and meaning on our experience. I maintain that it’s not wise … Continue reading The Poetry of Poetry

Water: the stuff of life… Water Therapy Did you know that drinking water in the morning upon waking up can have amazing therapeutic effects for a multitude of health conditions. Experts say six glasses of water (one litre) will have an astonishing effect on your health. Studies have shown that drinking water first thing in the morning on an empty stomach purifies the body’s internal system. An especially important result of this treatment is that it cleanses the colon, which makes the body much more able to absorb nutrients from food. Our body contains 70 percent of water. Our Muscles … Continue reading Water Therapy – revised

It’s Saturday morning and it’s raining. My get-up-and-go is waning. Outside, it’s cold and dreary. Inside, my bed is warm and cheery. I am swaddled in smooth cotton as cares of the world are forgotten. Raindrops are pattering on the windows and roof as far-away thunder is grumbling. We don’t care, the cats and I, we just lie here slumbering. zzzzzzzzzzzzz ~   Continue reading Saturday morning and it’s raining