For Paul, who knew how to love…and how to celebrate. Stay darkMore
Author Archives: Richard Q
A human being-question chasing after both God and nothingness. The internet is a disaster, but our starlessness might teach us something. I welcome our constant experimenting with ourselves with open arms, for ultimately they are attempts of life at living and growing in life. My dwelling is in Key West, while the dwellings of my loves are Indiana, New Mexico, Texas, Massachusetts and Arizona. These spaces are nothing. Love abides and love embraces.
Squinting at the suchness of things
lack of wonder is just as wondrous as wonder itself. I feel I’ve said this before….More
The rub
Father Zossima brings the congregation together for a final word with them…More
The issue of skepticism
Skepticism just might be inseparable from a certain type of faithMore
A Metamorphosis
Why are we all staring at the same spot on the ground? Or at the same spotlessness of the sky?More
Nothing Left of You
“Only those who are, themselves, on the dusty road of becoming-dust can love others who (or that) have embarked on a similar journey at birth or at the time of their fabrication.” – Michael MarderMore
Spanning the gulf, or trying to, come what may
The true knight of faith is a witness, never a teacher, and therein lies his deep humanity…
– KierkegaardMore
Calling Azur
For my grandmother’s fearless curiosity, which at one time brought the family an unforgettable friendMore
On what is social in poetry
Perhaps even our responsibility bears the mark of irresponsibilityMore
Inventing ourselves
Sometimes it seems we are either dreaming of wholeness…or willingly fragmentedMore
An Example
So wise souls/ leaving self behind/ move forwardMore
Not all, but part
…and you too will also return, in the greatest things as well as in the smallest….More
Care-less
Full of weal and woe as the wheel goes roundMore
Dawn in Hades
The light can be stubborn, and linger, when the sun setsMore
Good for a laugh
What is our speech but the chirping of baby birds?More
Love the Dust 