…and you too will also return, in the greatest things as well as in the smallest….More
Tag Archives: aphorisms
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
As it begins, so it ends
For M.H., and other loves who protected my desireMore
Jots
to be learned by heartMore
Lamenting before restless sleep
Perhaps when I finally sleep, I will dream and the world will be made newMore
Against the death of philosophy
Our love of certain things does not arise until we have been seduced to them.More
Moksha
Just what does the wind do with our flames?More
Too Late…?
It might be too late. It might not matterMore
No stopping poetry
Worlds beyond worlds and worlds within worldsMore
Poetry Scribblings
Poetry the same but different, as in the beginning so in the endMore
Cuts
Decisions cut across time. We never make a decision that stays put and does not travel somewhere–upward, downward, outward, inward–after it is made. Decisions are made to move, to move us, to move the world, and to keep moving themselves. So the incision of decisions regards not only the cutting away of other options but…More
her stillness made me heave
Every being demands attention, and every being is a vortexMore
Let Him Be, Let Him In
What to do about this uncanniest of guestsMore
Careful–or not
Careful–or not. You don’t be careful, you’re going to wind up dead. Every time Grandma spoke to me like that, I tried to show her that I still cared about my life and that I was not reckless. But she was right, I would end up dead…in fact, I did end up dead; that’s how…More
Love the Dust 