We will be the first aliens we meetMore
Tag Archives: courage
Shots of Poetry
I am a (poorly written) love letterMore
Flammable
Fire seems to love all thingsMore
On standing when the ground is slippery
Nothingness lies coiled at the heart of being like a worm. –SartreMore
it comes
…meaning is like the flower, just as frail…More
When That Time Comes
I will show you fear in a handful of dust. –T.S. EliotMore
When nobody else is around
The eyes I couldn’t see were the most penetratingMore
All Along
All the things that really inflame our passions are really unheard-of, impossible thingsMore
possibility of poetry
It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem. –Wallace StevensMore
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
Love the Dust 