Category Archives: Consciousness

Remove Spoon to Insert Foot

Posted on June 7, 2017 by

My silver spoon gets stuck in my mouth when I try to articulate. (spoon: OLWomen.com; apartheid: buzzsouthafrica.com)

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Haiku: For Brian

Posted on November 23, 2016 by

My friend, if I could exchange places with you now I most surely would.

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Haiku: Perspective

Posted on November 14, 2016 by

A tree in my yard, upheaval in my country. The tree stays the same.

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The Lift

Posted on September 24, 2016 by

Birds, pilots, sailors… all look for lift Artists do too It is the physics of magic (guitar: getold.com; hawk: geol.umd.edu)   Inspired by: T Bone Burnett’s AmericanaFest Keynote Address

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Haiku: Relativity?

Posted on September 1, 2016 by

Consciousness, a gift of accelerating time, provides no answers.

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Sometimes Later

Posted on July 17, 2016 by

Sometimes I am a smoker and a drunk Sometimes I’m not and engage with the world Sometimes whirling and curling I accept all animals as equals Sometimes that is my only hope to accept my own species Lately the arrogance … Continue reading →

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Haiku–Liminal

Posted on May 7, 2016 by

Here: too warm for Spring, not hot enough for Summer– a nameless season. (figtreepress.co.uk/liminal.htm)

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Certainty

Posted on April 24, 2016 by

Clandestine wandering— I like to think that’s how my mind works. My fantasies are all about how special I am and smart and unique. Reality? I’m always unsure. Simple physics: What I see in the mirror is backwards. I have … Continue reading →

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Haiku–Bright Slippers

Posted on March 1, 2016 by

Sunlight finds my feet, warming better than slippers; Drowsiness follows.

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Haiku–Peace as an Odd Job

Posted on January 27, 2016 by

Is coming to peace with ambiguity a pathway to wisdom? (illusion: sommer-sommer.com; trees: wisdom-square.com)

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