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hide the darkness
in the half lightof the shade paradevague answers and imagesat least the gaslight is onto hide the darkness
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rainbows out of reach
there’s ice in the cloudsrainbows aloftpromisesjust out of reachand a cold cold heart
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Vision – do you have “it”
People love to claim “vision” or that they are “visionaries”. My experience is that they use this term to qualify themselves as having “good ideas” “I am an idea person.” Statistically, three percent (3%) of all ideas are any good. Being an idea person doesn’t make you a visionary. My editor at Random House once…
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Developing Style
When I was a young poet, I wrote following the disciplines for traditional poetry. I used specific rhyme, meter, rhythm as dictated by the study of classical writing. I was challenged by a teacher in university to depart from classical iambic pentameter or sonnet ABAB CDCD etc. and dabble in free verse. Eventually, i developed…
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Step 4
(a good discipline for the new year) Face life as it is not as you wish it was or want it to be Get rid of all negatives Be proactive Be candid/transparent with everyone Tell the truth and deal with the consequences head on. Don’t relinquish control of your destiny living in shadows and dodging…
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What is This Life
Do you ever wonder if there is a way you should walk in life or a thing you should do? This is my cosmic question. It has led me through jungles of prayer, meditation, study, observation and wonder. I have vacillated from the random meaningless to the mindful religious devotion searching for the answer. I…
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a poem
Regret: round out the time turn back the hands undo the done have mercy make it right light into the night make all my injustice disappear – an old man’s dream
