Category: Art
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Always Waiting
Always Waiting Waiting for the heat to dissipateIn the summertime Waiting for the warmth to arisewith the winter sun Waiting for the heat and coolas our world cruises through Its seamless transitions betweenextreme temperature poles Waiting for Spring and Fallwhere temperature control is rarely needed… at all –LE – 1/30/25 PS: Of course, depending on…
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Vaguely Remembered Dream
Vaguely Remembered Dream Wandering unfamiliar hallways and landscapesSeems like I should know them, but I don’t. Landmarks seem familiar, yet not.Can’t quite place them, lost in thought. I reach for a rusty doorknob, but the door’s not there,As I climb aged and broken stairs to … Wait, now they’re tumbled down stone stepsIn ancient ruins…
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The New Dark Ages
The New Dark Ages from the declineof the Roman Empireto the Renaissanceover a thousand years clerics and kingsdestroyed most of theancient wisdoms andsciences with burnings books and witcheswith blood-letting‘medical’ and warringconquering and conjuring religious incantationsrule by ‘divine right’butchers blessed byclerics’ sanctions it’s happening againfor the last half-centurytill who knows whenbook bannings and burnings another world…
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Writers of Old Collectively Groan
— From Some Old Tomes — The Deerslayer Groans Deerslayer-HawkeyeUnwilling agentChingachgook lastChief from genocideUnleashed David CopperfieldUriah HeepDark capitalistHistory seenTold and sold asHuman natureNobility civilityMust maximizePower and profitFor utility sakeA necessity Plato and AdamSmith gave coverWhile AureliusMentoredMethods andMore platitudesFor conquestNever ever rest One world ruledBy philosopher kingsWholly ownedRaped ravagedAnd squanderedThe devil’s ownApostles andPriests of theNew World…
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From My Winter Haiku Collection
Or again, from my Winter Wage-slave Collection… # 012 – Desktop In Winter Desktop in winter,cursor points at START button —mouse sits on its pad –LE
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Looking Very Old, I Suppose
Looking Very Old, I Suppose I’m oldI know but don’t feelas old as I look this is what ‘old’feels like – to me slower – less flexibleless physical strength less staminamore frequent naps injury healing takes longerbut eventually succeeds eyesight waningfocusing a frequent pain surprised by the ancient guyreflected in surfaces I stroll by but…
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Another Consideration of Free Will
Another Consideration of Free Will I’ve been thinking about the polarity between free will and fate. The evidence of my more than three quarters of a century convinces me that we are most likely firmly attached to the fate-end of the spectrum between those poles. I used to think that we had some choice in…
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Dragon’s Eye Sunset – Haiku
Dragon’s Eye Sunset Dragon’s eye sunsetthe blazing sky ignites trees —with the full moonrise –LE
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Success – Memoir Addendum
Success I studied classical violin when I was a child. My teachers, over the years, informed my parents that I was no prodigy and would probably never be good enough to be a ‘professional’ musician. This colored my view of myself and my abilities. It took many years for me to come to Nietzsche’s realization…
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Some Public Art In The South End Of Tucson
Public Art on the Tucson Loop close to the Julian Wash Archeological Park
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