Category: Photography
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Artisan Designed Mayhem
This is the second part of a larger piece that I wrote a few years ago after a walk through the Ancient Weapons display, on a visit to the Huntington Museum of Art on a cold evening in April. Death by Design Forged barrelMachined and polishedWith firing mechanismPatiently assembledFrom cast and smith-forgedScrews, springs, clamp-jawsTo hold…
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Morning Wonders
Morning Wonders A large bird of prey glidesHigh in the pristine blue skyIn great lazy circlesAs all is caught in itsPredatory eye As a large black dogLopes across the distant pathAnd vanishes like fogBurned away by a blisteringlyBright Arizona sun The strong headwindAnd constant inclineDrive me into aHeart Attack modeThat I’ll hopefully survive Home at…
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The Big Con
The Big Con riverbed filling upwith the blueswhites and redsof homeless camps with ‘liberated’ shoppingcarts randomly strewnthrough the camps andtheir ragged peripheries the ever-increasingcost to society of thesale of the public sphereto private interests the billionaires but as good consumersmust only see whatour owners’ publicistscon us into seeing though most seemto swallow the liein our…
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Tucson In April
Tucson In April vistas that mesmerizecolored in shades ofdesert brownsgreens and grays explosions of yellowsdapple the hillsideswashes and dryriverbeds plus a bright skyof dazzling blueafter the light rainsa few nights ago brought freshnessto the brush and treesnew iterations of DesertMallow and Brittlebush plus the sunny dispositionof Desert Marigoldslining mixed-usepaths and roads –LE – 4/22/25
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Success?
Success? If propagating the speciesIs a mark of successThen, that I amHaving bread children And in the processI’ve not killed or injuredAnyone mortallyThat I know of As for improvingHumanity’s lotContribute my meagerInput the best I can In the long viewWas it worth the effortAnd occasional pleasuresFuture generations will decide Don’t want to go outWith a…
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Here’s An Idea With Heavy Consequences
Is Reality Real or Just Perseptive illusion? Humans haveThe gift of wordsTo express and informWhat’s realAnd what’s not Make us soarOr cry and deploreSet us upFor the big failUnquestioninglyConsumed as real They express ideasSymbols physicalMental audibleThoughts individualCultural universalSwimming inGraymatter domesCan be changedAt whim and willThe cryptic tomesOf Reality –LE Who Gets to Decide One person’s…
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Our Current “Leadership”
Another Scalawag In Power Low down and dirtyBlack hearted scalawag Took me to the crow’sMurder reunion cotillion Told everyone he’sWorth a quintillion And scampered awayWith all the sweetmeats Took to the evening skyAs I watched with a long sigh –LE
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Another Memoir Memory From The Late ’60s
For What It’s Worth – The Hut Lounge Something’s happening here Buffalo Springfield on the jukeboxLinda Lane slayed us with herintricate guitar work andsensuous vocals What it is ain’t exactly clear Her band – Lady and the TrampsGeorge Hoka on his Hammondmesmerizing sound like the Animalsvoice soulful like Burdon’s There’s a man with a gun…
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Let’s Get Real …
Get real! You hear it all the time, but what is “real?” “Real” is a human idea, as are all ideas. Ideas on the nature of reality have evolved with our bodies, brains, and social psyches. And just as all life continues to evolve or go extinct, our ideas of “reality” also continue to evolve.…
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