Tag: Photography
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September Morning Meditations
September Morning Meditation Gazing at the sun-dappledWall of the zen gardenUnder cloudless skies Not a leaf rustlesIn the morning’s still, cool airMorning doves hoo-whooo –LE – 9/7/25
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Save Our VA Protest At Ajo Gate
We’ve been protesting the attempt to defund and privatize the VA, the current administration’s canceling of the union contracts (except for those of the so-called VA ‘security’ forces). There were six of us this morning. We protest every Friday morning from 7:00 AM to around 8:30 AM for the VA’s morning shift-change. We get a…
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Memoir Addendum – Old Symptoms Of Bronchitis Mostly Gone
Memoir Addendum – Old Symptoms Of Bronchitis Mostly Gone Spent most of my formative yearsTill the end of my first short marriageIn and around the glittering miasmaOf a small steel mill townAt the mouth of the Black RiverOn Lake Erie’s southern shore Walking home in the darkAfter late orchestra rehearsalsOr Judo classes and the likeThe…
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Carried Weapons vs Living Weapons
Carried Weapons vs Living Weapons People claim they feel safeCarrying knives or gunsThey’ve practiced longFor ease and accuracy But sometimesLeave them at homeDon’t carry themAround the houseMuch Then when out and aboutA practiced ne’er-do-wellOut of the blueSnatches your belovedPistol or knifeAnd uses it on you There’s always someone out thereBetter than youYou just hopeThey’re not…
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The Milkyway
No, not the candy bar! The Milkyway pathway in the skyfrom our small cornerout on the peripheryto its center and beyondhorizontallybut can’t see theother sideprobably not evento the center perpendicularlyand tangentiallyat a multitudeof angles other galaxiesdistant luminouspinpricks inthe sparkling tapestryof the night sky but only ifLuna or otherastronomicalfireworkslike comets andartificial satellitesdon’t steal ourattention andimagination that…
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Tucson, My Newest Home
What do you love about where you live? I’ve lived along the north coasts of Ohio and Michigan and on the southern shore of the Ohio River in northern Kentucky. I’ve been living in Tucson, Arizona, for the last 6 years. Each of my previous homes had its positive and negative attributes. My hope is…
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Public Libraries Failing Us In The Digital Age
Library Rant As a library member whose taxes help fund it, I find it galling that in this digital age, I have to put a book that I’m interested in on hold for weeks (sometimes months). All digital media that the library boasts (claims they have on their digital ‘shelves’) should be available to any…
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The Venus Trap
The Venus Trap Honey and spice orVinegar and saltWaiting inRazor sharp jawsHidden behindSensuous lipsWaiting preyTo spring shutA trap is a trap A Venus trapWith or withoutThe flies –LE – 8/8/25
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The Tucson Loop – August
The Tucson Loop On The Second Sunday Morning In August The air is stillHot and dryThe sky is mottledWith china-whiteAnd light touches ofPayne’s grayOverheadLight strokes ofWhite in the westMostly gray inThe eastern skyLike it might rainBut I doubt it A few joggers andWalkers strollingThe lanesNot many bikes yet A lone CoyoteStanding statuesqueIn the dry riverbedEyes…
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Identity
Identity All human Identify isBased on storiesStories we tell ourselvesBased on the storiesHanded down to usSince the beginning ofHuman communication It’s how we establishOur reality These stories are basedOn the selective informationWe call ‘facts’Our vested interests in tact Since there are no such thingsAs ‘facts’Just perspectivesAgreed to byHumans in charge The ‘winners’So to speak But…
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