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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Rapscallion
– for my friend, Aaron I knew a young rapscallion who rode a painted mare his wry smile widened slightly as the breeze blew back his hair His swagger showed of cockiness this self-sure lad with charm and rarely … Continue reading
Opinion Page
Idle Thoughts Despite being included in this assessment, it pleases me to know that ancient civiliations still hold mystical secrets that modern man, in arrogant ignorance of supposed superiority, has yet to penetrate. You can’t please everybody at the … Continue reading
Quotables
"Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists, when you can ignore them like wise men?" – Natalie Clifford Barney "Believe in one thing too much and you have no room left for new ideas." … Continue reading
Nobody I
I ran through the garden gate I felt like I was running too late to meet you by the dancing pond The Peace Bell rang a thousand times echoes filling the Valley of The Temples as I hurried … Continue reading
Tragedies of Music
The drunken poet bellowing in midnight’s street shuns his own gift to embrace Bacchus The high electric wizard dabbles in black magic inescapably caught in his own reckless spell The soft, elegant tunesmith dreams of peace hushed … Continue reading
Impressions from the Byodo-In Temple
Our tour bus climbed slowly up the Koʻolau mountains of Oahu. The bus driver, a sweaty Samoan man with a loud Hawaiian shirt and black sunglasses, pushed down the gas pedal, urging the bus ever forward, struggling up to the … Continue reading
The Cavalcade of Great Ideas
Great Idea # 1 A small electronic device that clips onto any fishing rod and sends a hyper-sonic signal down the line to the lure. (Maybe have a responder lure? With lights?) The signal would recreate the sounds of panicked … Continue reading
Muse-ings
Muse: Part 1 Pay attention to your muse Catch her Grab her Hold her tight Let inspiration flow as gold from a vein Spank her lightly to send her on her way Smile that you’ve … Continue reading
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