Do you ever find your mind overflowing with rhythmic, poetic thoughts? Well, I do…all the time. I can be working on something else entirely when suddenly a phrase will pop into my head. And not just the phrase, but also how the phrase should be read…in other words…what rhythm it should have. This was the case just a few minutes ago. I was minding … Read the rest…
Life is not a tightrope walk. Oh sure, there may be lots of challenges that feel like it, but there’s so much more to it than that. Today, there was a very anticipated and talked about event where a tightrope walker actually skimmed across a cable over the Grand Canyon. I couldn’t help think about his wife and kids. I remember this young man’s … Read the rest…
There are a few varying degrees of thought about the act of contemplation. For instance, from a Platonic philosophical view, contemplation might actually be necessary for the soul to ascend to some form of good or other divine form. In different religions contemplation is synonymous with meditation and/or prayer. There’s even a stone statue by Albert Toft called “The Spirit of Contemplation” where a … Read the rest…
If you look up prima donna in a dictionary, the first definition you get is “the chief female singer in an opera or opera company”. These days she might be called a “diva” or “leading lady”. It’s actually a positive description. The second definition, however, deals with ego. The dictionary I’m looking at says “a very temperamental person with an inflated view of their … Read the rest…
If you’re a writer, maybe you’ve occasionally written stories, or poems, or books with hidden messages. If so, why? Did you want to see if anyone could mine your lyrical ore and find those nuggets? Or did you want to truly say something so you wouldn’t forget, but you only wanted to remind yourself? Or did you have some hidden reason for your hidden … Read the rest…
Love Poems
As much as I love poems…writing them, reading them, sharing them…I’ve almost never shared any of my old love poems. For one thing, they tend to be sappy, syrupy, and irrelevant after a while. For another, they’ve mostly been just a private release for me. But I’m gonna break my “rule” on love poems and share a very old one today. I wrote this … Read the rest…
This Life
This life you’re living is the only one you’re gonna get. It’s not a dress rehearsal for something more or something grander. The good news is…you’re an eternal being. Not the skin you’re in, but the spirit and soul of you. If you’ve lived more than twenty years, I’m sure you’ve thought about this life and what it means. Somewhere inside you is a … Read the rest…