Tag: life

The True Story

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The True Story

A critical view of the popular “nonfiction” essay type, magazines and places where it appears, and the book version known as the long walk.

Deja Vieux

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Deja Vieux

Martin rescues his mother from her fake armed robberies of bars, while facing down his delusions of huge black crows with metallic talons.

Bootsy

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Bootsy

Bootsy is about a whimsical cat who can predict the future, often with disturbing conclusions. Based on true events.

My so called life

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My so called life

A description of how my daily fight through this life feels.

What Is Life?

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What Is Life?

I exist on earth after my birth, and I am constantly doing something to keep my life going; if I don’t, then it is no longer worth existing.

Living out of a Van

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Living out of a Van

Inspired by a van that is parked in a parking lot I have seen in different sections of my state and it intrigued me to write this poem.

Start Stop (There Once Were No Flowers)

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Start Stop (There Once Were No Flowers)

A reflection on the need for understanding, mercy and discovery in all things involving other people. There is no final, or last, Stop.

Shade Tree Diplomacy

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Shade Tree Diplomacy

Life is conflict. While we think we know how we’d act as we watch someone else in a dispute, when it’s us we may not be quite so sure.

The Benefit of a Bad Beginning

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The Benefit of a Bad Beginning

A bad start in life gives the good things that finally come a rare preciousness.

To M.

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To M.

Maybe these words are my Ariadne’s thread whenever I lose my bearings in that absurd maze they unwisely call life.

An Inconvenient Truth

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An Inconvenient Truth

A mother’s reaction to her daughter’s unplanned pregnancy.

Jack in the Box

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Jack in the Box

Do we ever really know our parents, or do we only think we do? Can an adult have a “coming of age” experience?

Pale Almond Blossoms

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Pale Almond Blossoms

Inspiration drawn from the stuff of life.

Oh Bobby, Why Didn’t You Look?

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Oh Bobby, Why Didn’t You Look?

The accidental death of a child and the impact upon his family and his father’s lover.

malaise

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malaise

what is this strange feeling in me,
that gnaws on my marrow.

Anchors and Angels

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Anchors and Angels

How the wonders of nature and life can sometimes be lost in translation or even during the attempt to describe them at all.

The Lives of Jellyfish

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The Lives of Jellyfish

I can’t stop thinking about jellyfish. I can’t stop thinking.