by ST, Jan 2025 Reflections on the pastReflecting on the future,Janus is the entryway:Looks backward and forward– not as a two-faced, but a two sided straight face (though maybe sometimes with humor . . . there must be humor!).I look in the mirrorAt what I’ve done, what I was,And then at what I might do,Continue reading “Reflections for a New Year”
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Spring Haiku & Limerick
by ST, early 1990s & today Spring Haiku Plump Spring rain drops plop On rich brown or green earth drop Yellow daffodils up pop. Green Limerick We all like a touch o’ the green: By bank it’s a-growin’ & flowin’ in streams! Accounts do account, Amounts do amount, But then we awake from our dreams.
The Lute Player
by ST, mid 1980s I was a lute player I traveled along any road that I happened to happen upon, any road that happened to fit the day’s song. I was a lute player I had no abode I wandered wherever by whatever mode, and the lute that I carried was my only load. 1.Continue reading “The Lute Player”
face to face: a reflective conversation
by ST, mid 1980s You’re not a beauty, I’m sure you’ve discovered; and yet you have a certain “down-to-earth beauty” (not quite as down-to-earth as a mud fence . . . perhaps a stone fence–yes, I think so: you’ve been accused of never smiling, as you know). So you can pretend, sometimes, at least, thatContinue reading “face to face: a reflective conversation”
Reasonable Reasoning
by ST, mid 1980s Upon one’s contemplating one’s own self Oftimes one laughs to see Just how unreasonably one does reason. And exerting one’s logic ends illogically. “Illogical it may seem, but logical it is,” So reasons one’s reason when another reasons not . . . Musingly one listens to the other’s point, And wondersContinue reading “Reasonable Reasoning”
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