Seasons, Seasonings, Seasoned

by ST, revised May 2023 Seasons “He’s going through a stage,” is all that need be said, And so say they all Of all a child goes through: Innocence, importance, and impudence Are played and played again– By parts and turns–authority’s role Varies as protector, tyrant, friend. Seasonings Then learning, earning, and making, And stirringContinue reading “Seasons, Seasonings, Seasoned”

Traveling Through Life

by ST, late 1980s In a forest green and wild I spied by a brook a little child babbling a current of indistinguishable joys, playing some little game, twigs and pebbles for toys. In a jungle where jealousy’s flame was fanned I looked at the torrent that passed for a man, of passions ablaze–that ranContinue reading “Traveling Through Life”