The World Is a Milkweed Pod
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December 22, 2021THIS THIRST
There is an aching deep within my heart
that cannot be explained.
It wakes me in the middle of the night
and write these lines --
a kind of fishing in a great sea I cannot find by day.
This escapade is not the search for something new,
it is not the need to find --
more it is the being moved,
my being pulled by an unseen moon,
how small birds, when days get cold,
make their way across dark skies
to the place where they were born,
how a feather falls to earth
and a child, finding it, looks up,
why dogs pace back and forth before a door
as their master turns for home.
Ah, this restlessness, this thirst, this ache,
this silent undertow inside
that takes me back to the hidden spring
where lions come to drink,
and snakes,
why birds sing when they are all alone
and the long ride home on an empty train
often feels like an arrival.
Painting: Evelyne Pouget
Excerpted from Full Moon at Sunrise
Oil pastel: Evelyne Pouget
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December 20, 2021SLIDE SHOW: Poetry of the Heart
Greetings! Here are some excerpts from my 2012 book of poetry, Full Moon at Sunrise. Enjoy!
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December 14, 2021Poker
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, HERE IS A METAPHOR for how I am experiencing life these days:
I'm sitting at a poker table with some high rollers. They are all very skillful players and have a lot of chips. I bet. They raise me. I bet again, wondering if my hand is good enough or if it's time to bluff or drop out. I am watching their eyes, looking for "tells". They are watching my eyes looking for tells.
One of the players at the table is MASTERFUL at the game. His demeanor never changes whether he wins or loses, though he always seems to have the biggest stack of chips. I can't tell if I am "over my head" or not. Nor can I tell if it matters whether or not I win or lose.
Somehow, I keep getting the feeling that it's all about how I play the game and if I'm enjoying the experience.
And no matter how much I bet, I've got to be "all in" all the time.
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