The articles contained in this section are original poems organized into four categories. Attaining Peace are works describing my efforts over many years to attain personal peace. The works contained in Night are imagination descriptive of night. The section Social contains my thoughts and experiences relevant to social issues. Finally,…
In Praise of Laziness
Why cannot art exist any more in the West? The answer is simple. Artists in the West are not lazy. Artists from the East are lazy; whether they will stay lazy now when they are no longer Eastern artists, remains to be seen. { … }
Attaining Peace
Attaining Peace is a collection of poems and poetic prose concerning the attainment of personal peace. Most of the collection is my original work or original translation of another writer's work. { … }
The Blind Man
The blind man
walks slowly to the voting polls
reaches for a lever
and pulls it. { … }
The Root of Conflict
The infernal Serpent coiled ’round the soul of man,
strangles the love and understanding imbued by the
Creator supplanting it with hatred and distrust. { … }
Non so piú cosa fare
Non so piú cosa fare
I don’t know what to do
War after war,
all in the name of peace.{ … }
Rain in Mexico (short version)
skies filled with darkening clouds
drops like water balloons fall without warning.
thunder, lightning, rain { … }
Living into Peace
I struggle to find a world
of peace kindness and understanding
in a world of conflict hatred and distrust.
My found world exists for me and me alone.{ … }
For Jack
One sunny day a tall, lithe man
slowly climbed the steps.
Some saw him as the bringer of peace.
Others as the new beacon of understanding { … }
The Stone Cutters
The stone cutters work
chopping, grinding large stones
through the cloud of dust just visible.{ … }