whose dream
it's not so hard somewhere deep inside ourselves we know everything we need to know but we've been trained to forget conditioned not to listen we hunger for deep reality but settle for weak facsimile...
View Articletired of being a bullet
I'm tired of being a bullet I wanna be a butterfly. I'm tired of trying to hit targets I wanna float meander get there when I get there stop for snacks pull over and take a nap absorb the local color...
View Articlespirituality without gods
spirituality is connection compassion creativity it’s the courage to be truthful with oneself and with others to see the pain in oneself and in others and to honor that pain whatever its cause its...
View ArticleSean Casey LeClaire –“If I Stopped”
Here’s an astounding piece from writer and life/executive coach Sean Casey LeClaire. I’ve been there, I’ve done it, and I know how much it meant for me, but I’ve never seen it expressed so beautifully...
View Articlemother junkie
mother junkie has found a new fix lonely + desperate sick of trying tired of waiting this is the one. no second thoughts he takes her straight in straight into his veins straight into his bones a...
View Articledown time
today is the first day of what's left of my life today is the last day of the dead man's journey. today I don't poison myself for a pension today I don't soil my spirit today I don't split my soul....
View Articlethree green monks
three green monks dancing in the grass one starts to squawk when another tries to pass one gets a startle and they all fly away three green monks hard at play. (PDF version)
View ArticleStrange freedom
Three days ago, I left a long-time job that had begun to damage my health and was already well on its way to destroying my spirit. The decision to leave wasn’t impulsive and it wasn’t easy, but...
View ArticlePoetry on video: “tired of being a bullet”
Today’s poem on video, “tired of being a bullet”, is from my upcoming book Scapegoat’s Cross: Poems about Finding and Reclaiming the Lost Man Within. It was inspired by a little butterfly that...
View Articlesaboteur
I am the one who rebels and resists I am the one who will not be oppressed I am the one who fights back. I am the one who calls bullshit on bullshit I am the one who demands to be free I am the one who...
View ArticleThe poetry slaves
One day at work, I daydreamed an alternate reality in which techno skills were considered valueless and everyone had to write poetry to make a living. The techno people in my alternate reality were...
View Articlea good worker
another man in a box another empty boat oars up all alone in the middle of a bone-dry lakebed. walking endless circles in false personality wonderland so used to saying I'm okay when I'm not that I...
View ArticleCaught between the road and the sky
When we come to the place where the road and the sky collide Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide They told me I was going to have to work for a living But all I want to do is ride … ~ “The...
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