Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

Guess we've all known people like that. I've done my share of stuff I'm not proud of, but I don't think I've been a chronic user or exploiter... at least I hope not.

"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public" - unknown (often misattributed to PT Barnum; possibly paraphrasing HL Mencken) The rise of AI and its inevitable misuse are making it even easier to evade accountability - "I never said that!" And the tragedy (for me an...

I don't know if she posted much of her own work outside the Haiku forum - but she commented everywhere, like a cheerleader, leaving words of encouragement for everyone else. I just thought "In Memoriam" was incomplete without some mention of her name.

her father-in-law said COVID would just "go away on its own" - he failed to mention the 400,000+ Americans it would take with it. He said that no one in history has suffered as much abuse as he has. I suspect residents of Auschwitz & Buchenwald might disagree with him. He said Mexico would pay for a...

Birch Hill WMA 10 minues down the road quiet magic no vistas no towering oaks no thunderous waterfalls - just the confluence of two small rivers a few remnants of days past a glacial erratic or two but best of all - peace serenity stillness silence broken only by one's own footsteps and thoughts a h...

October 7, 2023 an email sits unsent in my draft folder suggesting that she and I collaborate on another long-distance poetry reading... then the news Hamas war gunfire Nir Oz hostages ... weeks of pretending to cling to hope until the word arrives: she's gone both she and her beloved gone and with ...

thanks - been looking back myself lately, too like when you climb a mountain your eyes focus on the trail watching your feet stepping here not stepping there til you reach the overlook - then you look up sky back the miles you've hiked maybe a river below or a pond or even an old road that cost you ...

roadside rivulet
that wasn't there
yesterday

love the imagery in these, totemic symbols depicting a contemporary theme. Our forebrains may be exploring the cosmos, but we still live by our hindbrains - it's still who we are. I hope your battle drives out the demon - my ex is going through it too. You're both in my thoughts.

patter of rain
moss-covered boulders -
backyard shrine

sunrise
needs no fanfare
to command awe

yeah, for sure. Had a "friend" - former colleague - who fawned over me, poured on the flattery - called me Mr. Spock, talking up my laboratory expertise - contacted me infrequently after I retired, but only when he wanted something from me. Months, years could go by without a word - then out of the ...

or maybe it's just
that some old books
are worth rereading

little dog
gauges her chances
with a bird

robins
left homeless
by april snow

wary chickadees
inspecting me
from a branch