Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

I like this one. I like the elaboration of what tough is and how your father survived more basic conditions of life---WWII was one. Surviving war is a lifetime experience in itself----and living through the frailties of age is a daily experience. You have to be tough to survive. Good that your fathe...

Terrific poem. Love the whispering sibilants. And it is emotional sunshine.

Simple and it lingers in the imagination. Nice one.

terribly totally tired this is an exercise to get me out of the cellar this is a knocking on the door you can't hear because my knuckle is hollow I'm collapsing to the floor no, wait I'm holding on to the knob haven't fallen down the stairs you can't hear me because it is raining I can't compete I'm...

Got to get a new sump pump to get Trump out of the nation's basement. He is sabotaging the foundation of our democracy.

Great beginning to this poem:

she was the kind of
unbridled gorgeous
that grabs a tongue
twists it into a balloon animal

or maybe it was a sourdough pretzel


I'm envious of that writing.

I can hear Donovan singing that.

Anyway, empty your head of thoughts and you will rise up----like a helium balloon. Heavy thoughts get you down.

We really----deep inside must admit----we know nothing about the big questions----we hope, we postulate, hypotheticize, (whatever that verb is) and build a wall of faith-conviction around ourselves. Though they have some good tribal wisdom, I'm so down on traditional religions at the moment---they o...

you're not special, Buddy--- not an old time Blue Plate or a great deal in the grocery store or on the car lot you're just one of the flock waddling over to the pond for a quick dip then off to join that V formation going north for a summer day of quacking, strutting, finding a Mrs. and keeping the ...

I can picture the hummingbirds-----but in addition the poem is a mix of meditation---overcoming some aches and pains----and the joy of seeing the beauty of the planet. Sleep? Hopefully you can get what you need.

Thanks for the comments.

I love cake---more than ice cream---maybe.

geezers all----I too am 74

incidentally, I inhaled your poem.

poetry is chocolate cake hear its delicious lines cut a stanza or two put them on your critical plate give taste reason and raison d'etre inhale the aroma of choc-o-lat slowly convert it to yummy words maybe only mumbled yum-yums but that will suffice literary art is a vice of self-indulgence makes ...

Reminds me of a lot----one far out thing is the overall plot structure of the 1953 movie Invaders from Mars. Closer to contemporary truth is the plight of the undocumented immigrant. And maybe---in more general terms----the fear in a monstrous state ruled by sociopaths and leaders that always look l...

Been playing a number of King Tubby songs---reggae but a unique sound to it..