November 2023 Growing Down

Getting to the basics. Being what I am Simplifying the Journey doesn’t make it easier. Before Winter By Eugene Marckx Just to go there and breathe that airand see that river silver through the valleyuntil I’m within reach of that peace againwith those people along those roads Just to help cut hay into long windrowsand…

October 2023 To Own or Disown

What part of me do I own? What part of me would I disown? Is it possible to Disown parts of myself in a healthy way? Elie Wiesel The Perils of Indifference https://youtu.be/JpXmRiGst4k?si=S4_MAo3Im0GXDdjh delivered 12 April 1999, White House, Washington, D.C. Mr. President, Mrs. Clinton, members of Congress, Ambassador Holbrooke, Excellencies, friends: Fifty-four years ago to…

The Useless Parts 

You know you want to ... but can you?You say you will ... but you don’tor you try and try ... then walk awayand tell yourself tomorrow – tomorrow’s the day  But your clock is moving backwardOn its own tomorrow doesn’t comeand those scenes mulling in you on a slow boil– their voices pleading –…

September 2023 Wisdom in My Wounds

The Useless Parts  You know you want to ... but can you?You say you will ... but you don’tor you try and try ... then walk awayand tell yourself tomorrow – tomorrow’s the day  But your clock is moving backwardOn its own tomorrow doesn’t comeand those scenes mulling in you on a slow boil– their…

July 2023 Hearing You Out

Will you tell me the truth? Will I really listen? What do I need to put aside to really hear you? Food of Love by Carolyn Kizer Eating is touch carried to the bitter end.SAMUEL BUTLER II I’m going to murder you with love;I’m going to suffocate you with embraces;I’m going to hug you, bone…

Deep Sea Salmon

Dad where have you gone?Did you leap quicksilver into the last runof legendary kings – those eighty-pound June Hogs –that bashed themselves against the wallsof the Grand Coulee Dam?Or are you too smart for the trap of extinctionstill holding in the shadows of that damin the back of my mind – thinkingbut not showing much?…

June 2023 My Mentors/My Fathers

Deep Sea Salmon Dad where have you gone?Did you leap quicksilver into the last runof legendary kings – those eighty-pound June Hogs –that bashed themselves against the wallsof the Grand Coulee Dam?Or are you too smart for the trap of extinctionstill holding in the shadows of that damin the back of my mind – thinkingbut…

May 2023 My Other Mother

Who was she? Was this mother a female? Do I know the Mother within me? The Ugly Queen A tale taken from Duncan Williamson – Scottish Traveler The young king and queen of this land had only a baby girl, but the king’s only thoughts were on how to get rid of the giant who…

The Hunchback

a tale by Eugene Marckx In those ancient times the Mountain king, the River king, and the Valley king considered themselves brothers in the lineage of the Moon-Goddess. So, at last when the Valley king died, his two brothers along their retinues came to express their grief with the people of the valley. For two…
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