Category Archives: Wisdom



A Certain Time of Life

The house is paid for,
And pension flow secure.
The plumbing’s fixed.
The garden’s blooms in view.
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Posted in Aging, Death, Wisdom

Hare Krishna

First Sunday, eighth month,
The Hare Krishnas
Come to Venice Beach
With Bhagavad-Gitas galore.
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Posted in Religion, Wisdom

At The Paddle Tennis Courts: Lisa

Was gonna write a poem about this girl
(Woman, really) down at the paddle court.
Her body—sculpted opalescent pearl;
Her mind—as yet unfathomed (shallow, taut?).
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Posted in Beauty, Inspiration, Lust, Wisdom

Anoesis

This morning, in a comic strip,1 I saw
A word I doubt has ever been exclaimed,
A word so powerful, so crammed with awe,
Involving human bliss (or grief) untamed.
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Posted in Pain, Religion, Wisdom, Words

The DSM—Fifth Edition

The Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorder lists
Over three hundred (often mystical)
Depictions of warped behavior—brain twists.
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Posted in Bullshit, Conformity, Religion, Wisdom

At The Paddle Tennis Courts: Michael

It’s strange. Human peculiarities
Often direct self-deserved invective
Outward, a hundred and eighty degrees,
Wounding gracious friends with sharp verbal shivs.
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Posted in Friends, Wisdom