Hallway to Nowhere

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  • Three New Things (Poem)

    a magenta red generator on a rooftop

    a small green shoot growing between two bricks

    a provocative sticker pasted over a ledge

    three things not seen yesterday now in view

    what awaits tomorrow

    -author’s note: this is a challenge I give myself and now to you, since you’re here. each day on your walk or even upon awakening gazing out your window: find three things you’ve not noticed before. these can be visual, as in this poem, but also auditory, tactile, or felt in some other fashion. note them.

  • Notes In The Margins (Poem)

    I’ve not looked enough at this stubborn mind

    that throws a self like a shadow against any possible wall

    that chases after every shiny thing

    not seeing its own tawdry glitter spinning in a mirrored disco

    that imagines it is the sun and moon

    rather than a distorted reflection in some temporary puddle

    I’ve not sat enough in the quiet opportunity

    and just let myself observe this weather

    the changes in the sky and sea

    the shriek of the gulls and the howl of the wind

    the vast spacious silence