Thank you, Amber and Lauren
You talk and I do hear

Tolkien and the Russians
The Fool is wise (not King Lear)

My child in virtual school
My children I hold dear

Reality is hidden
But the hidden does appear

          Here! Here!

It's good to go down grateful
Courage in the fear
Grateful for my boys
Hold them ever dear

              Aqui. Here.

The deer. Here. Grace.

Yo soy un isolato
But I live my dailiness
Small talk at the diner
Courage in the fear

Born to Run today
Prince. Irish rebels.
Mysteries swirl within
I whisper in your ear

            Aqui. Here.

Here in the Darkness
I remember times gone by

Tidal pools in Monterrey
To Bangkok we did fly

My sons at play upon the beach
Sunlight in our eyes

The discovery of Socrates
The wisdom of the Gandalf the Wise

We're doomed. Life is cruel Catastrophe.
But still we have to tries.

The man with moonlight in his hand
Has nothing there at all
The priest is surely right
Don Quixote Wetheral

But the view is whitelight glowing
Radiates my soul
I rest and keep unknowing
Don't think. Just look. Behold!

The heavens hallow holy
The church. The grass. The deer.
When I die, grassy knolly
Whisper in her ear:

               Aqui. Aqui.
        He loved you hear.

Grandiosity is part of bipolar
But I don't want to be a hero
Do want to be a point guard
Do want to discover Zero

Do wish a Warrior Poet
Do wish to protect my sons
Do wish a little peace
Do wish Thy will be done

Have some fears and terrors
Have some hopes and dreams
Have psychosis and osmosis
Have the silent screams

Have some unique talents
Also flaws and fears
Try to be a good dad
Hold my loved ones dear

                 Aqui.Here.

Every man is as God made him, and often a great deal worse, said Sancho Panzo.

Men are born mad about ***
and they do not reach sanity
until reach sanctity.

I'm still on the Way G.K.

And it's also true: women too.

Evil also comes from God
Terrible but true
We need help, Sheherazad
Boilermaker blue

Keep us calm, Keep us cool
Keep us hidden few
Show us story satellites
Reno rendezvous

         Horton hears a who?

You better be careful if that's a white man you're talkin' to. I don't care if he's a murderer or not.

I still got some American vulgarity in me
Proclivities
Tendencies
Dark inertia driving

Lake Linganore
4044
San Francisco poor
Throttle bottle thriving

                Shivani!

I wrote to Dr. Robert Coles
Kindly he wrote back
2 years in Reno
1 year in Chiraq

Our politics is hideous
Our border it portends
I am not a saint
I hope for future friends

Europe is more beautiful
Stockholm, Florence, Rome
Bangkok to Siem Riep
Very far from home

One life, one life only
Disappear forever
Gracias senyorita
Sacramento Heather

           together

Only 3 days in Vienna
Flew from Israel
St. Stephansdom above
Me solo below

Never been to Prague
Never been to Budapest
Embers by Sandor Marai
Suicide, San Diego

California can be lonely
Life among the stars
This love that we call ours
Old Town Sacramento

She kissed me at a dance
A few days in Paris, France
Our Universe is Chance
Solamente yo

           Seattle cedarsnow

The chapel is quite beautiful
I could sit there a long time
Catholic silence and Buddhist silence
Oui. Xie Xie oui.

I puzzle about fame
Best to avoid the limelight
Work hidden
But ........................   To become a Name.

Struck by Georgetown
Genuine beauty
Greatness
Makes a claim.

Slowly.
From a distance.
Patientia ...

Aim.

         Green Arrows.

David Markson again.

Mr. Markson again.

In the end we disappear
Like we were never even born

Why then all this worry
Hopeless and forlorn?

My sons today at play
Me distant far

UFOs they say
From a distant star

             Are?

Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene
Adult female bodies
With the intellects of 6 year old girls
They should not be in the government

My back hurts
Hemorrhoid
Headache at times
Lay in bed and dread

Flush is a good book
For the Mighty Quinn!
La bibliotecha
University of Toledo

Death as release
Sybils of Greece
Sting and the Police
Vegetarian burritos

           Rosalita!

Said Anonymous.

William Carlos Williams
Called Emily Dickinson.

Fr. Tracy speaks of.

He also says.

The Republicans are as wicked as they are stupid, which is saying a great deal.

Said Bertrand Russell after a visit.

Said Ben Franklin.

Near death experiencers
Clearly sincere
Long tunnel, white light

But are they right?

Among Dickens' children:

Alfred Tennyson Dickens. Henry Fielding Dickens. Edward Bulwer-Lytton Dickens. Walter Landon Dickens. Sydney Smith Dickens.

Among Walt Whitman's brothers:

George Washington Whitman. Andrew Jackson Whtman. Thomas Jefferson Whitman.

Sigmund Freud was one of those who categorically refused to allow that the William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon could have been the author of the plays.

And told Arnold Zweig that it almost made him angry that Zweig believed otherwise.

Why did St. Paul not date his letters?

A Wayward Nun.

Emily Dickinson called herself.

Arrival.

The Buddhism attracts me
And I am often anti-war

Like Pythagoras I wonder
Have I been here before?

But I'm too shy for ******
Too afraid of acid

I like Lake Tahoe
Not been to Lake Placid

The hippies now are gone
And the Summer of '69

But still the battle for the Princess
It begins; pour the wine.

If the world is an illusion
Is a Magician the Divine?

i was only in japan for 2 weeks so how much can i really know for example kyoto snow kamakura buddha sitting silently we really never glow rieko was quite kind to me rieko y takahiro i dressed up like a samurai on and on we go kyoto school buddhism i told him o yes i know seattle in the summer a raven told me so i too am lost in translation hidey hidey hidey ** miso soup edamame one man to overthrow one man to grow old lonely only lonely grow

                                     yoko yo yo

Amazing Japan
         Rieko
            Yo

Japanese gardens
            Rieko
               tea

Tokyo jazz club
         Rieko
            :)

Little poems
Are like little people
They go easily overlooked

But they might just
Last a long, long time
Cucumber sushi too uncooked

Death will be release
This world of aching pain

True greatness in Ancient Greece
But I love Purple Rain

I know so little peace
I don't know Portland, Maine

But I do know Portland, Oregon
Japanese garden again

                   walking

Some compassion for myself
I do try my best
In me emptiness
Sleep. Ages roll.

Beauty blue the sky
Beauty blue her eyes
Exoplanet flies
I am a troubled soul

Gratitude for movies
Gratitude for 3
We cycled the Baltic Sea
No need to cajole

Some good thing for Scott
Some good thing when I'm not
Dancing at Angkor Wat
Kamakura stroll

             Arigato goal

Scary dreams. Explosive.
Grateful to Awaken.
Beyond good and evil
Something done for love

Gratitude for Alex
Qualyxian the Quest
Gratitude for Ethan Hawke
And for Andy Dove

My father has been good to me
He sings the Gambler
I love Midnight Rambler
When push comes to shove

Tokyo to Kyoto
Arigato Mother Mary
Chicago's Harry Carey
Left hand baseball glove

          Brother Thomas of ...

The Republican Party circles the drain
Que selah. Selah.
Mr. Markson quite correct
Can't say he didn't warn ya

Rain all day today
Hath the rain a father?
Probably'll rain all night
3 prayers for 2 daughters

Bought a pachinko machine
Let the good times roll!
My childhood in Taiwan
Japan: good for the soul.

               Arigato!

Poetry, it had to be
Life is pain on blue
When I disappear
I'll reappear in you

In Japan
I was a samurai
Arigato
Mu

San Francisco
Reno snow
La Florida
Y tu

Seattle U.

Japanese garden trees
      Solo walking, gentle breeze
                   Her happy ...


                   memories

Leonard Cohen saw the Future
Maybe I did too
Little prayer for Taipei
Carolina blue

Vegetarian tacos tonight
Edamame for my son
Rieko held him newborn
At Taipei 101

Sometimes profane the sacred
Sometimes revere and cherish
I do pray to the statues
But do not attend the parish

My ordinary life
Boring, but gratitude
My joy in my three sons
In my solitude

                     3!

Leonard Cohen saw the Future
Maybe I did too
Little prayer for Taipei
Carolina blue

Vegetarian tacos tonight
Edamame for my son
Rieko held him newborn
At Taipei 101

Sometimes profane the sacred
Sometimes revere and cherish
I do pray to the statues
But do not attend the parish

My ordinary life
Boring, but gratitude
My joy in my three sons
In my solitude

                     3!