long roads – cycling
Posted: April 25, 2015 Filed under: cycling, food, travel, wisconsin | Tags: beer, cycling, long roads, new glarus, poem, poetry, wisconsin 26 CommentsWisconsin has a rolling heart of the country beauty. Living near the city we often forget how wide and bountiful the US is. Although on climbs there is often only one thought in mind, the next pedal stroke, I find cycling a good place to work on poems. It can be a solitary moving meditation, a place to pray.
Chris coming up a long hill
After three days on the road, a stay at a legendary bad motel “Ikes”, and a thirty mile stretch of rolling hills, a glass of New Glarus Old Milwaukee Belgian Red hits the spot. Hunger may be the best sauce, but this Lambic like brew which tasted of cherries is the single best beer I have known.
Near the Fox River’s gentle boundaries
Daffodils peek forth amongst the trees
Iridescent in winter’s defiance
As I and spring silently passed them by
I did not stop and tarry there
Though in Summer heat they’ll wane and fade
And yes, I loved their beauty dearly
But had places to be and promises already made
don’t play with…. – poem / limerick
Posted: October 11, 2012 Filed under: figures of speech, pearls of wisdom | Tags: don't play with guns, growing up, humor, limerick, pearls of wisdom, poem, prom, silly 12 CommentsA limmerick from back in the 1970’s in tribute to Dan
who missed Senior Prom for a reason that was not discussed… much< Read the rest of this entry »
poetry contest — poem haiku
Posted: October 4, 2012 Filed under: haiku, poetry | Tags: haiku, heart, hope, love, pain, poem, poet's billow, poetry contest, spring 25 CommentsSo I entered a poetry contest over at poet’s billow. Read the rest of this entry »
rebirth through tears
Posted: October 2, 2012 Filed under: haiku, poetry | Tags: aging, cancer, haiku, hope, pearls of wisdom, poem, poetry 13 CommentsA lovely post from Esengs’s voice inspired this haiku Read the rest of this entry »
mosquito – poem
Posted: September 19, 2012 Filed under: pearls of wisdom, poetry | Tags: healing, humor, pain, pearls of wisdom, poem, poetry, silly 24 CommentsIn which it is discovered a broken hand one day out of the splint is not quite healed. Read the rest of this entry »
pain — poem
Posted: August 3, 2012 Filed under: poetry | Tags: burden, hope, pain, poem, poetry, sharing, weightless flight 15 Commentsthe pain my hand subsides, but there are other types of pain as well Read the rest of this entry »
burdens
Posted: July 30, 2012 Filed under: pearls of wisdom, poetry | Tags: growth, love, pain, parenting from the inside out, poem, poetry 10 Commentsbeen reading a fascinating book “Parenting from the inside out”, about the mind and how consciousness develops, and how socal bonds, and parental bonds are crucial to proper development in children. After quiet reflection… Read the rest of this entry »
mastery — haiku
Posted: July 13, 2012 Filed under: haiku, pearls of wisdom, poetry | Tags: haiku, martial arts, mastery, poem, poetry, ten thousand repititions 16 CommentsRon Mohr, Sifu and brilliant martial artist, often spoke to us about perfect practice and repetition blending the mind and the movement until they became one.
Ten thousand motions
Seasons, balanced, unchanging
Assimilated
Bruce Lee, movie star, martial artist philosopher, once said:
“Self-knowledge involves relationship. To know oneself is to study one self in action with another person. Relationship is a process of self evaluation and self revelation. Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself – to be is to be related.”
― Bruce Lee
Under the watchful eye of Sifu Mohr, we watched and studied movement balance and footwork. We learned our limits, we learned ten thousand things. Understand that life is a dance, and become a master of it.
tangent – poem, reason 2 rhyme
Posted: July 9, 2012 Filed under: poetry | Tags: love, poem, poetry, reason 2 rhyme, reason to rhyme, tangent 17 Commentslittle scribble for reason 2 rhyme
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college girl – reason to rhyme
Posted: July 3, 2012 Filed under: poetry | Tags: college girl reason 2 rhyme, poem, poetry 12 Commentslittle scribble for reason 2 rhyme
poem comparing two days in history yesterday and today… Read the rest of this entry »
