Category Archives: essay

The Unveiled Word. I…

Posted on September 23, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Author’s Comment: the unveiled word. I … was written for the Joe Cole challenge in another poetry forum.  Yes.  it is empty stanzas. I … Continue reading →

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Last Nights “Best Used By” Date

Posted on September 14, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

These days, the “sell by” date dictates the menu for my morning meal. The next torpedo through the torpor will be the sound of last nights unfinished dinner scraped into the centrifuge of my garbage disposal; separating hardened gruel into … Continue reading →

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Love Ballad of My Generation

Posted on September 14, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Those days recall less colors and even less sense With longer hair like Jackson Browne, Pensively reeling in half rhymed ballads walkin’ like Dylan and shredding our voices like Springsteen. “walkin’ real loud…” When poets sang and singers Listened, from … Continue reading →

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Hibiscus Dreams

Posted on September 10, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

She’s underhand throwing words with her mouth The boy leans in past natural borders, to study the agenda in her eyes He is built like a bent paperclip, with bottlebrush forelocks, a barracuda jaw. Between her bare legs, she gently … Continue reading →

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Glowing is like falling out of darkness

Posted on September 10, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

An old friend Carl Richardson) posted this quote by apparently an unknown author, “…you see the true color of a person when you are no longer beneficial in their life…” Rather than traipsing through the jaded past, this set me … Continue reading →

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Tend to the Lantern in Your Heart

Posted on September 4, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I recently read an article which states that there is no “one” person who will fulfill us and that many couples initiate a union with a foundation based on each being “on their best behavior,” implying that over time blemishes tarnish bliss. … Continue reading →

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Writers are from Mars, Readers are from Mars too.

Posted on August 28, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

You were expecting Venus? So that’s where you are; I should have known. The following is a compendium of musings on the balance of reader and writer, teetering on the fulcrum of creativity. ***** A creationist take on the theory … Continue reading →

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Align and Mingle

Posted on August 23, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I like the way random events align and mingle with one another – like the clacking of billiard balls after a super clean break. Close your eyes and it all sounds the same, but if you open them you see … Continue reading →

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Quivering Leaves

Posted on August 21, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

“There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald Love is a breeze that stirs a million tree leaves, so much, that each leaf believes it is in love with … Continue reading →

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Facts and Human Nature

Posted on July 24, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Facts are vulnerable to the spin of opinion, an infectious bother at times, but ironically necessary. I leverage facts for better judgement of opinions. Mine and others. Facts have a better casual impact on judgement, opinions more reactive. Facts conflict … Continue reading →

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