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Books
· Perceptions

· ECHOSIS

· Prosetry at Work

· Said and Unsaid - Vol 1

· 3 WAY MIRROR


Short Stories
· Patience Waning

· Ladle Lines (A prosetry memory)

· A Gentle Man

· Pacing Love's Journey

· Gratitude

· A Sticky Conversation

· Blazing Now and Then

· Vulnerable Captivity

· The Kite That Would Not Bow

· Time


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· War and Peace

· Desperation Breeds Desperation

· Preference Manifest

· Innocent Guilt

· Barbed Isolation

· A Place...

· Sanity's Loss

· Organs Anonymous

· Fatuous Beyond Absurdity

· Truth is One


Poetry
· The Life-long Pernicious Evil

· Cherishing Sounds of Silence

· Understanding the Unexplainable

· Reality of Another Kind

· Finding Trust Again

· Aromalicious Memories

· A Jungle-rain Pastorale

· Sediment Within the Soul

· Life's Enormous Green Chest

· Roadkill Memoriam

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Anxious Travel

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It seems so easy to take for granted the seasonal changes, but concern for climate change, small or large as man's impact may be, we must remain conscious that our innate solipsistic narcissism is not something our aesthetic nature can ignore...try as we might. This is but one journey.

Monday, January 16, 2017


Poem Artwork
Anxious Travel
by Odin Roark

Once traveled,
looking back is a
smoke filled window.

Once traveled,
the gray windows rattle their endless resentment,
as the wind changes with no effect.

But the changes,
the rattles,
the pollution tinted windows,
oh, how sweet their receding motion.

Oh, how rewarding to breathe the air of uphill movement,
the atmosphere of struggling roots,
of rustling branches,
of open spaces crying to be filled
with fresh starts,
with visions,
with excavations of the mind,
revealing life’s tempestuous truth.

Yes, there are directions into endless detours,
with paths, trails roads leading nowhere
but everywhere,
a cosmos ready for anxious travel. 


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Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 17, 2017
Everyone seems to be taking a different view. As we travel down the ages, we keep adjusting our course to avoid obstacles that appear in our way, hopefully to learn from our mistakes. I gather from your words that we think we have conquered nature with our polluted cities and smoke stained view, only to build our egos. But in the background, we must change our course we will surely perish from our own behavior.

Ron

Reviewed on January 17, 2017
right, the blue sky is everywhere. . . the point is that our travelling can be taken only when we are ready for it. on the other hand, there are so many believers in that they were born for it. To discover the unknown you first should know something, and know well in order to go forward; otherwise, the end will not be long in coming. Cheers, alex

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on January 17, 2017
An old saying: Do the difficult things while they are easy, and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Speaking for myself: Accomplishing something worthwhile is a wonderful and joyful experience; the books I wrote, the CD's I made, The recording studio I designed and built, the houses I constructed. Trying to find my worth in what I've already accomplished, however, is where the window becomes smoky for me. What I've already done means a lot less than what I'm purposing to do moving forward. A focused journey with accomplishment is where life feels the best for me. Always has. There's life to be lived and things to be accomplished. Keep pressing into the unknown. Enjoyed. r

Reviewed by E Phillips
Reviewed on January 16, 2017
Written like a true cyclist. Now I'm stuck with a stationary bike. No wind, no inspiration. But I pound a mean heavy workout bag. It doesn't inspire, but the perspiration is exhilarating.

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on January 16, 2017
"Revealing Life's tempestuous truth". Love that line among many others. "A cosmos ready for anxious travel" and travelers. John

Reviewed on January 16, 2017
It's all like one big spider web that never stops but keeps getting mended and re-mended. Oh, those "endless detours"!! 'Enjoyed!

Love ya!

Jane


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