Poems About Life Love Friendship
Posted in Poems on Mar 23rd, 2008
One of the most pressing problems, to my mind in our modern society is mental illness. Drugs don’t seem to be the answer. In fact it seems that many drugs exacerbate the problem. I wrote this poem in an attempt to gain some sort of understanding of the state of mind of someone who is [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Mar 23rd, 2008
On Good Friday I did something I haven’t done for a very long time. I spent the entire day in solitude. I didn’t answer my mobile, no radio, no TV. Not a single word to a soul. Was I lonely? No. I recently read a book by Deepak Chopra regarding meditation. Please don’t rush to [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Mar 16th, 2008
I spend a great deal of my life assisting other’s to progress in their lives. It is the most satisfying and uplifting thing I know how to do. That’s not to say life is a simple journey from success to success. Anybody who says he has never failed either has never attempted to do anything, [...]
I was looking at the news the other night and saw (again) details of strife in the West Bank. We tend to become desensitized to violence, particularly religious violence. But it’s still real people who are suffering, and for what? This poem is simply my way of looking at the subject. I am not a [...]
A young lady calls me from time to time. We have never met but I, as a writer, imagine what she is like. I try to create a past, present and future for the disembodied voice on the telephone. This gives me a character I can relate to. I hope you enjoy. Live well, Ollie [...]
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Poems About Life Love Friendship
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