Poems About Life Love Friendship
Posted in Poems on Apr 27th, 2008
It’s funny how much so many of us exaggerate when we tell a story or anecdote. I have often wondered why it is we have to make the event so much grander, or dramatic or tragic. Don’t we have enough drama in our lives? Is our existence so insignificant that we must grasp at every [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Apr 19th, 2008
I recently wrote that I would do a poetical political comment on Zimbabwe as soon as the situation clears and we have some idea of what the future holds for that unfortunate country. The quotation that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely seems, unfortunately, to be very apt in this case.
I note Mugabe is [...]
Posted in Poems on Apr 13th, 2008
Some little time ago someone close to me had a baby son. The joy it brought this family had to be seen to be believed. The father had long ago given up on the idea of ever having children and the way this little man has transformed his father is indeed heart warming. This poem [...]
I read this week about Dafur. It seems that the crisis there is now worse than it has ever been. I have written a poem to express my dismay at how we, as civilized beings, can allow atrocities such as Dafur to continue.
Oh, I hear the politicians say how complex the problems are and that [...]
I do not follow a particular dogma, but I certainly believe in man’s spirituality. I set out to write a poem about the life cycle. I had read a poem called “The Hymn of the Dawn Child.” It’s from the Veda and is profound. So I started to write what I thought [...]
