The Solitary Walker

Already as a child, I had two contradictory feelings in my heart: the horror of life and the ecstasy of life CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Af...

I haven't blogged for a while, but here is a new poem. Beachscape Surprising that I never knew before the bright curve of this bay,...

One Day in Washington I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind.  Bob Dylan Idiot Wind The White Hou...

Pilgrim All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I have even heard it said that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens. Maxim Gorky ...

This poem was inspired by a recent reading of Rilke 's The Dove and Lowell 's Pigeons . The Dove Descending The dove descend...

Bernadette Murphy 's recent book, Van Gogh's Ear: the True Story , inspired this poem. Van Gogh's Ear I am not here. Already...

If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory, then mine mu...

The more you know, the more you know you don't know. Socrates , Aristotle and Einstein all realised this. And it's a statement...