Wednesday, January 31, 2018

The Irish parliament, the Seanad, on Tuesday gave initial approval to a bill that would boycott goods produced by Israeli companies based in Judea and Samaria and the Golan Heights. It would punish violators with up to five years in prison! Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly condemned the Irish legislative, “the entire goal of which is to support the BDS movement and harm the State of Israel,” he stated. (Source: unitedwithIsrael.org) Via @let_my_people_knowInstagram


The Middle

Pockets are empty but my heart is full, though emotional currencies they don't pay the bills.

Poem for a friend. Early morning, sun rising, cold wind blowing. Pockets are empty but my heart is full, though emotional currencies they don't pay the bills. One week beard, some dark, some light, time passes slowly, ages you overnight. Steam blasting, sounds like an old Western train coming in, Kathryn once loved me or the man I used to be. He is gone for a while now, nowhere to be seen. Iced window, holes in the walls, lost memories, photos in the floor. We once sang, "forever", now we take it day by day. If I asked for your hand, would you accept it today? Broken, stuck between awake and asleep, trying hard to get back to that dream, but once it's gone, it's gone for good. #poemoftheday #itsallright #loveconquersall #faith #trustyourself #moveonInstagram


Monday, January 29, 2018

Love Lost in Time

Where is it written where does it say, each poetic line must end in a rhyme?

Sunday, January 28, 2018

It was for you

Sometimes I dream of Dinah, sometimes I dream of Barbara, sometimes I dream about Jerusalem and our three weeks of mountainous heights and those valleys.

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Forever Melancholia

Forever melancholia, like a never ending opera being played out in his head; broken glass he walks carefully barefoot, searching for that open door which can lead him to the place he loves best. 

A lone child is walking with a baseball in one hand and a transistor radio in the other. He is walking towards the yard down the road from his home. Alone he walks past the house where the girl he secretly is obsessed over lives, hoping she will catch a glimpse of him and run out to profess her love for him. A soft breeze is blowing, leaves are floating all around, the birds are congregated on a leafless tree singing their individual songs as the autumn tries in vane to blow on in earlier then it is permitted. An older man is smiling, the lone child is picking up his pace and he runs into the arms of the man; the man with the smile and the stetson hat. In this man's arms he feels protected, safe from the melancholia that floats above his every step, like the birds floating above him, singing songs of sadness and broken hearted lives. Thickened darkness descends, the sunrise sets way too soon and the clocks begin to stop moving. There is a room with a bed where the boy dreams, of another life, in another time, where wishes are granted and words ring true. Where his forever melancholia is blown away by the warm touch of her hand, the soft sound of her lips... Where the heart beats are steady and provide the rhythm for the old men walking together, by the lake outside the old courthouse where a tattered but proud flag still sits atop a rusted flag pole. You can see the clock is frozen at six thirteen and the boy knows it must have some meaning but it is lost on him. The lone child tosses his ball in the air as he lays on his bed. He is thinking about the girl living down the road, wondering if she knows his name and if she ever sees him walking past her house. With his ball, his radio and the birds flying above him. His door is closed and he closes his eyes and feels the tears within, hidden inside of him. He is forever melancholy and missing someone, some thing, some where. Forever melancholia, like a never ending opera being played out in his head; broken glass he walks carefully barefoot, searching for that open door which can lead him to the place he loves best. Read more http://ift.tt/1hbPRfX


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Thursday, January 11, 2018

“It's a different world the one you live in and the one the rest of the world lives in. You don't deal with the same reality as most. Electric bills, unemployment, feelings of insignificance - existential questions. It took me until I was in my 50’s to accept that I had, indeed, lived the life I wanted to live. It could have been easier had I made different choices, but then, it wouldn't have resulted in the person I am, right now.” She spoke those words and I believed her because it was her truth. She was surrounded by love which had all sprung from her lives and loves. The years that had passed had been filled with living not just going through the motions. “I have no idea where the time has gone,” I said, “the love I spent and the wasted arguments. Life, for me, has been as if thrown into these rapids in front of us. I was thrust into a rushing reality and it has swept me forward, left, right, crashing into rocks, down waterfalls - all unexpectedly. But I am also aware of how blessed I have been to be in the right place at the right time.” “You are talented, beyond talented. You will be remembered forever, Tom.” “My words will be remembered - the myths of who I am, who I was, what I did...none of it, most of it is untrue will outlive my true self. Once you are gone you are either immortalized or demonized.” “I cannot relate to that, sorry. To me you have created a life that will be immortal.” Silence, I didn't know what to say, feel or think. So I held her hand and I looked into her eyes. I didn't realize it but my eyes began to well up. #coming soon #photolabpro #infidel #love #Fame #immortalityInstagram


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Friday, January 05, 2018

Bottles of Milk Frozen in my Doorway

Somewhere in time there is a young boy throwing a spalding at five stairs leading up to his porch. He is wearing a New York Met's cap, satin New York Met's jacket and blue jeans. He is calling out the names of the players prior to throwing the ball. He is Tom Seaver throwing to Jerry Grote - somewhere in time.