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With so many new members to the site--many of...

MIND PUPPETS by Odin Roark -- Where is that...

There's a doorway into the not-too-distant...

Terrorist, Nuri Azawa, conspiring on his...

After some additional nips and tucks, I hope...

Because I've received varying comments on the...

When I first posted this, way back, I thought...

Because the other 364 days of the year we tend...

You're either one of us, or you're not, right?

As the day of the year approaches where one is...

I find it interesting at times to bring to the...

Experiences sometimes represent allegories long...

Just a stream of thought regarding the...

Falling down is common, from birth to old age....

Misrepresentation kept slapping me in the face...

When love is love until it isn't

Thoughts on the cost of decisions.

I normally don't approve of qualifying a poem,...

On any given day, how do we ponder our lives?...

As a departure from my norm, this is a Slam I...

The fear of being hurt only clouds the light...

It seems so easy to take for granted the...

A minor indictment seeking to enlarge.

The lament of time lost

As Father's Day approaches, we who've tasted...

A tribute to my muse as a sexagenarian defies...

The fine line that separates those who walk the...

As North Korea and Iran gaze about... and Best...

As bells jingle through the next couple of...

As 2007 approaches, how many of us have learned...

Standing in a subway ushers many moments to act...

With Valentine's Day upon us and its...

The Academy Awards partially vindicated itself...

An experiment in time and space, as seen...

Expressing one's state of mind on this first...

Finding myself struggling to ground some...

Given this week's headlines, here are some...

As leadership in the world seems to continue...

As the 1st approaches, I’m left wondering:...

Remembering my grandmother as perhaps she...

Some of the infinite sources that stoke the...

Everybody has a past they either embrace or try...

After viewing the "pomposity" (thank you Mr....

Denying one’s muse is not an option. Such...

Before the country's back is completely broken...

Another year...another cycle. This morning's...

Some believe we don’t find love, love finds...

After a few weeks of intense reverie, respite...

For some of us, spiritual rallies are but inept...

Knowing this is far from a finished work, I...

Was it all figured out in the time of Socrates?

For every disappointment, there is a lesson to...

Thoughts as a Senator moves through foreign lands.

Courage of thought is perhaps difficult for...

Unlike long ago, today, digitized memories are...

In the absence of sufficient legitimate...

After years on the site, recalling the...

Does media promote or just report the...

This came while thinking about how often we...

Obama awaits in the wings. The question of...

With today's headlines pounding us to be and...

The election morning after is a humbling...

I was compelled on reading the CNN Breaking...

Put myself in a silly mood this morning trying...

How it might be.

Fortunately we'll never be without his essence.

At the risk of sounding stuck on a theme,...

Hopefully my thoughts for the innocent caught...

In life’s quest for happiness, for some,...

This is just a quick reflection for the day....

Many would argue waking up is more than opening...

Having an appreciation for the power of mirrors...

Being only able to imagine the loss sustained...

The countdown of historical proportions stands...

I guess I should first off beg some forgiveness...

After last night's addressing of the nation by...

I'm sure we've all had such thoughts. Sharing...

Having finished the rewrite on chapter 8 of...

Another rant, but one that I hope spurs you on...

Can we afford to only look ahead?

Having read several poems on site regarding...

Bleak and not pretty. "Still waiting for a...

Many would argue that the dichotomy of the...

Surviving myself while growing up seems forever...

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the...

Many things can be said about New York City,...

While we wait out Financial Regulation Reform,...

To all who harbor angst at a distant past...

Survival exercised in Life’s game of choice.

What started out as commentary, somehow evolved...

If you've ever had a dream about family that...

Some argue the writer is merely the conduit...

Why must the spoils of fame's fortune so often...

Much as we try, no one knows what tomorrow will...

Having just read a book of startling facts...

-As further bubbles burst with Italy’s latest...

Exploring the purpose and history of our hands...

While listening to Phillip Glass’s The Hours,...

With Holiday madness upon us once more, ever...

As I reflect on poets and story tellers from...

Given the disaster of the Gulf Coast, the...

“One�? of anything continues to be...

Everyone has a favorite time of the day. For...

On a day when many give thanks for all they...

On the eve of several of the most important...

Trying to stay abreast of the daily global...

In the reverie of Birdland clubs everywhere,...

As our troops leave one battle zone and return...

Being a long time follower of independent...

As Syria, Tunisia and Egypt carry on their...

As holidays come once again, one’s childhood...

Dealing with distance, I’m reminded that this...

Even as the editing process of Echosis seems...

The week ahead promises this country storms of...

As much as technology and modern living often...

Having explored some gravesites this past week...

Seems this time of year either becomes a moment...

Just a sharing of one person’s perception....

As a no-fly zone hearkens to a repetition of...

Sometimes, the headlines become overwhelming...

Ever notice how difficult it is to find a...

Climbing mountains sometimes creates experience...

As the Right peddles their nonsensical...

Interesting how a New Year allows that...

- What started out as a simple comment took on...

What does the mirror truly reflect?

Even though we celebrate Halloween but once a...

Acknowledgment for those who recently paused a...

Thanksgiving cleanup time allows thinking...

For all of you whose gardening fingers...

Reading some of your work today left me...

With so much continued emphasis being placed by...

Sometimes, having spent one's discontent (as I...

After watching a short editorial comment on TV...

Ever notice how melancholy sneaks up on us?...

Not much of a poem; More of a purge from a...

As the prologue to my novel Mind Puppets, I am...

While thinking about the capacities we have to...

Some days are full of more questions than can...

My muse nudges me from time to time to lighten...

While reading some world news today, it...

For all us delusional and...

While recently re-reading of “Lucy’s...

BE WARNED – Some might be offended by this...

Centuries before New Agers, quiet understanding...

As some called militia train hard to take down...

As I read of rail-travel's levitational future,...

After reading a Times article on September 22,...

This is what happens when one realizes there is...

When one thinks about it, tears of laughter can...

Hopefully, this play on memories, observed...

A new Arizona law making the profiling of...

Are dreams but reminders that nothing ends...

An exchange with Berkey is to surrender one’s...

The young among us wish for time to speed up,...

I find it interesting how experiences of the...

The Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles...

If, like me, you have those unexplainable...

As the universe archives another 365 days, the...

While we wait out Financial Regulation Reform,...

For some of us, simple beginnings elude our...

The duality of inside and outside one’s...

As "Writer sans Name" attempted to explore,...

It’s Sunday…time for court.

To many, last night’s execution was just a...

Revisiting Campbell McGrath’s writings, some...

Okay, yes, it is difficult at times to not be...

To loved ones who know and feel Memorial Day,...

Thinking back on the genesis of Echosis, I...

The events of late arrest wonderment at our...

With trying to makes ends meet on the minds of...

Just another Sunday morning for us humanists....

The solution to the Gulf and any future...

Is the conundrum of love endless? Another...

Some think that love is reserved for the young....

As Father’s Day approaches, try as we may,...

We all have reflections we pass by, while some...

Awakening from surreal dreams can make hell the...

My rewrites of Echosis challenge not only...

For the tenacious, answers eventually surface,...

Why do we write? A poet on the site commented...

As the long 4th of July weekend swoops down on...

As fireworks light up the sky tonight, what...

In John Steinbeck’s Salinas Valley, the...

Nothing like a Holiday weekend to jog your...

Finding peace amidst the chaos is but one of...

Love knows not, save an understanding of hate....

Partnerships in life require more focus and...

Some things seems imponderable…until...

After reading A New Man by skeptikoi, I was...

Meant neither to preach, or to suggest a...

Browsing through the back-story for one of the...

Unemployment windows are bad enough, but for...

As my favorite season sets in, I couldn’t...

I often think we don’t celebrate imperfection...

Experimenting with this one. Don't know if its...

As “reform�? in most every corner begs...

How a poet perceives his or her surroundings...

The oneness of Nature seems so...

As Election Tues approaches, these few words...

The Modern Jazz Quartet may be foreign to some...

Maintaining curiosity and a desire to learn is...

On this Labor Day week end, reflecting on what...

Let the nonsense continue. Even though there's...

For those who climb, or even take on a...

– Occupy Wall Street might be a mere calm...

After watching a succession of images on You...

One’s mouth has many uses. Some might argue...

That which we resist, persists.

Reflection sometimes flows like a movie, while...

This Thanksgiving, I’m remembering the last...

11/27/10 - Last of a reflective "growing...

A survivalist's dilemma argues: at day's end, a...

Preferring to not be anywhere else is a...

How often we become aware (or coerced) and buy...

Ah, politics. Wouldn’t be grand if all of...

Another perspective on the conundrum of...

A continuation of remembrances this week end,...

Recent scientific discoveries suggesting water...

There are times when snapshots of one’s past...

For many, youth’s memories become...

Lessons learned years ago just came to the...

Try as we might to hold firm, change is...

I sometimes focus on how well off I am, having...

Images of power wielded over us are so...

With Holiday madness upon us once more, I...

Try as I might, it's difficult to stay focused...

Not wanting to appear as a hog for space here,...

12/26/10 - The day after…even though my own...

As that time of the year approaches, paternal...

For many of us, the blank screen or page is a...

Yes, free speech and persuasive argumentation...

Whether in relationships, business, or...

One of my reviewers wondered if I ever just...

Watching an old Playhouse 90 production last...

1/11/11 - Today’s date arrested a focus on...

Another exploration into the word that...

A dedication to the modern element charting our...

Sometimes a work of art can take one to...

Having had to look up the title of my poem as a...

Does the analogy support the premise that...

Lean focus, like the hunger needs of many,...

Do we find love, or does love find us?

People have been playing marbles and...

Perhaps it is the insistence of immediate...

Looking around, it seems so easy for some to...

Would appreciate comments as to whether this...

I would appreciate knowing if this experiment...

Rummaging through my desk drawer, I realized...

Just hours ago we witnessed the familiar “we...

Coupling the news of Watson winning on...

What price Tomorrows?

Man seems to be exercising more of its...

This is an attempt to settle some disturbing...

Decisions, opinions, arguments abound amidst an...

Mirroring the headline's conundrum of freedom...

2:00 AM in Times Square

The heroic nature of the Japanese people is awe...

Sometimes events take time to be realized fully.

Changes present renewed forevers…hopefully...

Today’s spring waltz of colors bursting...

The world does change, albeit slower than...

Monday morning. Back to the media’s normal...

While preparing pages for Occam’s Legacy,...

As poets, we tend to find multiple meanings and...

“Why can’t we all get along…” a...

A few thoughts on Man’s greatest invention.

With or without the existence of Bin Laden, the...

The day honoring mothers is close at hand...a...

How coontingent is the future on our past?

With rare exception, the top stories in the...

Just a contemplation on the way we create our...

Awakening before first light with one’s...

– For writers, the war never ends, even as...

Ah, the day after Christmas. You know, that...

I can’t live the life of the rich and...

The previously posted GLITTER TREE MILESTONES...

We've all journeyed into the writer's...

As Memorial weekend begins, memories of...

Trying to catch up on revisits to Lumet’s...

How ephemeral and timid at times, this thing...

Cosmetic alterations of seemingly all body...

Trusting is difficult. Promises start young,...

Sometimes, you get really pissed at beasts...

Whether it's redistribution of wealth,...

Just a simple reminder that experience...

Just a quiet exploration of philosophy's many...

Why does it seem conscience and aspirant truth...

While listening to the opening theme of...

Banyan trees tell infinity’s tale--to all who...

Trying to make sense of it all sometimes...

Some would argue there are as many ways to...

The cyclic nature of existence has many...

Recalling abstracts of a father’s love...

It’s not easy to find any poetic justice in...

Sometimes the only solace for dealing with the...

For some of us, influences of the survival...

Sometimes attempting to stay “well read”...

Because Time never stays idle, there’s always...

If only we could see the storms coming....

“Now, therefore, I, Rick Perry, Governor of...

“We are all one” is an often cliché way to...

With so much hot air being exhaled on us by...

Lest we forget, we legislate permits,...

For those who might be looking for…

As Somalia threatens a repeat of Darfur, and...

Surreal as it might be, does matter know any end?

A poem a day proves good exercise, but oh the...

It’s Sunday morning and immersion into the NY...

On a hot August day, one’s mind wanders to...

Reading an article on the film “The Tree of...

Small moments can transform enormous needs.

Can we afford to be content with answers, when...

Dreams know day and night, but often hide in...

For those in a large city, imagination can seem...

Many years ago in NYC, for a class assignment,...

Chance and safety comes in many sizes.

Reflection come with the territory when the...

This morning's scathing editorial in the NY...

At the risk of seeming to try and explain a...

It was a very good year, and for me the glass...

To stop and try defining the essence of being...

Like determining the cohesion of a Frank Gehry...

Being ruled by and being led by…how different...

Antagonism knows no single master, and even...

Love can make pondering the imponderable worth...

Sorrow spells ratings. The media says so…...

I guess when you're ready to snap with all the...

When one stops to consider, Main Streets are...

Memories of parents in retirement homes. On...

The recycling of self, like evolution, results...

We can never fully understand another's pain....

The disease of certain monetary ambitions...

Awakening on fire begs grounding.

Emily Dickenson’s “Because I could Not Stop...

Finding peace is rare in contemporary life. In...

“Thankfulness” for what one has is...

One can only hope that Khalil Ibrahim’s...

At one time or another, we’ve all felt the...

Change can never be stopped, try as some might....

A daunting task…making a nights fragmented...

Some mornings, it’s impossible to avoid...

Notes sometimes carry long messages.

It’s difficult to imagine the suffering...

Regardless of the years, the simple gifts come...

Everyone in NY makes of life what is available....

Reading today's news, it's obvious, "Occupy...

From “Occam’s Legacy” the following is an...

Some days you have only yesterdays

“Go on, believe! It does no harm. Believing...

Exploration into a societal malaise that, like...

Often, layered meanings come from unexpected...

The two dimensional world of words on paper...

This is but an experiment addressing what...

Some rewards know not age, remaining young...

Sometimes after a somber night of disturbing...

A boy’s first exposure to a mausoleum never...

The media lens that continually bombards our...

Ironically, it frequently takes errors to make...

In an effort to stay informed, it seems our...

In spite of life’s daily reminders of...

Some might argue creating is only as good as...

Catching up on some arias lately, I stumbled...

This week, the war in Iraq officially ended....

In these political times, getting the facts is...

Having just finished reading “Revolution...

With science proving still further of...

Fascinating how many elements of nature provide...

Remembering poignant days of loft living in...

As the new year begins, many, parroting...

At times, it’s surprising to realize how much...

As we grow, we see ourselves in different...

Parable as a healing closure for the adopted.

We are all creative, an energy imploring us to...

There are so many signs often ignored in our...

Just a surge of appreciation searching for some...

Reading about the urination on bodies in...

There are everyday people and some philosophers...

Thinking about a friend of mine evoked this...

For me, having spent considerable time with my...

Personifying other forms of love give rise to...

Reading a book of profound meaning can be...

The community of friends becomes small in the...

As a writer, and with Sonny's erudite...

What’re you gonna do. It’s playoff time.

Try as we might, the artistic process remains...

The circus backdrop of Newley’s “Stop the...

After last night’s State of the Union...

"If there is love, there is hope that one may...

(NOTE: this is not pretending to be a poem, but...

Like most, struggling with sorrow brings on...

Regarding the precarious future, youth of our...

For some of us, visits to a nursing home...

Just a few minutes spent listening to one’s...

Part editorial, part trying to make lyrical...

For whatever reason, I started thinking this...

In a world where conformity bodes well for...

Fortunately having weathered several marital...

Many would argue greatness is without fame....

Whether family, spousal, or companion origin,...

Lessons learned have their own timetables at...

White is the absence of color visually, but is...

Let me know if you think a group of say 10...

EXPERIMENT. Another performance slam, re:...

This is an entry into the 100 word, New Years...

Strange how many realities can be conjured up...

Because we live in a distressed society,...

I’m experimenting with some pieces of short...

Maybe this holiday gave me too much time to...

This is a short story lift from my published...

Please refrain from reading this part two...

Just an experiment in my own zoom through to...

This is not a solicitation for religious...

Taking in Google's news page today and seeing...

After two years of a society’s focus on what...

This is an experiment in both the recalling of...

At times, the world seems bent on just...

Is there such a thing as free verse disgust....

Just another recall needing time to be again.

As Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not...

History never tells the whole story. Many have...

Picturing unusual points of view for first...

We all have to take a break now and again from...