Showing posts with label digital collage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digital collage. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Follow the Wandering Clock


The world
is both
topsy and turvy;
spinning in every direction
at once.
We cannot tell
if we are
clock- or counterclock-
wise,
but it sure feels
like all the clock
has been spun
dry
and all the wise
has been abandoned
and all we are left with
is loose change
on the counter.
Yes,
change is loose
and
there may not be
enough cope
left in our mechanisms.
The shock
has bid farewell to
the awe.
The doctors
may have the final spin
in the worldwide
wheel of forsakenness.
Inevitable
the sad repeating refrain
of our dull haiku.

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Forest For The Trees


Dense thicket
Can't see
Eyes wide
Twisting
Turning
Lost
Wondering

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

In This Moment


Our lives are sliced thin

moment by moment

memorable or not

some are wild and bombastic

some are calm and serene

many moments are mundane

others are life-changing

there will be celebrations

and there will be long stretches of routine

but

every moment counts

it all adds up to who you are

you are

a walking collection of moments

a human museum of experiences

you are

a concert hall filled with stirring strains

a theater echoing with laughter

a library of autobiographical anecdotes

you are

still under construction

but you have a design

and a destiny

and the stacks of moments

the slices of life

that are you

will just keep building

and who you are

in this moment

counts the most.


Thursday, April 25, 2019

Incongruity


The moments speeding by
Touch us
Surround us
Change us
They stamp upon us an eternal impression
Of perpetual incongruity
A distinct sensation
Of having seen and felt and experienced something
Achingly profound yet so fleeting
A whisper disguised as a shout
An affirmation that sounds like an insult
A pat on the back that feels like a slap across the face
Like a newsreel jittering through the pressure roller
Confusing my flicker fusion threshold
Fits and jumps and false starts
Perceiving things without truly seeing them
Bits and pieces
A slashed up mashup
Vision interrupted
Senses on hold
As the world speeds by
Trailing a jangling crowd of incongruous shrapnel
Bouncing and ricocheting on the path before me
Leaving me stunned, amazed, and mute
With unrequited expectation

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Inputs and Outlets


What are you thinking?
Take a moment.
Consider.
Can you name the inputs that are driving your moods?
What information is getting through the doors of your mind?
Images.
Headlines.
Sound Bites.
Viral whatevers.
Catch phrases.
Truth.
Humor.
Sarcasm.
Malice.
Witty Word-play.
Peace.
Comfort.
Is truth getting lost in the torrents of mad regurgitation?
Do you have reliable protection from incessant, insidious info overload?
Take your input one bite at a time.
Set aside the petty and irrelevant.
Watch the sun rise every morning in silence.

Be.