The day prodigious leaves its problems for the night, And within the darkness we are so poorly covered. The mind may decide—there’s little to do but wait, And so waiting, exhausted, we’ll come to the light? We may be… Read More ›
No Solution
By climate change our coffee beans find themselves threatened
A sonnet for my nephew Dan and his younger generation By climate change our coffee beans find themselves threatened! The heat is oppressive, and there’s no drying season. Thank God for our new technology, our innovations! The engines of… Read More ›
Phlegm misting the heart
{ Chers francophones : Apaise et ouvre les trous de l’esprit — un brouillon pour une traduction — se trouve en bas. } Overhearing someone use the word “courage.” “Something has to happen,” they told themselves. Youth, eager to… Read More ›
Sonnet for 9/27
One looks for a partner but can only be found by love. Since empirical research employs many more people than more intellectual pursuits, can it be wrong? We are on pace to die of canned laughter. The dog that I… Read More ›
There is No Solution
{click for pdf} If we imagine human beings as we do ants, if we imagine that it is the strength of the community that matters, the individual is an insignificant, replaceable foot soldier—we can easily see the value of… Read More ›
The Practice of Philosophy
FROM SEQUENCE 2013 November 2013 [click for pdf] A friend told me that every morning upon waking she meditates for an hour. My first reaction to this news was not positive. First thing in the morning nothing has yet… Read More ›
The Way
FROM SEQUENCE 2012 April 2012 [Click for pdf] I once read a book on love written by an Italian sociologist. In contrast to the guides then popular in the United States, this book suggested that we fall in love not… Read More ›
