You Can Write Poetry!
Diane di PrimaOLD AGE: The Dilemma most of what I’m writing not that interesting but the act of writing itself more compelling than ever ********* Dear Siobhan Thank you for your snail-mail, but I…
The Prescient and Prophetic Allen Ginsberg, 1956
America you don’t really want to go to war.America its them bad Russians.Them Russians them Russians and them Chinamen. And them Russians. The Russia wants to eat us alive. The Russia’s power mad. She wants to…
Emily Dickinson Writes a Poem for Assange, Snowden, & Greenwald
Much Madness is divinest Sense –To a discerning Eye –Much Sense – the starkest Madness –‘Tis the MajorityIn This, as All, prevail – Assent – and you are sane –Demur – you’re straightaway dangerous – And handled…
Share the Wealth with Caro and Johnny Dolan-Dominguez: One Mile Per Hour
In July 2019, we got engaged, quit our jobs, and loaded our bicycles and camping gear onto an Amtrak headed west. For the next four months we rode 4,000 miles through the Sierra Cascade mountains…
A Great Form of Self-Care
For those who have access to Facebook, check out my student Rosie’s project on Meditation in College!
Hall of Fame
My beloved partner Joanie has been selected to be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame this coming April!
Another Long Classic
In 2021 thirteen of us spent seven months to read and discuss the long novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov. I’m interested to see if anyone would be up for reading The Gospel of…
State of Emergency, January 2003
Walter Benjamin, Illuminations: Essays and ReflectionsEdited by Hannah ArendtSchocken Books, 1988 The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that “the state of emergency” in which we live is not the exception but the rule. We…
During Our Lojong Class in the Central West End
“My true religion is kindness.”HHDL Everyone is trying to keep it togetherTo make a contributionDon’t forget thisHave a kind heart Maybe some people aren’t trying to make it betterThey want to cause troubleDon’t dwell on…
Still Swirling through My Mind
To live outside the law you must be honest About having to be scrounging for your next meal Look out kid, it’s something you did Yes, indeed, you gotta serve somebody There was something about…