Holding a cup and overfilling it Cannot be as good as stopping short Pounding a blade and sharpening it Cannot be kept for long Gold and jade fill up the room No one is able to protect them Wealth and position bring arrogance And leave disasters upon oneself When achievement is completed, fame is attained… Continue reading Holding a Cup and Overfilling It
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AIR AND LIGHT AND TIME AND SPACE – Charles Bukowski
AIR AND LIGHT AND TIME AND SPACE ”– you know, I’ve either had a family, a job, something has always been in the way but now I’ve sold my house, I’ve found this place, a large studio, you should see the space and the light. for the first time in my life I’m going to… Continue reading AIR AND LIGHT AND TIME AND SPACE – Charles Bukowski
The Sound of the Sea
* Note: this was written a few years ago, but I never submitted it to magazines. ~ M My enormous, perfumed, fedora-wearing friend, Walter Kaminski, sits across the table from me outside a Starbucks in San Diego and tells me there is no god. I look at him like he’s crazy and he smiles as… Continue reading The Sound of the Sea
A Meditation on the Inevitability of Death
To myself, regarding death: You are going to die. You may not like to think about it, but it’s going to happen. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe in 50 years. Who can say? That’s the bit you can’t know (thankfully). But you do know where you’re going to end up sooner or later. You do realize how… Continue reading A Meditation on the Inevitability of Death
The Catherine Wheel
"The Catherine Wheel," my story about living in East Africa, will be appearing in the 85/Displacement of Print Annual 6 of the Painted Bride Quarterly. Check it out. ~ M About the magazine.
The Writing Expedition 