Author Archives: randomyriad

The Wilderness Inside

  the wilderness inside There is no escaping the wild.  It is everywhere, in cars and in airplanes at 40,000 feet. Inside my head are vines of forgotten jungles And microbes more ancient than the first people.   The wild … Continue reading →

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Stranded

  Stranded follow strands through a mess of twine, All connected and intricate beyond understanding Even less than a day smoothly wound on the skein, Miracle if it happens, So many loose threads moving in so many ways. Vibrating, Twisting, … Continue reading →

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Poetry in a Magnetic Medium

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Walking Toward Winter

for I am mad with     devouring ecstasy to make joyous hymns for the whole earth.  Walt Whitman, Excelsior  Today I walked and took a lot of photographs. The visual chaos of spring and summer fall away revealing the skeleton that … Continue reading →

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Inspiration Means Breathing In

“I don’t know about you, but my right-now life is laden with reality: bills, the 9-to-5 (necessary to pay said bills), the leaden thing that weighs on everyone at said 9-to-5 (making them mean and me mean), family, the failures … Continue reading →

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