Sunday is my usual day to post to A Wandering Minstrel. Typically, I write my post Saturday and schedule it for Sunday. Well, yesterday was SUPER busy, and I didn’t realize til today was almost gone that I hadn’t posted yet. So, I’m shooting from the hip, last minute 🤠 Today’s poem is not oneContinueContinue reading “Purpose”
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air and light and time and space
In another post, I talked about the impact Charles Bukowski had on my conception of poetry and how I write. One of his poems—“air and light and time and space”—has always stuck with me; at some point in the last year I realized it has long been part of my philosophy of writing, albeit subconsciously.ContinueContinue reading “air and light and time and space”
Deep Focus: Matt Randles
Matt Randles and I go waaay back…about 32 years to be exact. We were both studying music at Central Washington University when we met. Back then, we didn’t hang out much. He was too…Christian. I was an elitist who enjoyed staring contests with the abyss 😉 Fast forward about 9 years, and Matt is attendingContinueContinue reading “Deep Focus: Matt Randles”
Sing a Song of Sickness
More than 30 years ago now, I was thinking about the nursery rhyme, “Sing a Song of Sixpence” when a variation of the opening lines went through my head: “Sing a song of sickness / a pocketful of why”. The philosophic overtones of this variant juxtaposed with the sing-song feel of the nursery rhyme intriguedContinueContinue reading “Sing a Song of Sickness”
Post-Modern Sketches
(The painting for the post is “Retroactive II” by Robert Rauschenberg) Poetry has sometimes been a medium for social critique, as all art forms have. My poems are no exception, and some comment on the world we live in. One of the poems in my book, The Wind and the Shadows, is called “Post-Modern Sketches.”ContinueContinue reading “Post-Modern Sketches”
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