Category Archives: Philosophy

The Fall into Winter

Posted on December 29, 2020 by sputterpub

When Harald conquered fiefdoms to unitethe northern monarchies, most wouldn’t bow.They took to ships and settled Iceland rightaway, and wrote the sagas we read now.When Austen crafted novels, change afootenclosed the land and filled the air with soot.Her art ensnared … Continue reading →

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Year End

Posted on December 27, 2020 by sputterpub

The beat goes on no matter what we do.Tomorrow keeps on following today.Supposing we recover and get throughcatastrophes that press on us, we maybe certain new emergencies will rise,predictable, erupting in surprise,demanding smart response or dreadful fee,and modifying paths for … Continue reading →

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I Couldn’t Have Been More Wrong

Posted on December 25, 2020 by sputterpub

When I was young I thought I had good teeth.I felt my hands were handsome, in my prime.I didn’t dream of damage far beneathmy gums, or plumpness suctioned out by time.I thought my lumbar wouldn’t give me pain –my bottom-heavy … Continue reading →

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Pan Future

Posted on December 20, 2020 by sputterpub

When we’re beyond this virus, will we lookat all the agony that we’ve endured,and then conclude that, really, what it tookwas waiting to by pharmacies be cured?And for the next disease that sweeps the worldby global interaction, must we duckinside … Continue reading →

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A First World Problem

Posted on December 18, 2020 by sputterpub

Entitled and intelligent, I blurt(so fortunate I really can’t complain),that even first world problems carry hurt –if one’s alive one senses: pain is pain. So I will mention (softly, like a mouse),that though I love my hermitage, I learnI need … Continue reading →

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We Never Covered Cousins

Posted on December 10, 2020 by sputterpub

I’ve always been a talker, partly sobecause I love good words and memory,but also to invite my friends to showthemselves with narrative and history.At 20 I was sure I understoodmy closest friends – we talked incessantly.I think we thought our … Continue reading →

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Life’s Labors

Posted on December 9, 2020 by sputterpub

It never stops. As long as I’m alive,I think there will be labors tossed my way,from challenges that power me to striveor sob, to complications that dismay.No sooner do I X things off my listthan some recur and others rise … Continue reading →

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Sidewalk

Posted on December 8, 2020 by sputterpub

Old sidewalks crack and buckle near big treesand over land that trembles during quakes,so pathways that should let us stroll with easecan be disruptive. Here’s a ledge that makesa rising step, and there’s a slab upthrust(Sequoia sempervirens isn’t small).I treat … Continue reading →

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My Humble Perspective

Posted on November 29, 2020 by sputterpub

Concluding long ago God must be greatenough that It would never act as lowas human emperors, I didn’t hatereligion but I knew too much to throwanthropomorphic attitude around.A deity deserving of respectwould not require foreheads on the groundor posture bending … Continue reading →

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The Backstory

Posted on November 24, 2020 by sputterpub

A business partner did me wrong and sued(this happened 20 years ago, or so).I burned to tell the story – not to broodbut more, I thought, to let my lawyer knowexactly what led up to the betrayal.“Please write the whole … Continue reading →

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