Archive for June, 2007
Information Technology – Under Water
I’ve yet to write anything here concerning the thing that consumes most of my time, IT. I can’t think of much that is more dry or uninteresting to talk about than IT, so I don’t. I love the challenge of it, all the little puzzles and the problem solving; it engages a huge part of my [...]
Meeting With the Dawn
mornings come and go some seem better than others one must move forward vexing me harshly must I yield to it’s urging? giving up the night my youth found the light welcoming it—arms open saved from the unknown a life poorly spent now the light brings back those things disappointing me I surely must rise [...]
Another Drowning Story
I grew up in a small rural area of Connecticut far from the New York suburban bedroom towns of Fairfield County. For the most part it was the sticks.My childhood summers were spent outside; and my constant companions were three sisters who lived down the block.One hot summer afternoon we decided to head over to [...]
Even More Haiku
who is this big man? know he much the pains of life? —or is he acting? you were so betrayed does he know how your heart ached? does he know you cried? vacant reactions unfeeling and uncaring the reptile mind your song goes unheard by the most outstanding one gazing in the pond
Little Haiku Number Three
days and nights fly by as if a runaway train— they escape my grasp
Drowning
Many years ago, before my parents divorced, we used to make frequent car trips to Detroit from our home in Connecticut. The nature of these trips was to take my brother Joey, who had Down’s Syndrome (Trisomy 21), to see one Henry Turkel, M.D. who was treating Down’s children with a regimen of massive nutritional [...]
Another Haiku
outside looking in on the one tossed to and fro with indifference
When I Sleep – a pseudo Haiku
When i sleep i’m free Days gone—and to come—retreat Free of distraction