Category Archives: Poetry & Prose

impossibility’s lure

The hungry lion’s prey has scurried up the tree – He stares, wanting. So is my desire for things that will not be today, nor tomorrow. For my infinite desires there will be no fulfillment by the infinity of finite … Continue reading

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O friends, not these sounds!

Let me embrace you, O millions! This kiss is for the whole world! Brothers, above the starry firmament A loving Father must surely dwell. Do you fall down, O millions? Are you aware of your Creator, world? Seek Him above … Continue reading

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Echad (or, We have no right to transcend)

I think that you in your truest form, without all the fear – the dark feeling that you are always standing tiptoe on a precipice – without the clouds of desert, of vanity, and clutching onto that divine fear of … Continue reading

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The Fifer

Here is an image of the real thing by Manet: http://blogs.princeton.edu/wri152-3/f05/nlagerfe/the_fifer.html I came home to find this work of art in my room. I hadn’t seen it in years. I created this in 4th grade, and apparently they thought it … Continue reading

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In the mighty jungle, Rilke speaks tonight

“I love in-seeing. Can you imagine with me how glorious it is to in-see a dog, for example as you pass it–by in-see I don’t mean to look through, which is only a kind of human gymnastic that lets you … Continue reading

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