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walking on sand & sea
walking on sand and sea how can i mark time with my footprints in the sand beneath glassy sea? © ssj 2017
Panda Alert!
It certainly would be a surprise to find a panda at one’s door! If you were in such a situation, what would you do? 🙂 The photo below is of Ibzy and Imzy, romancing the panda! No! Actually, they are simply … Continue reading
how many ways can a wave wash to shore?
(Images of waves used with this posting are all courtesy of their respective contributors at pixabay.com.) how many ways can a wave wash to shore? blithely as a titter, lazing like a lamb, or stirring a trifling whiff of … Continue reading
Posted in collection: to cast a sparkle, essay, nature, poetry
Tagged alia, androgynous mind, pen names, poem, to cast a sparkle, Ursula K. Le Guin, waves
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Prime Time
1 Presidents of the World The man i see on news time always is Smiling white teeth and all In a time now when kidnapping Is a profitable preoccupation Cosmos falling falling down Descended plutonium blasting The inhibitions in us
The Fish of the Current
And what have become of your historic compromise between your christians and your valid communists, parliamentary procedures and your program of government?
Posted in collection: at the edge of things, essay, poetry, politics
Tagged aldo moro, at the edge of things, geopolitics, historic compromise, italy, luciana bohne, poem
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At the Mercy of the Churning Seas
We live in very interesting and painful times. But lest we think that this is only true today, let’s not be naive. Two poems in the poetry collection At The Edge of Things (1979) are being posted this week to … Continue reading
Posted in collection: at the edge of things, essay, politics
Tagged at the edge of things, cold war, duterte, geopolitics, obama, philippine politics, pivot to asia
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Writing in Numbers and Equations
Pages (the following pages are from a short story written by Said Sadain, Jr) …
Posted in essay, mixed media, science & technology, short story
Tagged discover challenge, essay, fiction, Focus Philippines Magazine, language, mathematics, numbers
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mirror, mirror
mirror mirror on the wall: who is monitoring my calls, my emails and my fb wall? © copyright ssj nov. 2013
Posted in essay, photography, poetry, science & technology
Tagged base, CERN, computers, Internet, technology, Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web
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The Radical Authenticity of Bob Dylan
“How can the life of such a man Be in the palm of some fool’s hand?” – from ‘Hurricane‘, a song written by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy, 1975 From any angle, radical defines Bob Dylan.
The Generosity of Entropy
There is less pressure in the unknown, in the undefined, in the free-flowing. Until they become known, until their forms get defined, and until their substances are made to flow in meaningful directions and momenta.
