One of my Influences: Yevgeny Yevtushenko & his poem “Party Card”

It’s one of the few physical books I carry with me when/wherever I travel, whether I have just a rucksack with my stuff in it or a suitcase: a book of selected poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. From famous poets & poems website, the author bio: “Born in Siberia near Lake Baikal in 1933, Yevtushenko is […]

“To Die” A Poem by Hannah Senesh With Commentary & Memories

I wonder what Hannah would have said about much of the world, and especially colonially, violently founded countries like the USA, supporting Israeli occupation and genocide of Palestinians? Hannah, a freedom fighter who fought not only for liberation of her own people, but others similarly oppressed? Her poem might be uttered today by someone from […]

Silhouettes & Sunset at Scharmützelsee

Referencing the previous post Fading Summer, Finding New Songs & Flying Crows posting a few more photos of my spur of the moment trip to the lakeside. All photos are by me, and please do not use them without permission especially (and you know who you are) do not save and upload them as your own […]

Fading Summer, Finding New Songs & Flying Crows

When I am trying to relax, to slow my heart-rate, and calm my mind, I lay and look out of the window and from my view I see the top of a neighboring apartment building and the leafy crowns of several tall trees. On Friday, it was particularly windy in a city that is often […]

Recurring Spider Dreams & Interpretations

The dream I had was this: I am in a kitchen, which is rather shadowy and like one I remembered from my childhood. I am standing near a counterop looking out through shuttered windows that must have afternoon sun outside them. I focused back in closer, and I realize there is a small spider hanging […]