Category Archives: lotus eaters

about people who are not facing the here and now, but have to be there and then on cell phones and ipods

sitting on a log

This poem examines the pressures that distract us from living in the moment. Continue reading

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consider defeat

Poetry: In sports, as in most human endeavours, there is only one victor, and it may not always be whom you expect. Life’s experience is more about learning to lose than learning to win. When Tiger Woods lost the second round of his first comeback event, that lesson was illuminated. Continue reading

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Leaving

riverwriter’s brief poetic look at the brevity of life, with podcast reading and commentary. Continue reading

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