He hath shewed thee, o man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? ~ Micah 6:8

All that need be said of 07

“Even the best of warriors can grow so fond of his deeds that he begins to think he is as large as he wishes to be. But he is not.” ~ Norman Mailer

Poetry:

“Incarnation” was drafted. On it’s first spin for a publication nod, it was picked up, 2 years later. The original subtitle was “a poem for my father’s heart attack.” No, he didn’t have one, but reading the original draft, it would have given him one. Something about Jesus being in a smokey bar, with a big chested waitress spilling beer . . . yeah.

“correct change” . . .

“History by proxy” . . .

“Devotions” . . .

Listen:

i’ve got shit to do,
so either turn off the damn
recriminations
or start the 5 second de-
lay before i speak my mind.

(a Japanese Tanka)

Music:

Eyes Wide Shut:
http://www.greyparty.net/audio/Eyes.mp3

Turn On
http://www.greyparty.net/audio/Turn%20On.

Gone
http://www.greyparty.net/audio/Gone.mp3

Nuff said about the summer of 06

“there is two sides to every broken promise
peaces which will never fit: to gather
again the impossible shards of silence”

“hidden behind flecks of blue and steel grey
is a slight shifting of saline: a breath held
within the almost angry tremor of a pupil’s pulse”

“maybe Jesus was having an off day”

“pretension hidden in the garb of piety
is an ill fit: a wolf simply
looks silly in a woolen suit”

“start the five second delay
i’m about to speak my mind again”

“i fear a life read like the bible
of a lapsed catholic: a dust covered
support to an uneven shelf, a seasonally
revered token of uncertainty”
still working on the full poem)

(Spring 06)

Losing Poetry and finding Music (Over the Hills and Upon the Mountains)

Starting to figure out what being a writer might mean to me, all the while not actually writing anything.

Evolution of journal into a notebook of biblical thoughts and song lyrics.

Interesting shift towards Jesus, the Gospels, the least of these, and the church (for good or bad)

“Qui n’a plus qu’un moment a vivre n’a plus rien a dissimuler” ~ Phillip Quinault

And:

It is good that one should hope and wait quietly
For the salvation of the LORD.
It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.
Let him sit alone and keep silent,
Because God has laid it on him;
Let him put his mouth in the dust—
There may yet be hope.
Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him,
And be full of reproach.
For the Lord will not cast off forever.
Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.

Lamentations 3:26-32

(Spring 04)