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Traumear
These two essays touch on many problems and hindrances that prevent us from becoming mature human beings in the modern world. During the course of these works, solutions are offered…
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Eighty-three contemporary poems that illustrate an evolutionary theme. Gradually, from one poem to the next, insight deepens, experience broadens and the matter becomes richer and more personal.
If we want to be specific, we can say that all poetry and verse worth its salt will draw on elemental thought, on physical feeling and on distinct imagination. Usually…
These verses were written while strolling through the environs of Newtownards, Northern Ireland, in direct response to the countryside - and nothing was added afterwards. I dedicate them to those…
A tender appeal to what can nearly be taken for granted in a given human being, namely a desire for affection or, just as good, a wish to be loved…
Under the heading 'Poems of Seniority' I present four collections of poems in four booklets, I - IV, all of which were written during a period of a few months…
All creativity that is live and not merely mechanical has to begin with the creator's inward awareness of himself and must pass from there to growing practical knowledge by him…
A collection of minor works penned during a time of turbulence in the author's life. The reader will come across nods to Catullus and to Li Po.
These are inspirations based on those Analects, or 'sayings' of Confucius of which they bear the number. I have used the translations by Arthur Waley. I have chosen only a…
While holidaying on Crete again with my wife I jotted down a few verses so as not to become overwhelmed by the novelty of the experience. I became aware again…
Dealing with a case of bad nerves by building a reserve of courage for the future. It contains insights into humanity in comparison to popularity.
These poems are taken from the essay: Poetry and Technique, where they documented the development of that essay. I present them here on their own, ina more orderly fashion. Best…
Thought-bites worth mulling over. Droplets of wisdom condensed from vision and dream during a life dedicated to the understanding of what it means to be a human being.
111 short poems, thought-provoking, amusing, written during the year May 2016 - May 2017. Contemporary verse, not modern.
This is an imaginary interview of the author by the writer. We may imagine that the truth is revealed to the author and that it is made available to us…
This difficult but important contemporary didactic work replies to the following five questions: What is our body and how can we make use of it? Why and how are we…
Nine adults discover how to make a good difference to their lives by showing a willingness to reach into themselves for the truth and thereafter to support one another. Two…
Sometimes, just by reflecting upon our own immediate behaviour, we make odd observations that lead to personal truths which may interest those who are convinced that we get ahead by…
The cosmos, as described here, is the understood communal world and our position in it. It has nothing to do with the supposed beginning, middle and end of the modern…
Incarnate spirit is with us and invites us to evolve for eternal life on earth. It does this at times when we least expect it. We may also know it…
One hundred pages, each page carefully crafted to help make sense of some aspect of the world. One growth-cycle, that arrives, step by step, at a new insight, a new…
These are not abstract studies but demonstrations of where gender resides, how it begins and where it leads. The reader allow himself to become involved in the process and discovers…
Symbolic thought presented as a series of 310 quintains.
An Elegy in eleven parts. The language is straightforward, the thought is precise and the feeling mature.
Sixteen concentrated, thought-provoking prose pieces treating a variety of topics.
Morphology is the study of our virtues, but also a description of these virtues in action and the knowledge of their effects. I intend that this book should continue immediately…
We are modern to the extent that we understand the world as tragically flawed but we resist the truth that would allow us to construct our world after the manner…
These verses are taken from the book: Physiology - the Live Science. They document the same growth cycle that is demonstrated by that book.
