by Ward | Dec 16, 2024 | Prose, Writing
“You would think the Monkey King would be welcome wherever he travels, but that is not always true. All kinds of creatures are always picking fights with the Monkey King — which they never win — and this is one of the stories about how a fight was forgotten...
by Ward | Dec 2, 2024 | Essays, Writing
Forgiveness of the dead. Forgiveness of the dead. Seeking that which can never be given. Forgiveness for what we did not do, what we did. What the dead did, what they did not do. Forgiveness of the dead is a quaternity of emotions and experience. The quaternity...
by Ward | Nov 26, 2024 | Essays, Writing
paradox as function of both time and place My friend Richard says I love paradox. Part of my process in these thoughts has now been developed by circumstance (which I find delightful). On one of my daily walks I passed a free library.* I always look in every new free...
by Ward | Nov 26, 2024 | Poetry, Writing
one black, one whiteone Father, one Dadwon’t tell you who’s whoheard Dad earlier teachinghis son to shoot hoopsFather arrived a while agonow, they’re playing two on onetalking about how you movethe strategy of your body and theirshow you protect the ballthen just...
by Ward | Nov 7, 2024 | Prose, Writing
Shrike had caught Finch by the neck and was flying around looking for a thorn to impale him on. “Can I ask a question?” said Finch. “Shoot,” said Shrike. “Well, first, you’re supposed to drop me when you talk.” “Why’s that?” “That’s what happens in the fable of the...
