by Ward | Jan 4, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
1.In Nantes, within a private librarythere is a hand bound book, made of softnow faded lambskin, held together with asmall leather belt. It is one of a kind.It has a title, but the family that owns itcalls it, ‘Le cercle continu’. Within it are almost 100 perfect...
by Ward | Dec 30, 2024 | Poetry, Writing
The important thing is how will you be remembered.You might have thought about this, or it might have been theAncient Greeks, it doesn’t matter, it’s what people think of youwhen you die. Will you be the local news, maybe regional,maybe national, maybe international?...
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...
