For My Progeny; a poem
by Brad Nixon I am the wellspring from whence arises the very essence of your being. I am the foundation upon which the house of your childhood is built. I am the vessel in which the soul of your youth has been leavened. I am the fire upon which the substance of your spirit has been rendered. I am the springboard from which you launch yourself into self-hood; springing ever higher and higher until you are ready to unfurl your own...
What it Means to Be a Man Today
by David McCalib (Written circa 2 A.M. Sunday, 12/19/2010) These are challenging circumstances to focus on this now, in a cold room with a migraine at 2 A.M.; I’d rather be warm under five layers or in a hot tub or gently swinging in a hammock on a tropical Pacific island paradise, but I will do my best to focus on this idea, this task that flashed out of nowhere after I was asked to write something and envisioned writing it. What...
A New Perspective
by Ben Easton Plunging men into darkness, we sweep their canvases clean, silencing their stories, but inviting their soul-searching truths. Listening to voices hushed for too long, we create a sacred space, surrounding men with eyes as mirrors, reflecting hopes and fears. Stripping away trappings, we remove their obsolete masks, revealing raw and alien identities: brothers of a kindred spirit. Guiding men to go deep within, we show...
Men of Service; a poem
by ManWoman I ask for a vision so clear so radiant that it takes our breath away with its grandeur I ask for a vision that heals all men women and children I ask for the courage and commitment to follow this vision supported or unsupported I ask for help from the trees whose roots go deep into the earth mother so we will be unwavering I ask for help from mother bear whose strength is unmatched I ask for help from brother wolverine in...
My Father’s Son; a poem
by James Herlihy Did you know what it was like To face every day as if it were my last; To awaken every morning in certain dread That one or both of you would be gone? Did you ever wonder how it felt To contemplate which of you I needed most, Wanted most, loved most, hated most; To equate life with pain, love with anger, Vision with madness … and to consider suicide, At the cotton-candy-tender age of ten? Did you question my...
Break into your heart; a poem
by Paul Goldman If like a thief in the night, I were to break into your heart — what would I find there? Precious gems tucked away beneath velveteen cloth, ethereal ancestral songs, and deeper still— a longing to know your own Creator; the one who through alchemy’s mystery transformed the very essence of you into a gift golden. If you broke into mine, what would you find beneath the layers? You would find the most valued treasure of...
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