Four Poems by Ken McKeon
After Reading A Customized Classified Position Found out today that I, retired now for years,Occasionally house bound with ms, Am still wanted, ...
Author Archives: Michael Gray
Maybe Light My Fire
In the natural world, or at least when human ingenuity impinges upon it, we see moths flying into candle flames and hovering around porch...
Putting Humpty Dumpty Together Again.
We had a successful Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year. Six family members all appreciated that the food served accommodated their dietary regimes....
Which World are we Talking about?
“In the fight between you and the world, back the world.” Franz Kafka, Great Wall of China, Aphorism 50, Page 171 This is one...
Making Good Use of Time
There’s a saying that seems to be born out in experience: “If you want something done, give it to a busy person”. The reason...
Slowing Down and Filling Up
This week, doing a TSK exercise (“Going without Going”–modified to allow the ‘goer’ to remain seated, instead of walking very slowly, which for me...
Pausing for a Moment to Notice.
This past Sunday, I noticed myself turning in imagination to Eric, my long-gone mentor, and sharing with him an inspiring thought that I had...
Separation Anxiety
This morning I was doing an exercise called “The Object and its Glow”, which invited me to discover experientially that I (the viewing self)...
Diving into Time
Arriving at my sister’s house in Canada, for my first visit in a dozen years, an odd familiarity arose, mixed with a feeling of...
My Grandparents and Me
My father (Francis Maplestone Gray) once shared a surprising story with me (or perhaps I only heard it through my sister, who was more...