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, ...
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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...
Why I like to Keep Appointments.
An appointment is like a buoy on the tossing surface of a lake. If I cancel a meeting with someone, I fear that it...
BE the Squirrel (3 by Ken McKeon)
Thanks, Nancy You want the news. Well, out back a dying tree Found a degree of New life with late springtime rain, I mean...
The Weaver is Being Woven.
In my own life, I have experienced recurrent changes in how my eyes viewed my world: in 1968, after a fire expelled me from...
Do Dolphins Dream of Eclectic Sleep?
Like sharks, dolphins cannot experience REM sleep. For different reasons, neither species can ever fall asleep in comfortable stillness, and leave their day time...
Bridges Made of Dream
Lying in bed, I realized that I was either just waking up or still inside some kind of dream. In the dream–let’s call it...
Coming Ashore
Was it a bad move to come ashore? Has humanity benefited from leaving home, and setting up shop on the shoreline? The daily news...
A Lonely Dragon Sings
Driving in the car the other day, switching between radio stations, I stopped on one that was playing a cello concerto, and found myself...
Empathy Flows up Stream
Most of us feel we should be generous towards others less fortunate than us. But lacking spontaneous empathy with others, we can feel reluctant,...