Children – Page 2 – PATHLESS TRAVELS

2019-08-252019-09-25

A mix of sincerity and sarcasm

I’m trying to master this difficult skill, in many of my Facebook posts and comments, of achieving a fine mix–an exquisitely balanced blend if you will–of sincerity and sarcasm. With a dash of childish humor to camouflage the deadly mix.

2019-07-252019-10-21

An INFJ wrapped in INTP inside INTJ

I’ve known since childhood that I’m an Aquarius, and I’ve read oh maybe a ton of trash descriptions about the “personality type” of Aquarius people. Obviously astrology is a pseudo-science, but I’ve had my grade-school fun with it. Then maybe 15 years ago, I dabbled playfully with the Chinese zodiac after someone gave me a Chinese-zodiac coffee mug for Christmas. So, most obviously, I also became familiar with the “personality type” of Fire Monkeys. That was an even better kind of fun.

2019-03-192019-03-30

Bamboo shoots

Poems like this are like a bamboo grove, planted and nurtured by half-forgotten old folk, relentlessly tossed by the wind and rain, their foliage shed in the worst seasons of drought. But hopefully they’ll endure, for children to discover the ancient nooks and crannies where they will play and build their own dreams.

BAMBOO SHOOTS

Many years have carved these slopes.
It was around this time in March when
North Wind tarried on, defying summer thirst,
and a thousand shoots of green rejoiced.
They’d passed the test, and cried for joy, and raced uphill.
And we, who nurtured them, were about to shout
our wildest greetings when the thought struck us: Continue reading “Bamboo shoots”