in the late morning
the roaring warring lawn mowers
and leaf blowers
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the way of all flesh 21
the queen, frozen in
the lie of her sovereign
freedom from the flesh
the way of all flesh 16
awakening but
not getting up, lying flat
and still, on my back
In and of the world 41
Forsythia blooms,
luxurious warmth nipped to
a chill by a sneeze.
Greenport 1
Under heavy clouds,
the rising and falling of
shushing wind muffles
“Why Does Patriarchy Persist?” 4: Scapegoats
Roy Herndon Smith This post is the fourth in a series of discussions of Why Does Patriarchy Persist?, by Carol Gilligan and Naomi Snider (Polity Press 2018). The first post in the series concludes: Patriarchy persists, in part, because it institutionalizes the contradiction between the good we believe we are doing (in Gilligan and Snider's…
Flickering
Through the flickering
of leaves in breezes still light
holds the trees and me.
Roy Herndon Smith: Mourning Serendip: Part I–Mourning Serendip: Chapter 1– Mourning
For me, love of religion was first love
of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). I moved there
when I was nine, and lived there for two years
with my mother and diplomat father.
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Hierarchical religion and authoritarianism
Roy Herndon Smith re: A Confession of Faith in a Time of Crisis http://reclaimingjesus.org/ While I am very glad to read this confession as an attempt to counter the identification of "Christianity" with oppressive sectarian authoritarian absolutism--one might call it "Chistianicism"--it also articulates why I no longer consider myself to be a "Christian." The confession begins and…
Productivity
Productivity,
signifying nothing,
struts and frets away
dust 