Tag: aging

• The Taskmaster, a Meditation on Aging and Learning

  

  The TaskmasterA chance meeting at midlifeA young cellist on the radioSlow emotive notesReverberations and longingSo you became my taskmasterInsisting upon unity of body and mindClearing of obsessionsDemanding relaxationA strange new countryFour strings the only roadsSounds the only guidepostsConfusion, frustrationThis note is A, this is C, this is F sharpBut I had no unconscious template, no…

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  April 4, 2025

  Haiku, Poetry, Writers

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