Religion – James J Jackson

Reading A Book Alone In The Redwood Forrest, a poem

Reading a book alone in the Redwood Forrest On the observational scale, I do sit here in the redwoods in lotus pose, with a copy of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on a stack of logs next to me. What is the catch? Is that but the paranoid disillusionment of the redneck hippiesContinue reading “Reading A Book Alone In The Redwood Forrest, a poem”

Courage Is The Sweetest Lullaby, a poem

Courage Is The Sweetest Lullaby Fear not your lions, And constrain yourself upon the unsightly sounds of this date of sorrow. Do but construct, And constrain, For the winter’s winds are but lost by the summer sun. The nymphs of the seasons do hold their treasons so, Be not the character of perpetual woe. RainsContinue reading “Courage Is The Sweetest Lullaby, a poem”

Fear Us Not (a socialist poem)

Fear Us Not Dare not leave me alone with my thoughts, Nor do I do so myself, at least not willingly. For what is life but nature, And what is nature but a beauty and a curse, And what a cruse is this lie, That is human nature. Curse the human tide, And frequent tedium,Continue reading “Fear Us Not (a socialist poem)”