Category: Poetry
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24. Of Prepubescent Savagery and Redemption
In a recent Ezra Klein podcast, the science writer Michael Pollan made some amazing claims about the nature of consciousness. His interview ranged from his insights of psychedelics to the possibility that human consciousness may not be exclusively brain centered. He remarked that even the simplest life forms use their sensory inputs to infer and…
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20. Celebrating Mixed Marriage
Within a week of marrying in late December 1984, my Zimbabwean wife, T., and I arrived at Heathrow Airport enroute to Canada. The female immigration officer who checked our passports had reddish grey hair and a severe expression. She resembled Maggie Thatcher. “And what is your relationship?” She glanced stonily between faces and photos. “Husband…
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18. Poems from a Self-imposed Captivity
I may well have a tin ear for poetry. Yet over the years, I have sporadically tried my hand at writing it. My first attempt was a booklet of poems made at the age of fifteen. The self-illustrated cover depicted a hand clutching towards a thorny rose. The only piece I remember from that effort…
Coprolites in Amber (etc.) 