Dearest Friends and Family,
Why? Why Africa? Why ministry? Why? Whether I worked in the inner city, on the streets, in prisons, in churches, in the U.S. or abroad, I was always met with “Why?”
Most of my adult life has been in the service of others, though I have been accused of being too idealistic, selfish [...]
cast your hope on Miughalaigh
the journey draws to a close
we can steer home from here
kittiwakes, puffins and razorbills
circle out to sea and back
come home to your nests and night my friends
cast you hope on Miughalaigh
we’ve beat the beast of the sea
one more time
and we’re headed in for bed and bowl
then out to sea again we [...]
i am my own death
seeing into the far corner of time and space
dust and shadow
let’s walk
together
(there is no such thing)
steps in time
unity
(light a candle and watch it flicker)
the wind in our hair
i took the hand of a white tiger
a ghost cat
and laid aside my living
my smile
and my laughter
to serve
in step
in time
synchronized
(there is no such thing)
2000 [...]
sad really
what i have considered this day
is hanging
five different ways to hang myself
all of which include rope
the common thread
the link between me and the free floating earth
i cannot help it
it comes on me
with a pain so great that
when i look at the pines outside my window
i see each cone pointing in each of another or [...]
do not pity yourself,
good man.
you too will die.
but not without some fever
some sweat
and some feint
some laughter
give pause to cherish the laughter
in childhood we give it away like rain
until seasons of age
steal into our room
frightening even the bad dreams and boogie men of youth
then
laughter
swells up in an occasional cloud
drifts in over parched land
teases
and moves on to [...]
East African Service and Empowerment – EASE – is working together with Watershed Arts, MARS, Family of God Tabernacle Trust and ASB Karate International to bring relief and encouragement to the youth of Kenya. Recently, working in the Kiyole and Soweto slums of Nairobi, Garold Andersen of Watershed Arts taught seminars on creative communication to [...]
A team will mount up on wings and head back to Nairobi in October. We will finish the clinic begun in ‘07, teach a soccer camp, train martial artists, do a theater and dance workshop and work with local officials in the care of orphans and the development of schools. You can be part of [...]
East African Service and Empowerment – EASE – is working together with Watershed Arts, MARS, Family of God Tabernacle Trust and ASB Karate International to bring relief and encouragement to the youth of Kenya. Recently, working in the Kiyole and Soweto slums of Nairobi, Garold Andersen of Watershed Arts taught seminars on creative communication to [...]
MARS groups in Africa have been working out for several years in their street clothes. I would like to provide uniforms for the faithful students. Uniform costs are about $20 with freight. If you would like to make a donation for uniforms send your donation to
Watershed Corp of Texas
PO Box 51
Dighton, Ks 67839
Make your check [...]
Venus
and the flowers in her eyes
the surprise
of fall in bloom
snow falling
up
why can so much
be so little
and so little
so much
she touches me
and i can see sky
behind the blindness of clouds
lie to me
tell me that you love me
heal me
with false promise
and the deceit of the heart
i am dying
why not
play in the sunshine
why not
dance.
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Dighton, Kansas is oddly enough both the center of and the edge of the known universe. It is simultaniously somewhere and nowhere. There is not enough sting in my theory to explain – just trust me.
Burroughs, Kerouac and Ginsberg descended here on trips to Denver from Wichita. It is the perfect pee stop and had [...]
East African Service and Empowerment – EASE – is working together with Watershed Arts, MARS, Family of God Tabernacle Trust and ASB Karate International to bring relief and encouragement to the youth of Kenya. Recently, working in the Kiyole and Soweto slums of Nairobi, Garold Andersen of Watershed Arts taught seminars on creative communication to [...]
East African Service and Empowerment – EASE – is working together with Watershed Arts, MARS, Family of God Tabernacle Trust and ASB Karate International to bring relief and encouragement to the youth of Kenya. Recently, working in the Kiyole and Soweto slums of Nairobi, Garold Andersen of Watershed Arts taught seminars on creative communication to [...]
Dighton, Kansas is oddly enough both the center of and the edge of the known universe. It is simultaniously somewhere and nowhere. There is not enough sting in my theory to explain – just trust me.
Burroughs, Kerouac and Ginsberg descended here on trips to Denver from Wichita. It is the perfect pee stop and had [...]
MARS groups in Africa have been working out for several years in their street clothes. I would like to provide uniforms for the faithful students. Uniform costs are about $20 with freight. If you would like to make a donation for uniforms send your donation to
Watershed Corp of Texas
PO Box 51
Dighton, Ks 67839
Make your check [...]
Dearest Friends and Family,
Why? Why Africa? Why ministry? Why? Whether I worked in the inner city, on the streets, in prisons, in churches, in the U.S. or abroad, I was always met with “Why?”
Most of my adult life has been in the service of others, though I have been accused of being too idealistic, selfish [...]
cast your hope on Miughalaigh
the journey draws to a close
we can steer home from here
kittiwakes, puffins and razorbills
circle out to sea and back
come home to your nests and night my friends
cast you hope on Miughalaigh
we’ve beat the beast of the sea
one more time
and we’re headed in for bed and bowl
then out to sea again we [...]
i am my own death
seeing into the far corner of time and space
dust and shadow
let’s walk
together
(there is no such thing)
steps in time
unity
(light a candle and watch it flicker)
the wind in our hair
i took the hand of a white tiger
a ghost cat
and laid aside my living
my smile
and my laughter
to serve
in step
in time
synchronized
(there is no such thing)
2000 [...]
sad really
what i have considered this day
is hanging
five different ways to hang myself
all of which include rope
the common thread
the link between me and the free floating earth
i cannot help it
it comes on me
with a pain so great that
when i look at the pines outside my window
i see each cone pointing in each of another or [...]
do not pity yourself,
good man.
you too will die.
but not without some fever
some sweat
and some feint
some laughter
give pause to cherish the laughter
in childhood we give it away like rain
until seasons of age
steal into our room
frightening even the bad dreams and boogie men of youth
then
laughter
swells up in an occasional cloud
drifts in over parched land
teases
and moves on to [...]
revisiting my mind:
digging like a child
in the ground
under a mimosa tree
far from the house
near the back fence
searching for something
turning small spoonfuls of earth
making a hole
there was earth there
now there is not,
where there was some –
there is none.
where there was none –
there is some.
the nature of holes
and digging.
the damp earth
primordial
smells
like life
potential
and flavors the air
like onions in [...]
Venus
and the flowers in her eyes
the surprise
of fall in bloom
snow falling
up
why can so much
be so little
and so little
so much
she touches me
and i can see sky
behind the blindness of clouds
lie to me
tell me that you love me
heal me
with false promise
and the deceit of the heart
i am dying
why not
play in the sunshine
why not
dance.
Highlight any portion you want: [...]
Poet
i hear the voice of a poet
outside
in kansas sunshine
singing
from the field
hanging
on the edge
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East African Service and Empowerment – EASE – is working together with Watershed Arts, MARS, Family of God Tabernacle Trust and ASB Karate International to bring relief and encouragement to the youth of Kenya. Recently, working in the Kiyole and Soweto slums of Nairobi, Garold Andersen of Watershed Arts taught seminars on creative communication to [...]
East African Service and Empowerment – EASE – is working together with Watershed Arts, MARS, Family of God Tabernacle Trust and ASB Karate International to bring relief and encouragement to the youth of Kenya. Recently, working in the Kiyole and Soweto slums of Nairobi, Garold Andersen of Watershed Arts taught seminars on creative communication to [...]
Venus
and the flowers in her eyes
the surprise
of fall in bloom
snow falling
up
why can so much
be so little
and so little
so much
she touches me
and i can see sky
behind the blindness of clouds
lie to me
tell me that you love me
heal me
with false promise
and the deceit of the heart
i am dying
why not
play in the sunshine
why not
dance.
Highlight any portion you want: [...]
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