Soliloquy Archives - Navigating This Thing We Call Life https://ronrowland.com/category/poetry/soliloquy/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:21:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 177790805 Tilting at the Windmills of My Mind https://ronrowland.com/tilting-at-the-windmills-of-my-mind/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tilting-at-the-windmills-of-my-mind https://ronrowland.com/tilting-at-the-windmills-of-my-mind/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2021 20:25:47 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=3619 Tilting at the Windmills of My Mind Another day that I must fight the enemy within It’s not real I’m told – no need to unsheathe my sword Yet there he is again, stealing memories of old This enemy arrived stealthily, I did not see him come I often don’t know he’s there – or […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/tilting-at-the-windmills-of-my-mind/feed/ 24 3619 My Black Hole Soliloquy https://ronrowland.com/my-black-hole-soliloquy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-black-hole-soliloquy https://ronrowland.com/my-black-hole-soliloquy/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2021 19:29:43 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=3297 My Black Hole Soliloquy Why can’t I keep my thoughts in focus? They briefly flash then vanish before I lock on None can escape the gravitational abyss known as the black hole of my mind —— Image credit: Photographing a Black Hole, from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration et al, published by NASA, April 13, […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/my-black-hole-soliloquy/feed/ 10 3297 The Tall Ship Navigator https://ronrowland.com/the-tall-ship-navigator/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-tall-ship-navigator https://ronrowland.com/the-tall-ship-navigator/#comments Wed, 05 May 2021 19:50:02 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=2489 The Tall Ship Navigator “Maps and tide tables surrounding me As I chart our course, crossing the sea Captain says we sail at high tide He trusts in me to be the ship’s guide Our dawn departure should unfold fine Assuming the rowdy crew undocks on time “Three months captive here on dry land Soon […]

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]]> https://ronrowland.com/the-tall-ship-navigator/feed/ 7 2489 The Station Manager https://ronrowland.com/the-station-manager/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-station-manager https://ronrowland.com/the-station-manager/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2021 21:45:31 +0000 https://ronrowland.com/?p=1973 Image: Edward Hopper, Gas, 1940 The Station Manager This being human is harder than it seems It didn’t turn out like it did in my dreams Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a sad song I’ve got love in my life that keeps me strong Oh, I may gripe about this and that But even […]

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