I call them poems, but in truth, they’re fragments: random Gen X thoughts paired with spontaneous analog doodles, scribbled into notebooks and on sundry paper products.
They are moments.
Thoughts.
Questions, and so much more.
25, 1994 — p. 157
1969, 1992 — p. 88
200ft Below Zero, 1997 — p. 242
A Daze, 1993 — p. 133
A Firm Action, 1995 — p. 168
A Formula That Matters, 1999 — p. 266
A Simple Question, 2002 — p. 326
A Step, 1989 — p. 22
Add It Up, 1991 — p. 52
All the Rest, 1992 — p. 90
Apt. Shopping, 1992 — p. 91
As It Goes, 1991 — p. 53
Ascend Beyond the Sequence, 1995 — p. 169
Authority Man, 1991 — p. 54
Be Still, 1997 — p. 244
Become the Only One, 199; — p. 56
Begging to Be Seen, 1991 — p. 55
Bleeding Hearts, 1995 — p. 170
Boy in the Bubble, 2003 — p. 334
Brand New World, 1990 — p. 31
Breakup Breakout, 1999 — p. 268
Calamity, 2003 — p. 336
Certain Times, 1989 — p. 28
Change Your Mind, 2000 — p. 288
Choice, 1992 — p. 93
College Park, 1994 — p. 158
Conquest, 1993 — p. 134
Conservation, 1990 — p. 32
Conversation with Myself in a Park, 1992 — p. 92
Corporate Monday Blues, 1995 — p. 171
Crows’ Feet, 1991 — p. 58
Cycles of Love, 1992 — p. 96
Dawn, 1990 — p. 33
Deconstruct, 1997 — p. 254
Deep in the Woods, 1991 — p. 59
Direction, 1996 — p. 202
Do You Really Want to Live Forever?, 1992 — p. 97
Don’t Touch, 1994 — p. 159
Encompassed, 1992 — p. 98
Ends, 1991 — p. 60
Exams, 1991 — p. 61
Faith, 1990 — p. 34
Fall 88, 1988 — p. 17
Fall 93, 1993 — p. 135
Fascination Breaks, 1996 — p. 205
Feel Things, 1996 — p. 206
Finish Line, 1990 — p. 35
First Leg of the Journey, 1996 — p. 208
Flower Mind, 1993 — p. 136
Follow Suit, 1995 — p. 174
For Amy, 1992 — p. 100
Forgive Me, 2000 — p. 289
Friends, 1999 — p. 270
Full Throttle, 2003 — p. 342
Get Bayou, 1991 — p. 62
Golden Week, 1996 — p. 209
Gone and Gone Again, 1995 — p. 176
Goodbye, 1990 — p. 36
Goodness Hides, 2001 — p. 306
Graduation Day ‘93, 1993 — p. 140
Group Think, 2000 — p. 291
Growth Stages, 1991 — p. 67
Growth, 1996 — p. 210
Habit, 1990 — p. 37
Have I Said It?, 1990 — p. 38
Hazy, Hazy Canal, 1999 — p. 272
Hesse, 1990 — p. 39
History, 1989 — p. 23
Hong Kong, 2000 — p. 310
Hong Kong Dream, 2000 — p. 292
Humanity, 2001 — p. 311
I Lost It All on a Rainy Night, 1992 — p. 101
I Never Struggle, 1990 — p. 40
In the Garden, 1993 — p. 138
Inside Out, 1992 — p. 106
Internship, 1993 — p. 141
It’s a Waiting Game, 1994 — p. 160
Jaded Yet Optimistic, 2002 — p. 328
Journey of the More, 1991 — p. 68
Jury Duty, 1992 — p. 107
Justice, 1992 — p. 108
Knowing, 1990 — p. 41
Kuwait, 1991 — p. 69
LA Flower, 1996 — p. 212
Law, 1991 — p. 70
Leap Year, 1996 — p. 216
Least Is the Same as More, 1995 — p. 178
Leaving Time Again, 1992 — p. 109
Left Undone, 1996 — p. 217
Lessons of the Dear Departed, 1995 — p. 179
Let It Burn, 1991 — p. 71
Let’s Spend an Hour on Today, 1991 — p. 72
Library Thoughts on a Rainy Day, 1992 — p. 110
Living for Today, 2001 — p. 314
Lonesome Dreamer, 1996 — p. 218
Love Tale, 1990 — p. 42
Lt. Col David Jay Allinson, 1993 — p. 144
Maine Purpose, 1995 — p. 180
Me, 1991 — p. 73
Misty Mountains, 1996 — p. 220
Moments I, 1989 — p. 24
Moments II, 1989 — p. 25
Moral Majority, 1991 — p. 74
More to Graze, 1995 — p. 182
Mountain Harmony, 1996 — p. 221
My View, 1990 — p. 43
Needed, 1996 — p. 224
Newness, 1995 — p. 183
Next ..., 2000 — p. 294
Omen, 1991 — p. 75
On the Road, 1992 — p. 111
One Theory for Black Elk, 1990 — p. 44
One Way, 1998 — p. 256
Opposition, 1995 — p. 184
Out of Sight Out of Mind, 1996 — p. 226
Outnumbered, 1996 — p. 227
Parting, 1997 — p. 259
Passion, 1996 — p. 228
Peace Beginning, 1991 — p. 76
Pie, 1988 — p. 18
Planning, 2001 — p. 316
Plastic, 1995 — p. 185
Pretentious, 2003 — p. 337
Prime Time, 1990 — p. 45
Profit Sea, 1996 — p. 230
Progress, 1990 — p. 46
Purpose, 1990 — p. 47
Question Your Lesson, 1995 — p. 188
Rainforest, 1996 — p. 231
Rainy Day Monday, 1996 — p. 232
Rainy Season, 1997 — p. 246
Reality Always Catches Up, 1996 — p. 233
Rediscovery, 1993 — p. 145
Reflection, 1990 — p. 48
Rejoice!, 1991 — p. 77
Remember September, 1995 — p. 189
Remembrance, 1998 — p. 263
Ringleader, 1991 — p. 78
Rooted, 1993 — p. 147
Rule of Thirds, 1990 — p. 49
Runnin’ Round, 2000 — p. 295
Same Place Ten Years Later, 1999 — p. 274
San Diego, 1996 — p. 214
Satellite Beach and an Old Man’s Frog, 1997 — p. 249
Self Reasoning, 1992 — p. 112
Shadow, 2002 — p. 332
She Who Is, 1993 — p. 148
Simple, 1992 — p. 113
Simplicity, 2001 — p. 320
Sleep, 2001 — p. 321
Slipping By, 1995 — p. 190
Slowed, 2000 — p. 296
Smoke Signals, 1992 — p. 114
Soldier’s Last Thought, 1991 — p. 79
Some Dream, 2000 — p. 297
Someday, 1988 — p. 20
Something About America, 2000 — p. 282
Spare Time, 1995 — p. 191
Spiral Staircase, 1991 — p. 80
Stand Your Ground, 1991 — p. 81
Step Back, 1997 — p. 252
Sunday Mood, 1992 — p. 122
Sunset, 1995 — p. 192
Swing with a View, 1992 — p. 123
Tahoe, 1996 — p. 223
Taken, 2000 — p. 298
Tea Ceremony, 1996 — p. 234
Tea Ceremony (Sado), 1996 — p. 235
Tender Love, 2001 — p. 322
Testing One Two, 1990 — p. 50
The Academic Ritual, 1994 — p. 162
The American Way, 1993 — p. 150
The Art of Love, 2003 — p. 338
The City, 1992 — p. 124
The Disposition of Intuition, 1999 — p. 276
The Escape, 1993 — p. 151
The First Word, 2000 — p. 300
The Fixture, 2000 — p. 299
The Future and Change, 1993 — p. 125
The Hawk, 1989 — p. 27
The Last Word, 2000 — p. 301
The Make-Believe, 2001 — p. 324
The Morning, 1995; — p. 194
The Next Stage, 1993 — p. 152
The Strange Man, 1992 — p. 126
The Trinity, 1995 — p. 196
The Tube, 1988 — p. 19
The Wisdom of Mildred, 1993 — p. 153
There is a Full Red Moon in My Hotel Window in Leeuwarden, 1999 — p. 275
Thesaurus Rex, 1993 — p. 156
Thin Air, 2003 — p. 340
Things Change, 2003 — p. 344
Thirty-Year Journey, 1999 — p. 278
Thought Thieves, 1992 — p. 128
Thoughts Consume Me, 1992 — p. 129
Time for the River, 1999 — p. 280
Tokyo Daze, 1996 — p. 236
Tokyo Gallery, 1996 — p. 237
Travel Days, 1991 — p. 82
Two Worlds, 2000 — p. 302
Uncertain Times, 1989 — p. 28
Unsponsored, 1995 — p. 198
Until the Tables Turn, 1989 — p. 29
Vacation, 1997 — p. 253
Visions, 1991 — p. 83
Wandering Mind, 1992 — p. 130
War, 1990 — p. 51
Watch Out, 1994 — p. 161
Waves, 1996 — p. 238
Welcome to the Game, 1991 — p. 84
Why the Wind?, 1995 — p. 199
Windswept, 1992 — p. 131
Winter Garden, 1992 — p. 132
Winter Solace, 1996 — p. 241
Wistful Scapes, 1991 — p. 85
Yin or Yang, 1988 — p. 21
You Are What You Want, 1989 — p. 30