Picture Story

Picture Story {- poem stone riley creative commons 2020 the creds are at bottom -}{- memoir of beginnings. -} It was Boston long ago, back when that was a home front of the war in Viet Nam. I was a young ex-soldier, poor, doing some political action work, not yet doing art. One day IContinue reading “Picture Story”

Trash Can Duet

Trash Can Duet {- poem stone riley creative commons 2020 the creds are at bottom -}~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Neighborhood man, trash can,cans to the curb today, soldier-straight why?pressed back into the shrubbery so not run overby school bus, poor chap, get by quickly. Waves!!!! Wave Back!!!! whoooosh. old.” “Hey, A School Bus! What kind? What exactly istheContinue reading “Trash Can Duet”

Public Notice #18

Public Notice #18 {- poem stone riley creative commons 2020 the creds are at bottom -} Ladies and Gentlemen,My back garden is a tiny front porch for the woodsbeside the human road. Do you understand? Look,I have made a religious garden here, as mostany old man should, even put ina tiny pilgrimage route takes youContinue reading “Public Notice #18”

Merlin In The Garden

Merlin In The Garden {- long poem riley creative commons 2020 the creds are at bottom -} A non-Socratic dialog on war, peace and the life of plants. I must tell you, patient friend, that in that one full sum­mer of peace amid the savage war (while King Uther Pendragon threw himself into the civilContinue reading “Merlin In The Garden”

The Passing Of Uther Pendragon

{-Prior-} …. : FRIENDSHIP SERIES #6 : …. {-First-} This post in a Pdf file … {-www.stoneriley.com/grab36-}All the posts in 1 Pdf … {-www.stoneriley.com/grab30-} = A Druidic Play in Shakespeare-Style Verse, =Set In King Arthur’s Time(a stage play grown from a live storytelling performance)Long one-act of Sovereignty flowing to Arthur from:His FATHER UTHER, the belovedContinue reading “The Passing Of Uther Pendragon”

The Three In British Lore

The Three In British Lore {- poem stone riley creative commons 2020 the creds are at bottom -} A philosophic note on mythology. “The matter of Britain” That’s what scholars call the King Arthur tales – and have done since the Middle Ages at least – as if that vast dense web of scenes, charactersContinue reading “The Three In British Lore”

The Lure Of Adventure

{-Prior-} …. : FRIENDSHIP SERIES #4 : …. {-Next-} This post in a Pdf file … {-www.stoneriley.com/grab34-}All the posts in 1 Pdf … {-www.stoneriley.com/grab30-} ===== A poem of spiritual dedication. =====The meeting of a shaman and apprentice.Based on a classic Zen Buddhist teaching story. “Youthful Hope” -sr One time there was this bright young girl,Continue reading “The Lure Of Adventure”

An Experimental Couplet

An Experimental Couplet {- essay stone riley creative commons 2020 the creds are at bottom -} It’s sometimes said that song precedes the other forms of human speech. According to this idea, the first words spoken by our little babies, and probably the proto-speech of our early ancestors, can best be understood as song. ForContinue reading “An Experimental Couplet”

The Female Titan

The Female Titan {- poem stone riley creative commons 2020 -} How often has a human caught the glittering eyes of fox or mouse or deer or bear or lion in he teeming forest or the grassy plainAnd …with a shudder or in sudden awesome ecstasy, they felt everything outside themselves look into their being?HowContinue reading “The Female Titan”

Journey To The West

{-Prior-} …. : FRIENDSHIP SERIES #5 : …. {-Next-} This post in a Pdf file … {-www.stoneriley.com/grab35-}All the posts in 1 Pdf … {-www.stoneriley.com/grab30-} ==== A Shaman’s Deepest Healing Journey ==== AUDIO: The author reading the poem: {-Play-} .. {-Download-} Journey To The West Love is not the thing, nor hate. Hope is not theContinue reading “Journey To The West”