Rev Dr Sparky on Real/igion

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  • Truths of a Cosmic Mom

    Photo by 🐣 Luca Iaconelli 🦊 on Unsplash I get it now… My mother was not like other mothers. Looking back, I can see that she was actually living in a cosmic sphere that only casually intersected with our suburban life. And the cryptic sayings she imparted, that sounded so ordinary, held uncommon wisdom. To look at…

  • I’ve Flunked Traveling

    Photo by Daniel Eledut on Unsplash Thank goodness. Ask anyone what they would do if they had the leisure, and what do they answer? That’s right: “Survey says: Travel!” I’ll bet nine out of ten Americans see themselves traveling the world, broadening their horizons by visiting countries not as great as this one and posting pictures…

  • Welcome to the Ward

    Photo by Jens Lindner on Unsplash The poetry of things heard there “We think you may be violet, aderanger to your self anothers:Did you know that’s why you’re hear?Do you recall? “And so you’ve been a-mittenedfor a seventy-twoour hole;“And I’m to get you saddled, andbe sure you know the ruse. Have youany quests so far?All write, then,…

  • Learn to Laugh at Your Problems

    Image by Pexels from Pixabay Everybody else does… Every once in a while, no matter how hard you try to see that tired old glass as half-full, it’s not. It’s completely empty. Nothing to do but throw it into the fireplace, excuse yourself from the company, and retire for the night. Sometimes, although life is the best…

  • Smoke and Mirrors

    Photo by Luke Besley on Unsplash reluctant poetry I’ve only espoused one cause in my lifeThe cause of myself. I champion me.My loves and my rages, opinions, and pinions, and ways,My privileged dreams; my unique debris. Precarious hold on the world, that seemed all rightat the time — well-centered in self. No outsideLines to tangle my senses with…

  • I’m Nobody! Who are you?

    sparkPhoto by JR Korpa on Unsplash Are you — Nobody — too? My dear colleagues, fellow writers and readers and spiritual seekers and satirists, the Rev Dr Sparky is having an identity crisis. When a reader recently asked me straight up who I was, it took me aback, though not unpleasantly. I deflected his inquiry with the first lines of…

  • Why You Should Try the Worst Writing Job Ever

    Photo by jesse orrico on Unsplash The hidden market in compliance prose Here’s some irony: I spent six years writing the driest, most dispassionate prose imaginable, and it helped my creative writing more than any of the artistic work I’ve ever done. Moreover, it paid the bills, left me plenty of time to do my own…

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