Nolo Segundo : Writing

INTIMATIONS

INTIMATIONS

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


We are left clues everywhere--the purring of the eternal made by aboundless ocean as it laps the shore,the winds as they kiss cheek andlift the game h..
Music's Magic

Music's Magic

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


For those who love the transcendent magic of music....
Flying Over Vietnam, 1974

Flying Over Vietnam, 1974

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


I actually wrote this poem in the late 70's after I returned from teaching in Cambodia; though a civilian I saw something of the terrible devastation ..
Sometimes I Forget Eternity

Sometimes I Forget Eternity

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


Sometimes I forget eternityas I go about my life asthough-- this is all:live, die, and be no more.I've known THAT is the illusion since my twenties wh..
The Old Man In The Mirror

The Old Man In The Mirror

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


You think it a lie, seeing thatold man in the mirror--someimposter taking your name,living in your house, callingout to your wife as thoughhe had marr..
I SING TO ETERNITY

I SING TO ETERNITY

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


To my unmet friend:You see the mortal worldand for you man is machine,little more than a device for the vagaries of evolution,faith is illusion, hope ..
Fear Not, Death

Fear Not, Death

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


Fear not deathwhen it comes for you.Death is not a monster, not even a master, buta servant having no morechoice in the taking of youthan you have in ..
The Illusion of Time

The Illusion of Time

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


As a childyou carry itlike a ball and chain,all day long,slowing life itself.It seemed eternitytill the next birthday,and it took forever after you fi..
The Love Of God

The Love Of God

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


When a man loves a woman,holds her flesh to his fleshand feels bound to the earth,is that not the love of God?When a mother clutches infant,amazed, be..
Near The Orchard

Near The Orchard

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


We sat at the kitchen tablein his small house sited next to the neighbor's orchard(where we later picked apples--it was a good-hearted neighbor)when I..