I have my own website, my own blog, and many other resources for those interested in poetry and writing. I'm well connected with the poetry world and haiku world. Please check out my website (click on my name) and my blog (click on the title). DE Navarro » Continue Reading
It seems like some past age in a far different world when, as a displaced homeless nineteen-year old living on his aunt's dining room floor, I ventured into a rickety old second-hand bookstore and found, Zen Poems of China and Japan: The Crane's Bill , by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto, 1973. I read this little treasure with wide-eyed fascination experiencing its ideas, reflections, and poetry, ... » Continue Reading
There is great peace in the solitude of nature. This peace powerfully protects, recharges, and reenergizes the human spirit. In life's sojourn, I have found that I often need to take breaks from everyone and everything because I need some me-time. » Continue Reading
All My Own On a road well worn I was pushed along to reach the destination I was shown; I never really liked how it was paved and where it led was not where I would go. In time I came to where the road diverged and had to choose the route that I would take I stood there in the crossroads unimpressed for every road was paved and manicured. "Take a r » Continue Reading
I have a deep love of Eastern poetry, especially Zen haiku, which I have studied and practiced since I was 19 years old and which has been a perfect fit for my own transient lifestyle as a wandering poet-philosopher (haijin). Here is a haiku that I wrote in Japanese and translated into English. The first line is the Japanese character language, the second line is Romaji, which is the western chara... » Continue Reading
Far Out Shit (a bit of a rap) I know it's extra—I'm always extra—but extra is where I'm apt to find the extraordinary in the extraordinaire you see, I always feel the original beyond the origination engulfed in the ingenuity of this mental conflagration that burns the living shit out of superficial mind crap— I tap the words of worlds, the whirs of whorls, spinning it out: » Continue Reading
I have seen the tortured minds of my generation rise out of the ashes of insanity naked in new birth born of one-night stands to fathers angry at street-level poverty looking for another damned fix segregated from their heavenly connections by pulpit charlatans who mock Jesus with their lies and foisted into a society rife with the embryonic anticipation of a litter of wide-eyed howling wolves— th... » Continue Reading
One aspect of an authentic poet-philosopher’s passion is to help take on the world’s problems by getting to the heart of the matters and conveying that to others. The poet-philosopher is a visionary who takes on the challenges of the world’s problems by diving into the depth of the matters at hand, seeking the most comprehensive and exhaustive understanding of these matters and issu » Continue Reading
I am excited to announce that there are some exciting new POETRY and WRITING groups that you can be a part of. Please check them out. If you are not a poet or writer, please tell others about these groups. Thanks much and happy writing. Global Authors and Writers https://groups.spacehey.com/authors Global Poetry Community https://groups.spacehey.com/poets » Continue Reading