Author: ~Keith Alan Hamilton~ (~KAH~)

snowshoeing

snow

snowshoeing
different than hiking
sort of like sasquatch
doing the bigfoot thing
outside in the snow
throughout, around
that wooded drumlin
you gotta, yes sir
get the knack
pick the feet up
each and every time
lookout for them rocks
don’t trip on those twigs
‘cause if you fall
not easy to get right up   ~
why do I do it
plain and simple
it’s so much fun
I get to be in Nature
and it’s great exercise
being more than
something for me to do
as a mystic
snowshoeing is spiritual
well, besides all that
I just really, really like it

Words by   ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

I’m a wannabe writer/poet

I’m a wannabe writer/poet
why wannabe
you might ask
‘cause I want to be able to write
create, no matter
if its prose or poetry
throughout my whole life
it’s in my blood,
my spirit
my soul’s genetic disposition
to not only write
but to also share what I write   ~
I’m a self-published writer/poet
why self-published
you might ask
‘cause I so choose to do so
not for the fame
or gaining some fortune
it’s all about the way of sharing
sharing it with everyone
over the internet
so it’s freely accessible to all
uniquely through my style
divvied up
according to my jurisdiction

“I’m a wannabe writer/poet, self-published over the internet at my web sites; ‘cause as a mystic individualist and artist, I ‘want to be’ able to write and then share my words with those I want; doing so freely as possible throughout my entire life; despite if whether governmental politics, some intellectual, organization, a business or collective movement deems my words as being fit or not.”

Words by    ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

poets critiquing

poets critiquing poetry
poets critiquing other poets
some poets choose to critique
together, the poet
and the poem
written by the poet
what the hell,
whatever,
I understand
some say,
if a poet shares poetry
especially publicly,
they gotta have thick skin
or don’t share at all
ok, point given
point taken for consideration
however,
don’t ever
someone dare
even question
the intent,
the motive
behind those poets
who critique
poetry and/or poets
regardless,
if after a time
following and reading
the critiquing poet’s critiques
after awhile,
their intent,
their motive,
the tone
and the trend behind
that critiquing poet’s
underlying character
is revealed as not genuine
but self-serving
despite what they have said
or proclaimed
their reasoning to be
at these times,
the poet
who critiques and the poet
who is critiqued
have become the same
both are found
to be on equal ground
both are now fair game
why so,
might be
rightly asked
‘cause no matter
whether the critiquing poet
or the critiqued poet
critiquing the intent behind
the critiques of the
critiquing poet
all that is said
fall under the guise
the personal bias
of self-interpretation
even if, yes
others take up
stand with
one side or the other
this mutual support
at the end of the day
becomes nothing more than
just plain old
interpretation by the gang
only finding merit
some girth or worth
through the weight
called social pressure
collusion of evidence
that fateful
pious rule by majority
where nothing else
other than
take that or leave it
we won through numbers
so get used to it
is learned
and the creative growth
within the individuality
the artistry
uniquely representing
the artist
as related
to the critiqued poet
and the critiqued poetry
becomes stymied
slowly malnourished
through the negativity
bestowed by
public chastisement
rather than the positivity
gained overtime through
constructive encouragement
formulated upon
heartfelt and genuine intent

“A poet writes then shares what’s written, hopefully learning from hearing the reaction to what was wrote; also gleaning insight about those who read what was wrote, who in turn learn something about their predisposition by the way they reacted to what was written.”

peace out

Words by   ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

one of supple co-existence

the self as an individual
is born with genetic traits
along with inheriting
a family culture with tradition
thereafter the individual
is subjected to influence
experiencing a socially
embedded programming
societal interactions
emerge a co-creative process
rules, ethics, etiquette
and so forth bestow guidance
a pattern of behavioral psyche
for the individual to follow

and yet guidance
from society’s co-creative process
restricts, limiting the full motion
regarding the individual
where the activities of nationhood
often outweigh, given primacy
over the individual acts of self-hood
arguably as far as society
a very sensible perspective
one that has to be concerned
for the welfare of society as a whole
civility being sustained overall
is pertinent to societal stability

but yet guidance
from society’s co-creative process
as to the outlook of the individual
needs to remain flexible
seemingly it’s wise
not to let the novelty of individuality
it’s creative variability
to become buried in the mix
societal inflexibility
as to individuality brings rigidity
disturbing overall
the social assemblage of relations
adaptability to fluctuating conditions
will begin to become inhibited

individuality begets spontaneity
which in turn obliges changing needs
variety in individual notion and ideal
keeps society vibrant and durable

the promotion of individuality
is important to society as a whole
collectivity and individuality
each perform roles
beneficial to social existence
our rationale as to the priority
given to either
may depend on perception
and yet time and circumstance
can dictate which gets more emphasis
relying more on one over the other
tends to force eventual adjustment
seemingly the interplay between
collectivity and individuality
within human society
is one of supple co-existence

peace out

Words by    ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

order revealing chaos

order

the holomovement
encompassing the subtle activity
of unfold and enfold
with an ordered,
recurrent pattern of process
though at times,
revealing chaotic
variability
during points of bifurcation
bringing destabilization
thereafter
forging stabilization
during change
exemplifying the ongoing of
becoming, coming forth
the finding of distinction
creating an identity
as individualistic aspects
by way of emergence
struggling to be a one
a one that’s one with all else
comprising systemically
being interactive with
interconnected with
interdependent upon
each other within each
sub-layer, sub-level, sub-set
sub-dimension or sub-system
whether known or unknown
perceived or even unperceived
all representing together
while a part of
a portion of
this totality
Nature,
a dynamically ordered
whole system in the physical   ~
Nature this whole system
is no more at any given moment
than the total interaction
of systemic networking
between each divergent aspect
while each aspect
is not foreign to similarity
as far as
behavioral disposition
especially as
the pertaining to
a materializing within
the flux of
implicate   ~   explicate order
wherefore and wherein
cognitively perceived
by some,
not all
within reflective consciousness
as the living and the nonliving   ~
Nature’s living and nonliving
recurrent patterns of process
subjective aspects,
embodied with
and overtime
embedded with
identifiable characteristics
after foregoing
an objective rationalization
foreseen and spoken by others
before known more fully to me
of which did give me
the gift of making sense
and validity
to my premonitions
firming up
my perceptive insight
or vision
about all said herein
beforehand and hereafter
some, the nonliving
those nonliving systems
or in relation to Nature
sub-systems
appear more crystallized
much more susceptible
to the effects of entropy
and some, the living
being living systems
having the spirit
or could be said
a process of life
entwined cognitively,
with a process of mind
whereof being
dynamic in activity
self-making
through autopoiesis
systemically,
both closed and open
a self-generating
dissipative structure
energy/matter
acting in a condition
far from equilibrium
seemingly and apparently
resisting or fighting
against the effect of entropy
to be alive and go on living   ~
in spite of order giving way to chaos
or chaos leading once again to order
all sub-systems
living or nonliving
a tree
a person,
a stone,
an ecosystem of
soil, plant and beast
society, culture or nation
a planet called earth
with a biosphere
chemically interactive
or some star among the milky way
the microcosm or macrocosm
the atomic or subatomic
these sub-systems,
no matter how adaptive
suffer chaotic decline
undergo change
and eventually a demise
losing the order of its
structural integrity
as to the way it was known
once again drawn into
the layers
enfolded within
Nature’s larger systemic whole
sort of like water
absorbed unstoppably
into the strata of the sponge
still there,
although not perceived
no longer in a form
that’s dimensionally discernable
and yet the sponge in its totality
its overall movement
its past behavioral character
is somewhat changed
by the weight embodied
in the seemingly unmanifest
condition of the water’s effect

Image & Words by    ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

as to what’s perceived

hole

the cognitive emergence
of reflective consciousness
during a process of mind
within living energy/matter
of a particular bodily stricture
the human-kind
that’s genetically embodied
with a predisposition
and overtime
is socially embedded
emotively
with value/feelings
being a breeding ground
for fixed judgment
the self-perception of reality
becomes somewhat distorted
sort of limited in scope
undergoing tunnel vision
where subjectivity rules
and objectivity
as to what’s perceived
suffers from illusion
not unlike seeing a photo
having a tree
with a big black hole
in its trunk
not caused by
the process of Nature
but by a dirt spot
on a house window
through which
a snapshot within time
was captured
by a Smartphone camera

Image & Words by    ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

crabapple tree

crabapple

that fragile and twisted
crabapple tree
rooted on the sunny side
of the little cape cod house
even with,
a big hole in its trunk
making it appear
somewhat hollow inside
that crabapple tree
once again beginning
to reveal the sign
it has survived another winter
by sprouting forth the buds
of which will flaunt
for only a brief time
those gorgeous flowers
that will not only give
a blessing to spring
and a felt sense
of the spiritual
to all who spy a look
at that tree’s beauty
but also
this wondrous
act of flowering
will again
help to fulfill
the destiny
bestowed upon
its given, whole name   ~

oh tree, even if,
you are
fragile and twisted
and somewhat hollow inside
you,
yes,
you are,
to me at least
that magnificent
flowering crabapple tree

Image & Words by    ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

all these things

pond

have you looked up
way up in the sky
to see some star
twinkling as a diamond
or knelt down
way, way low
to smell the ground
filled with earthiness
how about a river
did you ever
dip your hand
letting it glide
while the water run
through your fingertips
or have you
listen for awhile
hearing the leaves
of the tree rustle a bit
like being played
as strings of a guitar
by the wind  ~
maybe or maybe not
you may or may not say
you’ve stopped
and took a pause
as if from a movie
by clicking the remote
only for a moment
for one instance
you stayed still
right there
in the now
within
the stream of time
just to notice
to feel inside
yes to capture
ever so briefly
into the mind’s eye   ~

so, so
you’d really know
you’re alive,
you’re living
and you’ve lived
among and together
with all these things

Image & Words by   ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

to be as if

shadow

I walk the road
like the arrow
leaving the bow
head first
through time
moving forward
along this journey
~    as my shadow
looms over me
as if to portray
this role
which distorts
my overall
affect upon
all else
the obstacles
within life,
making
my effect
appear
during
the act,
that living
experience of
my existence
~   to be as if
much larger
than what’s
outside
the actuality
of my being so   ~

Image with Words by   ~Keith Alan Hamilon~