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~

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~

life is quite able

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~    as I walk this road
entering the land
for those laid to rest
a mixture of feelings
from sadness to joy
stir deeply my soul
with remembrance   ~
~   memories of lives
once lived for a time
facing head on reality
even if not knowing
what may wait ahead
yet amidst the struggle
leading them to death
their hours of effort
weren’t left in vain   ~
~    as I walk this road
leaving the land
for those laid to rest
I somberly, do turn
casting my eyes
one more time
upon the markers
of many lives lived
and smile to myself
ever so, so gently
for the honor
of being among
their noble presence
because they in life
helped to assure
through example
life is quite able
~    to go on and on

Image & Words by    ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

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choo chooin’ ~ down the track

track

choo chooin’   ~   down the track
on a journey called life
saying, “yes I can”
saying, “yes I will”
I want to explore
I want to discover
I want to see
and come to know
every   ~   if not all
things possible
~ ~
livin’   ~   yes, really, really
doing it fully
using all those senses
experiencing the nonliving
those of the inanimate kind
also   ~   hanging out with
those filled
by way of process
having that spirit
flowing about in a body
being of energy/matter
~ ~
I   ~   being that me
as this individual
readily,
wanting to do
this living thing
within a curious manner
tooting my horn
~    so to speak
through poetry and prose
hoping I will alert
all I pass by
of the adventures
or even the misadventures
happening along
the snaky turns of life
~    communicating it all
in such a way
as if the spiking
of cross   ~   ties
to the railroad track
pointing out the link
~    between
my words and deeds
of how these acts
have added to the taste
ingested by my soul
sort of like salt
sprinkled upon
the evening meal
offering forth many
~    many flavors of lesson
~    surreal lessons
presenting challenges
‘cause of me being me
without leaving
any room for excuse
for overcoming them
or not
~ ~
oh   ~   how, how
during such times
me as the human
made that   ~  mistake
seemingly,
gotten a little off rail
losing my train of thought
almost to the point of
~    mental derailment
becoming behind schedule
from my dreamed for
hoped for itinerary
even though   ~
as I now see within
all my wrong choices
did teach me
a lot of things
of which shaped
~    even empowering
the resilience of my character
to this very day
beyond what
I could’ve imagined
~ ~
so then   ~   as I may
and shall do
~    I still
without hesitation
or remorse
will go on listening
as long as I can
to the clickety   ~   clack
of life   ~   expressed
through my words
as shared with others
~    poetry and prose
coming forth to fruition
~    while
choo chooin’   ~   down the track

Image & Words by    ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

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