Loki Listens

For the first time on Loki Listens, I’m going to publish a poem I am actually sort of proud of. Hopefully someone will enjoy it as much as I do.

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Drink in the night.
Can you feel this flavor?
The wine is deep red.
The love is crystal clear.
Drink with me.
This cup we share.
We are not this.
We never were.
One moment,
trapped in amber,
perfect,
in its eternal happiness,
is more than we
could ever ask for.
Drink with me.
This cup we share.
Spill the wine.

(poem inspired by the works of Jalal ad-Din Rumi.)

-Jack.
I Listen.
I Travel.

Tags: drinking, love, poem, poetry, rumi, wine

Highlighting some of my favorite bloggers again tonight. I’ll keep running these until I’ve covered everyone, I hope. So let’s get started.

• Cyberetto - My favorite Aussie Tech-Chick.
• Tatty - The most beautiful and sweet girl I’ve never met.
• Tweet-Up LA - Greg is running a great site here, trying to connect all the Twits in LA.
• Wandering Nomad - Hunee is like the Filipina sister I always wanted.
• The Horror Strumpet - Fiz is just made of awesome.
• The Broad Brush - Tojosan is very interesting. And a new grand-niece has just entered his life!
• Tofu916 - Tofu is a Hip-Hop producer in Sacramento. Hours of laughs!
• jjprojects - JJ is social media in Australia.
• Dark Thoughts - Gracie gives a hefty dose of dark erotica.
• She Geeks - Corvida covers all you need to know to be tech savvy.

That’s all for today kids. More again soon.

-Jack.
I Listen.
I Travel.

Tags: australia, blogs, erotica, filipino, friends, internet, links, norwegian, tech, twitter

I just wanted to take some time tonight and give a little promo to some of my favorite fellow bloggers. There’s a lot of talented people out there, writing away, and not getting enough traffic. Check out these sites, they are quality. So here they are, in no particular order. Now a lot of my friends already have huge followings, so I’m gonna try and stick to the ones that really need to the traffic.

• That Tall Dude - Quality blog, not afraid to ask tough questions, and one of the most humble guys you’ll ever meet.
• Twitter Stars - Mark Davidson is Web 2.0
• Max Gladwell - Max does some great stuff on ecological and social change.
• The Entropy Report - Scarab does a great job of gritty truth here.
• Slap/Pop - Lou has got some really cool stuff going on here, but he needs to write more.
• Chronicles of Beast - Beast is a pro-runner. Looking forward to doing the Vermont100 with him this summer.
• Evil Science Chick - So cool it hurts.
• Mellisa Maples - I just love seeing things from the Turkish bazaar!
• prp2 - Peter is one of my favorite people. Great Stuff.
• puntiglio - Again, Soren is one of my favorite people. Great stuff.
• The Musings of a Young Intellectual - Christy does some incredible poetry here.

That’s all for now. If you were not listed, please do not be offended. I’ll be doing a “Part 2″ tomorrow!

-Jack.
I Listen.
I Travel.

This used to be so easy.

Tags: bloggers, blogs, friends, links

She fell asleep that night, in my arms.
I can’t remember the last thing
that she said to me.
When morning came,
I was alone.
So quickly, so suddenly,
it was all over.
I don’t remember arguments.
I don’t remember fights.
I thought we were pretty happy.
I’ll try not to think next time.

—-

Jack.
I Listen.
I Travel.

faux poetry is something similar to a sin.

Tags: loss, love, poetry

What can I say that has not already been said? What can I do that has not already been done? Not a lot. But I press forward. Forward to greatness.

I tell stories. I weave dreams. Have these stories been told before? Sometimes. But I won’t forget. I don’t want to let the tradition of dreamspeak and folk tale die. So I perpetuate them.

Tell your stories. Tell your dreams. Inspire people. Move forward. Evolution is not just a physical theory, but a spiritual and mental fact. We must strive to evolve our minds and souls towards that highest goal.

Jack
I Listen.
I Travel.

Tags: dreams, mentality, spirituality, stories, tradition