Nolo Segundo : Writing

EVOLUTION AND THE SOUL

EVOLUTION AND THE SOUL

A Story by Nolo Segundo


A few thoughts on a possible connection between the natural, temporal world and the supernatural, eternal world.
One Life, Many Lives

One Life, Many Lives

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


This poem was written when I realized one day that reincarnation, rebirth happens within a single life time, and the longer one lives, the more 'lives..
Getting Old Is Strange

Getting Old Is Strange

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


Having turned 70, what I find most interesting about aging is that only my body is getting old-- 'inside' I'm in my 20's, and when I recall events of ..
Gettysburg Redux

Gettysburg Redux

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


This poem describes something I experienced at 17-- I did not understand it until several years later when I learned I have a soul. The part of the ba..
I Never Learned How To Be A Father

I Never Learned How To Be A Father

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


I never learned how to be a father,I never learned how to give life,I never learned to take a chance,I never learned to welcome a soul.Fear kept me fr..
The Sadness of a Secular World

The Sadness of a Secular World

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


We so-called 'moderns' believe we are so advanced, yet look at the great unhappiness all about us: with myriad numbers of drug OD's, murders, suicides..
An Aging Wife

An Aging Wife

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


I look at her and I can seea woman approaching slowlythe land of old age, hernight-black hair invaded bylonely grey strands, stragglersof an approachi..
Contemplating time, God and my soul on my 70th birthday

Contemplating time, God and my soul on my 70th bir..

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


70 is a milestone birthday where feelings of time running out, of mortality, cannot be ignored.
AS SACRED BECOMES THE PAST

AS SACRED BECOMES THE PAST

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


As sacred becomes the past,the old times laugh youth away.The words, the music thrilled uswith elated visions of life, and weremember her lonely seduc..
I HAVE BEEN TO PLACES OF GREAT DEATH

I HAVE BEEN TO PLACES OF GREAT DEATH

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


Traveling to a place where thousands of lives perished violently in a short time period makes one naturally ask questions about good and evil, life an..