Nolo Segundo : Writing

Vanity and Dust

Vanity and Dust

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


There is really only one ultimate question for human beings: are we just clever animals, subject to death and oblivion -- or is there a part of us tha..
A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS CAROL

A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS CAROL

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


I wrote this as an old man whose soul, forever young that it is, can still drink of the happy parts of his childhood.
When Death Was Free to Roam The World

When Death Was Free to Roam The World

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


In our mundane, materialistic, skeptical society we may be suffering from the illusion that there is nothing more to life and the universe than what o..
In The Belly Of The Beast

In The Belly Of The Beast

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


A brief, personal allegory on depression
Breathe Close To Me

Breathe Close To Me

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


When you have long loved someone, you cannot help but think what it would be like to be separated by death. Such thoughts are not morbid but only thos..
INTIMATIONS

INTIMATIONS

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


We are left clues everywhere--the purring of the eternal made by aboundless ocean as it laps the shore,the winds as they kiss cheek andlift the game h..
Music's Magic

Music's Magic

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


For those who love the transcendent magic of music....
Flying Over Vietnam, 1974

Flying Over Vietnam, 1974

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


I actually wrote this poem in the late 70's after I returned from teaching in Cambodia; though a civilian I saw something of the terrible devastation ..
Sometimes I Forget Eternity

Sometimes I Forget Eternity

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


Sometimes I forget eternityas I go about my life asthough-- this is all:live, die, and be no more.I've known THAT is the illusion since my twenties wh..
The Old Man In The Mirror

The Old Man In The Mirror

A Poem by Nolo Segundo


You think it a lie, seeing thatold man in the mirror--someimposter taking your name,living in your house, callingout to your wife as thoughhe had marr..