“Orange County Jesus” Spoken Word Poem

Two opposing themes stood out to me about Christopher Nolan’s cinematic portrayal of The Odyssey (and The Aeneid): trickery and hospitality. “Zeus’s Law” or the social contract of hospitality when broken was a severe offense against the gods. In the movie, we see both hosts and strangers violating this sacred Greek code—what’s supposed to be…

A sage man once said, “The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.” –Plato, Laws I.626e When did knowledge replace wisdom, or facts replace virtues? Was it during the Enlightenment when rationality and science replaced the objective standard of divine justice and righteousness? This sounds terribly right. And it explains a lot about what’s…

A poem about my experience as an immigrant boy in America.   Faith, Hope, and Love “The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.”   Even in the shadows, Faith, which is the shimmer of things that’ve long lost their luster, still slices like lightning.   “So let’s go all in.”  …