by Terry Brix | Jun 27, 2019 | Truth
THE ETHICS OF POETRY When I first began writing poetry in the late 1980s, my soul was wracked with every form of scurvy—even though I didn’t know it. I considered myself successful. I was married to my high school sweetheart, had four children, a large house, had...
by Terry Brix | Apr 20, 2019 | Connections
Poetry Creates Connectedness I believe we have lost our connection to everything. We have no connection to the land because we never grow anything we eat. We have no respect for animals because others do our killing; we just show up to eat at McDonalds. We are not...
by Terry Brix | Apr 2, 2019 | Environment
“This Way to the Egress.” P.T. Barnum I started out as most chemical engineers do—working for a large chemical company where the bottom line is worshipped over the ultimate effect of the product on people and the environment. These large chemical companies are a...
