Allan James Cox's Writings
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Poem
Dec.19.2010
Mortality
I'm working atfeeling how it iswith a snowmanbeing thawed to death.I'm thinking I wouldlike the pace,the orderliness of it all.I would have feltthe joy at being rolledinto being by the children.I also enjoyedbeing a statuelooked upon with delightby my creatorsand walkers-byin the neighborhood.I, like everyone,enjoy Christmas andwas lucky to be aroundfor...
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Poem
Dec.15.2010
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Auguste Rodin: Book Note & Poem
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Here is a book I came across recently that is a...
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Poem
Dec.08.2010
Availability
Waking just past dawn,I made my way through the kitchen,saw fresh light in the dining roomand knew the predictedthree inches of snow had fallen.Looking down the streetfrom the window—tire tracks already clearfrom the automobile’s assertionagainst this urban obstacle—I might say snow and citiesdon’t mix—a shallow negation.The ephemeral beautybefore...
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Poem
Dec.01.2010
Arrival
We know each other,
not really well.
I come to your office.
Before I sit down,
you ask if I'd like coffee.
I say yes.
We go to the alcove
together and fill up.
When we return
there's the agenda-
we know that-
but there's more.
You ask me
what I'm thinking.
I take the time to tell you.
I ask you
what you're thinking.
You take the time to tell me.
We don'...
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Poem
Nov.24.2010
Thanksgiving Stone cold water—
an expression
from aThomas Lux poem—
shivers meto attention.
Standing straight
but not rigid,
looking clear
but not hard—
at the day.
Walking now
with the blanket
over my shoulders,
out the cabin,
letting the
screen door slam,
bare feet
deftly cognizant
of the cracks
in the porch floor,
down the two steps,
across the dewy earth...
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Poem
Nov.17.2010
Intuitive
I don't want
to counter
my intuitive.
My intuitive
is usually
wiser than
my rational.
When people say
counter-intuitive
they mean
counter-common sense.
If my rational
should sometimes prove
more intuitive
than my
intuitive,
then that's
the true
intuitive
and it
isn't
counter.
From Allan Cox's collection, "Supple at the Edges."...
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Poem
Nov.10.2010
Basket
I heard myself ruminating,Life is such a-and hesitated, not long,before finishing . . . basket,not knowing why this isthe image that came forth.The basket I conceiveis a loose wood weave,natural colored strips,its arching handletight and firm so it canbe carried though full,medium-size so thatit hangs easily at my side.Its stored objectsat present, small,...
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Poem
Nov.03.2010
Collisions
I'm operating from memoryand my facts are shaky,but that's not the point.In 1906 in Dayton, Ohiothere were onlytwo automobilesand on a fateful daythey collided.On a day of heavy snowin town, all the residentsof the block haveshoveled their walks.Except one, who merelycut a shovel-width lanepast his house.Two pedestrians movingtoward each other both...
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Poem
Oct.27.2010
Garage
The first garageI can remember satbehind a Chicago two-flatin which we rented outthe first floor.Our father kept our carin this space thatcan't be called anythingbut shabby-dirt-cakedwindows, a rickety bi-folddoor that had to be coaxedopen and closed to drivethe car in and out.The frame-slatted walls,never blessed with paint,were a dreary presence.The...
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Poem
Oct.18.2010
October
The first cold October daycomes on a Saturdayand brings comfort-an inside time for catching upon leftover honey-do tasks,puttering in the study,slow movement, soft voicesthroughout the house,not yet chill enough tochristen the season's fireplace.Instead, thoughts turn to thefew warm sunlit daysthat remain and numberedHalloweens past whenmischief among us...
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About Allan
I am a CEO advisor & poet-blogger. I am author of 10 business books. Recently, I have released two new books: (1) WHOA! Are They Glad You're in Their Lives? June 12, 2012 and (2) The CEO in You July 9, 2012. The latter is a revised, expanded and...
Connections
Causes Allan Cox Supports
Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Gilda's Club (cancer) Chicago, Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago, Iona Center, Healdsburg, CA (all 401-C-3s...
Allan’s Favorite Books
The Glass Bead Game, Youngblood Hawke, Poetry (Jill Baumgaertner),The Courage to Be, The Heretical Imperative, The Soul of Rumi, Atonement, The Shipping News...
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