Phil Cerasoli

Writer, poet, magazine publisher, movie and drama critic, photographer, top level business manager, song writer, musician, cab driver, professional poker player, entrepreneur…all rolled up into one world-weary traveler.

The breadth of this experience has introduced me to countless highs and lows, triumphs and disasters, and, in the final analysis, memorable adventures too numerous to count. More importantly, it has allowed me to come into close personal contact with virtually thousands of fellow travelers from all parts of the planet, from all walks of life. Their stories have made an indelible mark upon my soul.

It is for these people that I write, hoping that my words can properly reflect some phase of their journey and somehow inspire them to do a little more, reach a little higher, love a little harder.

Feel free to e-contact me at : phil_cerasoli@lajolla.sparta.com


Poetry



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Transformation
Transformation
I discovered quite some time ago that one doesn’t have to scour the earth to find the secret of life - that it’s been right in front of you all along.


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A True Story
A True Story
During the course of our life, we all do some cruel and unsavory things. Reflecting upon them in later years, we would somehow like to travel back in time and erase not only the deed, but the impact our actions (or lack of action) had on another human being.


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Edgar Allen Poker Game
The Edgar Allen Poker Game
In the style of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven
With due apologies to Poe.


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Raindance
Raindance
This poem initially reflects my frustration with my inability to change the world. Ultimately, however, it confirms my determination to keep writing....


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Apache Odyssey
Apache Odyssey
"Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot..."
      - Joni Mitchell


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One More Chance Again
One more chance again.
“Cynics know the answers
without having penetrated deeply enough to know the questions”
- Marilyn Ferguson


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The Grasshopper & the Ant
The Grasshopper & the Ant
I’m thinking that maybe Aesop had it wrong.


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Dirty-faced Angels
Dirty-faced Angels
So I’m sitting in this Texas greasy spoon, waiting for both my breakfast and the sunrise, when the door swings open and, with no blare of trumpets or angelic choir to announce the entrance, Jesus walks in.


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Timeless Enigma
Timeless Enigma
The older I get, the more I find myself wrestling with this unsolvable riddle. (Not that I’d be any the better for it if I were to unravel the mystery).


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Poet in a Graceless Age
Poet in a Graceless Age
Remember when gay meant happy, when Coke was a soft drink, and when poetry actually rhymed?


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IF
IF
Kipling updated.


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Prisoners
Prisoners
The most powerful shackles that bind a man are the ones placed upon him by his own mind.


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Senses
Senses
“Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses….”
- The Eagles


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Traveler
Traveler
“If I stagger and wander, come to my help.
You are also human beings and you are also going home”.

- Tolstoi


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Voyager
Voyager
All the world's a stage...


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Wisdom
Wisdom
“If I had but the patience to wait for Wisdom’s ring,
I could have ruled the earth, I think, philosopher and king.”

-Cerasoli

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