Cosmic Consciousness Isn’t Always What You Think It Is — Yesterday was a very off-the-grid day for me. It began as most of my days do here in San Miguel. I slept until I wasn’t tired. I meditated. Then I checked my email. Upon noticing the internet was down, I got the keys to my out-of-town neighbor’s apartment, let myself…

The Humorous Writings of Mitch Ditkoff — I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry. Sometimes, in the same day, I do both. I mean, really, life is pretty funny. And when it’s not funny, it’s pretty tragic. So much goes on in the course of a lifetime, it’s hard to keep track: the ups and downs…

The Very Funny Writings of Cary Bayer — I have the great good fortune of knowing a lot of funny people in my life — quick-witted, off-the-wall, insanely whacky souls who not only see the world through a different lens, but also know how to make me laugh my ass off. I treasure these dudes — not just…

A hidden gem of a composer, songwriter, and musician — “Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.” — Kahlil Gibran What follows is the second in a series of interviews of relatively unknown artists, musicians, and writers whose work inspires me — people who deserve to be way better known…

Promoting My New Book of Poetry in a Very Different Way — Poets are a curious breed. Introspective, sensitive and deeply fascinated by the human condition, they don’t actually march to the beat of a different drummer. They dance, sprint and occasionally limp. A jumble of contradictions, they do their best to look outside and inside with an equal dose of attention…

Unspoken Word: Love Longing & Letting Go — Here are the first 20 Amazon reviews of my new book of poetry, Unspoken Word: Love Longing & Letting Go: Truly Moving “Mitch Ditkoff has been sharing poems from this incredible gem of a book at interfaith prayer services at Temple Israel of Catskill in Catskill, NY. Everyone has been…

This is my vision. Please help me make it come true — Greetings! Mitch Ditkoff here, author of “Unspoken Word” and writer of this Medium blog that you, oh sentient being, subscribe to. If you have been enjoying my posts, there is a very good chance you will enjoy my just-published book of poetry — 100 poems that celebrate the universal quest…

“When In Doubt” — If you are a human being, there is one thing you can be certain of: 99% of you is composed of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, calcium and phosphorous. Oh.. and one more thing: doubt – what the dictionary defines as a “feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction.” Welcome to…

Seems like my poetry is touching people. Hooray! —