Art and thoughts by Roger Vincent Jasaitis

This Speaks My Mind

  • What’s Wrong With This Picture?

    What’s Wrong With This Picture?

      It was 11:00pm, lightly snowing and I was driving home. On a long deserted stretch of route 30 in the West River valley I drove past a Vermont state trooper’s car parked off of the shoulder of the oncoming lane. My reaction to seeing the car was to immediately take my foot off of…

  • We were more than dancers

    We were more than dancers

      “Then our sleds had wings; We were more than dancers Held by the wind’s music And the spell of the world’s whiteness. We rode on trails of light From clouded pinnacles. We soared like birds Back to familiar valleys; And only in that final resting Did we touch the ground.” Excerpt from The Sliders,…

  • A Bee

    A Bee

    A letter to the brothers at Weston Priory 1/17/17 Dear Brother Daniel, I am writing on behalf of our men’s Quaker group that spent some time recently at the Weston Priory. We had a Spiritually nourishing time of worship, sharing, insight, and even a little poetry. We appreciated having the time to work with you making honey…

  • My Inaugural Protest

    This song was written during a battle for the United States, it was repurposed by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. We are still battling for the soul of this country.

  • Resolve