Closest to the Heart When the dust had settled, He took it in His mighty hand, and squeezed it close together, and then breathed life into a man. He saw that one was not enough, that man alone was just a part, so God fashioned woman from a rib, closest to the heart. That’s why [...]
For a friend experiencing this in his family: Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow That is what they say, and I’m finding that it’s true. I’ve always taken it for granted that I would see you again; I never could imagine there being me without you. But this time it’s different. This disease ravages through your [...]
A couple of thoughts on this Veteran’s Day. A little while back I heard a song on The Current that haunted the back of my mind. I heard it again this last week and it’s hold grew on me so that I downloaded it from iTunes. The song is by Eliza Gilkyson, from her Paradise [...]
The Writer’s Almanac had this poem today by Linda Pastan from her book, Queen of a Rainy Country. It’s an apt description of the way I often feel about blogging. Rereading Frost Sometimes I think all the best poems have been written already, and no one has time to read them, so why try to [...]
Time of passage, time is passing, the leaves are here and gone. Turn the page, start an age, and hear the faint old song. Distant rhythm, always driven like the thread that weaves the linen, Soft but binding, knit but winding, what wondrous cloth we’re given! Go and come back, give and get back, but [...]
I’ve felt like this before. The nausea, simultaneously sweating and shivering, knowing that something was about to happen and it wouldn’t be good. Then it was being crammed into the landing craft, Pressing toward Omaha Beach, held in place by the shoulders of the men on either side of me, eyes fixed on the door [...]
Lists can be hard things to keep straight; the names of the seven dwarfs, each of the 12 days of Christmas (or all the 12 steps), eight wonders of the world without a catchy rhyme or jingle (I bet you can rattle off the seven ingredients of a Big Mac). Here’s a handy rhyme in [...]
I’m leaving for Missouri tomorrow so I can celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of my Uncle Bob and Aunt Joyce with the rest of my family. I’ve got a lot to do today before I leave however, including finishing tomorrow’s Fundamentals in Film offering, so this may be my only post today. My kids call [...]
“A poet who reads his verse in public may have other bad habits.” — Robert Heinlein A couple of decades ago I was in a local Toastmasters club and entered a district “Tall Tale” contest. Our recent spate of snowy weather caused me to remember my winning entry: The Blizzard of ‘82 I tell my [...]
I had a little lunch with the Llama Butchers today and found this intriguing link to the SPAM-ku page; a web-site devoted to haiku about SPAM®. No, not the annoying email, but the delightful pork particle product from our own Austin, Minnesota! Reading through the site which features more than 19,000 poems to SPAM really [...]
