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In Parenthesis: Part 1

This writing has to do with some things I saw, felt and was part of. The period covered begins in…

8 years ago

Appeal to the Grammarians

The temperature's rising. Time to think about eating outside and settling in at a sidewalk cafe to watch the world…

8 years ago

At The Bomb Testing Site

Jerry Harp's commentary in the Kenyon Review brought this poem back to mind. Always good to be reminded of William…

8 years ago

About Those Daffodils

So there I was, wandering about, Strolling the gardens, minding my own business The way one does on an April…

8 years ago

April

Love and taxes, grief and loss. This can be a tough time of year. Read Laura Kasischke's wonderful poem and put…

8 years ago

We’re going to see the rabbit

‘We’re going to see the rabbit’ We are going to see the rabbit. We are going to see the rabbit.…

8 years ago

A Ballad on the Taxes

We pay through the nose for subjecting of foes. Abroad we're defeated, at home, we 're cheated. The ides of…

8 years ago

In Memoriam (Easter, 1915)

In Memoriam (Easter, 1915) The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood This Eastertide call into mind the men,…

8 years ago

Lines Written in Early Spring

Lines Written in Early Spring by William Wordsworth I heard a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sate…

8 years ago

Epitaph on a Tyrant

Epitaph on a Tyrant Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he invented was easy…

8 years ago