SPRING PROPOSAL |
SPRING PROPOSAL Now all this furious fussOf fuzz and bloom and leafIs past, and cherry chestedRobins after raucous song, Build tufted, twisted nestingCups, so too let us declare a pairAnd join to mak...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:06:00 GMT |
PAIN |
PAINFinally,Out from underThe heavy rockOf pain,My love's faceSlowly emergesBack into humanShape.J. H. UnderhillApril 19, 2009
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:31:00 GMT |
AND NOW |
AND NOWThe blue crocusesSignal wildly from justAbove the brown mulchThat life springs anew.No crocusesFind I in my soul,Only the bubble of deathExpanding as it risesFrom the dark seaTo at last encompa...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:30:00 GMT |
AWAKE LATE |
AWAKE LATE In the silent night,With a light on,And in good health,It seems that IWill live forever. Tell that to my father,Who played Paganini,But the music of whoseSweet soul will vanishCompletely wh...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:55:00 GMT |
VALENTINE'S DAY POEM |
TWO ROSES ONE She was a rose,And I was too,I suppose, thoughA deal thornier... ..We knit our knots,Read our books,Had our hots,And before long,.. ..Budded two otherRoses, young and sweetSister and bro...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:45:00 GMT |
GNOMON MAN |
The shadow of my morning staffFalls thrice its length ahead of me.At noon we are black dots on sand.By tea time, my face flames red-gold,My staff and I cast many lengthsBehind us, as we march toward n...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:41:00 GMT |
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR AN OLD MAN |
An Instruction Manual for the Aging Body.
The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch.
Five Hundred Spiritual Places for Life.
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker.
How to Die Gracefully by Father Czycz....
Posted by on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:10:00 GMT |
INCOMMENSURABILITIES |
Does God count
As you and I do,
One plus one
Always making two?
What if he uses an
Incommensurable scheme?
Can we ever know His truth
From our notational dream?
Perhaps the Natural Numbers
Are not ...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:21:00 GMT |
GOOGLING GOD |
GOOGLING GODI Googled God tonight,But no web page was there.No big deal, I suppose,Not really a matter of despair.....But still I wish I could call him up,Talk to him direct on the telephone,So that a...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:40:00 GMT |
ABRAHAM, ISAAC 2 |
ABRAHAM, ISAAC 2
The scene will not leave the soul.
Abraham, the venerable old man,
Trudging toward the mountain,
His loving son by his side.
The great man, his father,
Is thinking of the horror
Of ...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:10:00 GMT |
