Proverbs and a Poem

How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge? Proverbs 1:22, New Living Translation O, but the mockers’ cry Makes my heart afraid, As though a flute of bone Taken from a heron’s thigh, A heron crazed by the … Read more

Emily Dickinson on Daylight Saving Time*

764 Presentiment – is that long Shadow – on the Lawn – Indicative that Suns go down – The Notice to the startled Grass That Darkness is about to pass –   *Admittedly, it’s highly unlikely that Ms. Dickinson while sitting alone upstairs staring out her pondering window penned this pensive poem about Daylight Saving … Read more

PASS HERE AND GO ON, YOU’RE ON THE ROAD TO HEAVEN

Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac

the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars

Holdin’ Toes

Holdin’ hands is supposed to be special, But really, anyone can do it. Just grab a hand and don’t let go, That’s all there really is to it. But my way of holdin’ is a little bit different. In fact, I’m sure no one else even knows… Just take off your shoes, and then your … Read more

Poem Man

Come hither all ye children And gather round, For the Poem Man cometh To your quaint town. He’s bringing the most magical, beautiful, Spectacular sounds… Sounds that you may have never heard before. He has the sounds of pinks and yellows And midnight blues. You’ll hear rainbows and gumdrops And morning dew. Come hither sweet … Read more

Poeting hard on this most poetic of days…

POETIC LICENSE Thank God for the passionate poet Who trumpets the sun’s morning rise And who writes lovely, pretty sad songs Of young lovers’s heartbreaking goodbyes Thank God for the passionate poet Who reaches right into the heart To stroke it, to tease it, to please it And sometimes to tear it apart #NATIONALPOETRYDAY2014 ~~~~ … Read more