Month: September 2023

. Dirge of the Dimwits  “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than   sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”  ---Martin Luther ...

. . Blackberry Memories We’d fill our buckets to the brim--- __my brother, sis, and I--- and rush the juicy ...

. Perchance to Dream __The sky is wide, __The sea is deep, And when we’ve woken into sleep __A place ...

. Nine: A Song for a Granddaughter for a girl, M___, raised in my household, though not a blood relative ...

. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 6 Part 2 of 3: The Problem with Prestigious Poetry Journals If ...

. Have a Pity for War! Have a pity for war, When its friends are no more. All its chums ...

. . A Curveball of Blackbirds “Thousands of blackbirds fell out of the sky….” —The New York Times    . ...

. Pilgrimage The strong will long to go on pilgrimage, Assembling to reclaim their heritage Of sanctity and stable permanence ...

. The Workaholic Takes Time Off Dear Partners: I apologize for having Less than normal time today. I have a ...

. Hymn to the Night Every thinking creature adores the light __Where twinkling stones and stars and flowers stun Senseless ...

. A Madrigal Setting Music composed by James A. Tweedie for William Shakespeare's "Come Away" from Twelfth Night. Words by ...

. On Professionally Hesitant Poets O, for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! —Shakespeare, ...

. On Going Through Max's Things in memory of Max Rizley, Jr., 1956-2001 As sand slips through my fingers at ...

. . Late Bloomers My last red rose-of-sharon __Is slowly curling closed, Each giant shell-shaped petal __Beginning to turn in, ...

. Fallen The Universe was perfect, Heaven and Earth, Upon Almighty God’s Creation’s birth! He made the spirit-beings, Angels, free; ...

. Reviewed Book: Making Music by Sally Cook, White Violet Press, 2012 by Monika Cooper Making Music by Sally Cook ...

. But the great Master said, "I see No best in kind, but in degree; I gave a various gift ...

. But the great Master said, “I see No best in kind, but in degree; I gave a various gift ...