In this post-9/11 era of security and vigilance, it seems that government has gotten bigger and more pervasive. Security guards are everywhere, policemen are at surprisingly benign public events, federal agents have wands at airports, pockets must be emptied and belts removed at court houses and graduations, I get “can I help you?” suspiciously asked to me. The [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Fruit from the Tree of Liberty
Posted in Patriotic on June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
That Ole Stinkbug, Guilt
Posted in Streams of Consciousness on June 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Guilt is the smell of the stink-bug on my fingertips. Will not evaporate or fade away. Responds not to water, soap, nor to scrubbing. The stink cannot be overpowered by counter-stinkables, like rubbing alcohol, vinegar, or chlorox. It just clings to you in its concentrated, repulsive, unbearable way. Ignore it? It sits there like Russian [...]
Hey, I’m A Believer Now!
Posted in Poetry on June 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
HEY, I’M A BELIEVER NOW
I’ll believe in global warming when hell freezes over
When I blindly pick up a four-leaf clover
And white turns black on the cliffs of Dover
That’s when I’ll believe
I’ll fall for the right to spew internet porn
When I hear if from the mouth of a unicorn
And when a more righteous Messiah is born
That’s [...]
On Writing Poetry
Posted in Language about Language on June 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Writing poetry without inspiration is like trying to relish a dessert by sampling its ingredients one-by-one. It is cheating the Muses by cutting off their locks while they sleep. Awake the Muses! Then write as they finger their tresses, contemplatively. Then mix, shake well, and savor the ambrosia of the gods.
The Orange
Posted in Personal on June 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Orange,
they told us as children,
rhymes with nothing
But they were hiding the truth from us.
Orange rhymes with sorrow
My friend was in Room 206 at Harris HEB
Dying
She was ready, except for her will
A paralegal was at her side
Explaining papers through Madelon’s pain
I said I would come back tomorrow
With the fruit she desperately wanted.
Nothing rhymes with orange
Like promises
I bought the [...]
Lord of the Bees
Posted in Revelation, Science Challenges, Uncategorized on June 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
LORD OF THE BEES
J Lamar Howell
“Out of the eater came something to eat; out of the strong came something sweet” Judges 14:14
Anyone who has a love for poetry will appreciate the use of imagery in the two-line riddle from the Book of Judges. Samson was teasing the men invited to his wedding. He told [...]
