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Traveling through the countryside affords the wife and me sights that draw us back to childhood. Lately, when our car crawled up a hill and unveiled a generous view of the sky, we spotted three kites. They…
Caedmon is the first English poet that we know by name. He lived in the seventh century and worked in a monastery as caretaker of animals. He could not read or write, and because he did not…
I woke up this morning after a night of rain, which began pouring towards midnight and ended before the first appearance of light, by which time my sleep, fed by the patter of raindrops, had gone into…
After the wife parked the car, and while she cooled the engine down, I stepped out. We had travelled far and needed to go to a restroom, and such was the urgency that there was no time…
James Wright’s poem, Two Hangovers, has two parts. The second part bears the title, I Try to Waken and Greet the World Once Again, and goes as follows: In a pine tree, A few yards away from…
In 1789, William Blake came out with “Songs of Innocence,” a collection of 19 poems, to which, five years later, he added a new set of poems and called the expanded collection, “Songs of Innocence and of…
You can call me a “fish” man. As children, my brother and sisters and I had fish for our meals almost everyday. Our town lies on the coast of a strait that teems with a species of…
I had a colleague (now deceased, God rest his soul), who questioned almost everything anyone said. Each time we were together, I would shun any discussion with him, especially on politics or ideology. At one time, my…
How completely confused is history. To me it seems to keep clear of the answers, Always like leaves blown away by the questions Until they stop before the utmost riddle, That baffling labyrinth, the whorl of time,…
I just received a call from an online shopping company. I was told that they would be delivering my order, and that I should be ready with the payment. They asked for directions, and I gave them…
When I heard the commotion, I rushed to the small kitchen at the back of the house. The helper was shouting at her husband, our gardener, who held an aluminum ladder in the air and with its…
At the end of a Mass that we attended, the lector announced that churchgoers should not bring their dogs with them into church. The prohibition seemed reasonable, and I knew why it came about. We had seen…
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