Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Family

 









The epigraph for today's poem is from Max Ehrmann's short piece, Desiderata, which was printed on a poster many of us hippies had posted on our dormitory walls. I've thought about its words many times over the years.

Family

Wednesday, May 08, 2024

Extravaganza of Spring


 










May arrived rather quickly. But perhaps that's a good thing: April was National Poetry Month and it quite exhausted me! Finally, I have begun to write poetry again, so here you go:

Extravaganza of Spring

Friday, April 12, 2024

Daisy Song


 










No, those aren't daisies -- that's a closeup of one of our many hyacinths. But this poem takes place in another garden.

Daisy Song

Monday, April 08, 2024

Tuesday, April 02, 2024

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Jesus and the Superbowl Ad


 










The Irish soda bread I made last month from a great, easy recipe (https://www.thekitchn.com/irish-soda-bread-recipe-23635136) is my picture for this St. Patrick's Day Sunday. But let's think back to that Sunday last month when most of you were glued to the screen for football, or for expensive advertisements:

Jesus and the Superbowl Ad