Sep 6, 20211 minPoetry and Thoughts on PoetryA Golden Oldie from 39 Years AgoAnyway, Kellie and I were walking in the city park at Salem early Saturday morning, and we both took a picture trying to capture the...
Sep 3, 20214 minPoetry and Thoughts on PoetryTo Interpret or Not Interpret? That Is Not the Right QuestionAnyway, if I am going to blog about poetry, sometimes the discussion has to get a little bit technical. My hope is that I can find a...
Aug 29, 20212 minPoetry and Thoughts on PoetryThe Third Cardinal Is Complete!Anyway, I have finished the poem for the first request that I have received from a reader. I generally do not think it is fair to explain...
Aug 28, 20212 minPoetry and Thoughts on PoetryWetting One's BeakAnyway, Kellie's sister Diane Keith responded to my request for poems about birds and said that she would like one about a cardinal. Most...
Aug 25, 20213 minPoetry and Thoughts on Poetry“Woke up, Fell Out of Bed, Dragged a Comb Across My Head”Some of you may have recognized the title as the words from the middle section of The Beatles’ song A Day in the Life from the Sgt....
Aug 21, 20214 minPoetry and Thoughts on PoetrySunshine on My Shoulder Makes Me Wax PoeticAnyway, Kellie and I were walking the other morning as the sun came up. It was one of those gorgeous sunrises that makes a person feel...
Aug 16, 20214 minPoetry and Thoughts on PoetryA Rose by Any Other Name Is a Mule Named MikeAnyway, a family story goes that a mule by the name of “Mike” kicked me in the head when I was a child, and that mulish attack upon my...
Aug 13, 20212 minPoetry and Thoughts on PoetryGetting My Feelings Out ThereAnyway, I have been reading a lot of poetry on websites lately. Overall, the quality is as lacking as one might suspect from social sites...
Aug 12, 20213 minPoetry and Thoughts on PoetryPOET BITES DOGActually, I don’t know if a poet ever bit a dog, and that was not really the comment that inspired me to the current consideration. The...