Dharma
The way the dog trots out the front door every morning without a hat or an umbrella, without any money or the keys to her doghouse never fails to fill the saucer of my heart with milky admiration. Who...
View ArticleAristotle
This is the beginning. Almost anything can happen. This is where you find the creation of light, a fish wriggling onto land, the first word of Paradise Lost on an empty page. Think of an egg, the...
View ArticleThe Revenant
I am the dog you put to sleep, as you like to call the needle of oblivion, come back to tell you this simple thing: I never liked you–not one bit. When I licked your face, I thought of biting off your...
View ArticleForgetfulness
The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of,...
View ArticleNostalgia
Remember the 1340′s? We were doing a dance called the Catapult. You always wore brown, the color craze of the decade, and I was draped in one of those capes that were popular, the ones with unicorns...
View ArticleMy Heart Does Go On
I was sitting at an intersection today and two monarch butterflies were doing some dance known only to them right in front of me. I stood there enthralled by the beauty and the wonder of it all. And...
View ArticleNostalgia Re-visited
It’s that remembrance of things and times gone by. That’s how I’ve been feeling today: nostalgic. It all began with the news that WAMU collapsed. It’s the oldest and longest running Washington based...
View ArticleLitany~Billy Collins
You are the bread and the knife, The crystal goblet and the wine. Jacques Crickillon You are the bread and the knife, the crystal goblet and the wine. You are the dew on the morning grass, and the...
View ArticleBuddha Shovels Snow
It’s been a long time since I posted any poetry from Billy Collins. He’s an interesting poet – irreverent at times, addressing life even in its difficulty with equal parts depth and humor. His...
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