An excerpt from my book POEMS: AN EXPLORATION OF LIFE. If you enjoy these quotes please click the link and look at my book. Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
This Day
September 11, 2001 in New York City. Robert Giroux/Getty Images (cropped) The solemnity of this day has left the minds of those who have not experienced the tragedies perpetrated against the people. Our minds are full of the latest episodes of favorite TV shows rather than on the world and its suffering masses. … Continue reading This Day
Eclipse
The eclipse is upon us and ol' Riley beats the drums of war. Celebrating the end of the world as we know it, under the ever darkening sky, as the moon is slowly lost to sight, only to be illuminated shortly in a baleful red glow. The land is locked in a frozen … Continue reading Eclipse
Quote of the Day (tossed about)
An excerpt from my book POEMS: AN EXPLORATION OF LIFE. If you enjoy these quotes please click the link and look at my book. Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray
I have always enjoyed this poem since the first time I read it so many years ago. I love the imagery and how he philosophizes about life and death. In the first stanza he gets right to it and shows how he is different than the average person one who is wont to wander in … Continue reading Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray