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Poetry Friday

THE OLD YEAR

The Old Year’s gone away      To nothingness and night: We cannot find him all the day      Nor hear him in the night: He left no footstep, mark or place      In either shade or sun: The last year he’d a neighbour’s face,      In this he’s known by none.

All [...]

Poetry Friday

TE DEUM

Not because of victories I sing, having none, but for the common sunshine, the breeze, the largess of the spring.

Not for victory but for the day’s work done as well as I was able; not for a seat upon the dais but at the common table.

  — Charles Reznikoff (1894 – [...]

Video Poetry (Novus Annum)

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE – THE NEW YEAR

so this is the new year and I don’t feel any different

the clanking of crystal explosions off in the distance in the distance…

so this is the new year and I have no resolution

it’s self-assigned penance? for problems with easy solutions

so everybody put [...]

Quote of the Day

The Old Year

The Old Year’s gone away     To nothingness and night: We cannot find him all the day     Nor hear him in the night: He left no footstep, mark or place     In either shade or sun: The last year he’d a neighbour’s face,     In this he’s known by none.

All nothing everywhere:     Mists we [...]

Holidays

Part of me really hates this time of year … oh, sure, I love it when winter is rolling in, when the snow is starting to fall, and ‘cross and/or ski seasons are in full swing.

Then there’s the holidays. The turning of a harvest celebration into football and overeating, followed by mad dashes to [...]