Here’s a question to ponder: when you’re in your 40s, but you’d still like to be a parent someday, do you think it would be better to:
a) date someone relatively close to your same age who already has children?
or
b) date someone younger (late 20s/early 30s) who can still have children [...]
RAVEN’S LAST DREAM
Raven was in a deep sleep, dreaming the world. He saw things and they happened, He dreamed things and they came to life. He hardly knew where to begin or what to do
once the world was. At last He understood Fodder’s dilemma. It troubled Him, made Him restless, disturbed [...]
KEEP THE MOTH OUT OF THE FLAME
When you are trying to help someone, you have to have humor, self-existing humor, and you have to hold the moth in your hand, but not let it go into the flame. That’s what helping others means. Ladies and gentlemen, we have so much responsibility. A long [...]
ITHAKA
As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your [...]
An interim post just so that there is something between my last Quote of the Day, and my next Poetry Friday … there’s been a lot going on in my head lately that I’m still trying to wrap my brain around so I can put it in words. Should be able to write more [...]
SPONTANEOUS ME
Spontaneous me, Nature, The loving day, the mounting sun, the friend I am happy with, The arm of my friend hanging idly over my shoulder, The hill-side whiten’d with blossoms of the mountain ash, The same, late in autumn—the hues of red, yellow, drab, purple, and light and dark green, The rich [...]
EELS – THE LOOK YOU GAVE THAT GUY
I never thought that I could be so bold,
To even say these thoughts aloud. I see you with your man, your eyes just shine, While he stands tall and walking proud.
That look you give that guy, I wanna see … Looking [...]
NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – BLEEDING HEART SHOW
I leapt across three or four beds into your arms Where I had hidden myself somewhere in your charm Our golden handshake has been smashed into this shape. It’s taken magic to a primitive new place Watch ‘em run, although it’s the minimum, heroic
We hunched [...]
THE 88 – COMING HOME
Won’t you be safe Won’t you be true I lie awake just thinking of you I’m all alone Honey, come home
‘Cuz when you’re here I feel like myself And when you’re not I’m somebody else I’ve got it bad Honey, please come back
Because you need a [...]