Robert Bly Quote – We have men loosening the nails on Noah’s ark
“We have men loosening the nails on Noah’s ark.” – Robert Bly
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Poem – Freckles They Called Him (By Donal Mahoney)
Freckles They Called Him Walter Branham, a retired teacher, and his wife Victoria went to Applebee’s, the chain restaurant, for lunch one day last week. First time they had gone there. Usually they go to an ethnic restaurant but Victoria wanted a salad. Walt as always was obliging. The restaurant host was a young man who as a […]
Read moreFriendship – Men and Women
Men kick friendship around like a football but it doesn’t seem to break. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.
Read moreOscar Romero on path to sainthood
Pope Francis has declared Oscar Romero a martyr of the faith, paving the way for the murdered Salvadoran archbishop to be beatified, a step toward sainthood. A right-wing death squad executed Romero in a hospital chapel in 1980 while he was celebrating Mass just a day after he preached a sermon asking government soldiers to stop their repression. No one […]
Read moreBus Sized Dinosaur Found
Researchers have found a bus sized dinosaur. A new species of sauropod that lived about 80 million years ago in Egypt. Paleontologists found the remains in the Sahara Desert of the bus size dinosaur that measured approximately 33 feet long and weighed approximately 5.5 tons. This long necked, long tailed herbivorous was named Mansourasaurus Shahinae. It is known that the […]
Read morePoem – Tropical Garden (By Mary Bone)
Tropical Garden In my mind I see a tropical garden with Palm Beach petals. The flowers are natural and colorful, reminding me of a rain forest in Brazil. There was a russet hue from the sun. This was truly a dream in paradise.
Read moreCartoon – Weight Lifting For The Insane
Poem – Bitter Noise (By Chanacee Ruth-Killgore)
There are no words To carry me through This waiting conversation But the silence is eager Crying out Filling the here and now And what would words do But scar the skin That never quite seemed to fit And stretch a distance Already made great Echoing bitter noise No… Better to claim silence Than banish tomorrow By […]
Read moreCartoon – Early Experiments In Transportation
Poem – Accidents Will Happen (By Gary Beck)
Accidents Will Happen A man walks down the street ears covered with hi-tech headphones playing music from his IPOD, carefully recorded for his listening pleasure, and doesn’t hear the warning sound of a building falling on him. A woman walks down the street eyes intent on her smartphone’s keyboard texting her friend with urgent fingers, describing her latest […]
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