Friday, April 04, 2025

Silent S

The s is silent in island,
Although I'm not sure why, 
Unless it's to trip up foreigners... 
Our spelling humor is dry. 
Our language is a collision, 
Cluttered with odd debris. 
Oops, another silent s... 
Just crept up on me.

Friday, September 27, 2024

Skala Eresou

To swim in the sea where Sappho might have swum, 
To spy the fishes nibbling in the sand, 
To listen on the whisper of the wind 
For words she might have spoken in a dream, 
Or sung in liquid tones while she would strum 
The strings of her tuned instrument, a stream 
Of feeling, both intensely personal 
And somehow, thereby, strangely universal. 
I know, from a fragment, she walked along this beach. 
The languid waves pulse on without a rest. 
The horizon hovers, always out of reach. 
A boundless longing lived within her breast. 
We have new gods from those that went before, 
But what has changed within our deep heart's core?

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Unproven

 Theories? I got a million. Just ask my wife. 

At this point she’s listened to them for most of her life. 

Evidence? Yeah I do have some. But as for full proof,

It’s often just out of reach, somewhere up on the roof,

Like a squirrel that chatters and taunts me - hey, are you sure?

Unproven conjectures are teasers that I must endure!

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Ultraviolet

 I understand that birds and bees

See ultraviolet frequencies. 

I cannot say the same for me -

I must make do with normal colors. 

The bees may say my vision’s duller,

But let them buzz about - just let them!

I’m still happy with our spectrum!

Monday, June 17, 2024

Vocab of the Bard

 One of the puzzles about Shakespeare, that playwright from the past,

Is that his vocabulary appears to have been truly vast,

Including technical terms from different arts and trades. 

How could so much learning be displayed

When he hadn’t really spent much time in school?

My guess is he studied while sitting on a stool

At local taverns - that his brain somehow stored

Material most people would have ignored. 


Wednesday, June 12, 2024

I Often Think

I often think 
About the Sphinx 
Which almost defies comprehension. 
 It’s a humanoid cat 
With an odd-looking hat 
Designed to attract attention. 
 How were they skilled 
 Enough to build 
A thing of such dimensions?

Friday, June 07, 2024

Cost

 Rich and powerful people, dragged through the dirt,

Hauled before judges, haughty but hurt,

Some of them seem like their souls are just lost.

The money sounds good... but what was the cost?