The thing about art is that it is open to interpretation. We each bring our own experiences, our own biases, our own ideas to any art we view. But then an artist like Dodge, whose talent shines, causes us to pause and look through a clear lens. I could stretch my within to beyond....
no exchange about human sufferings before we went to bed. We were two women, neither was a mother. We talked about the starry sky, the philosophy of Kant, Mother Teresa, and cardiology. We mused about the atheists who became superstitious at old age, and how shadows could be prettier...
Isobel Dixon shows us that older really does mean wiser as she reminisces ruefully about her childhood. Read August 18, 2019 Poetry Prof You Will Know When You Get There Allen Curnow suggests that there’s a right time to die in this tough, but rewarding, poem. Read August 8, 2019...
Getting older is a privilege too many people don’t have, so I acknowledge every year I’ve survived, and appreciate whatever birthday greetings I receive. However, I only make a Big Fuss about the BIG ones that end in zero. Have you noticed that those zeros tend to make people crazy?
about the moon, but you would say "the moon will lead us home " in your tired and croaky voice. After leaving home, Mom, I have loved quite a few strangers, but no one spoke to me with words like yours. Mom, my messy life is getting muddier and muddier, and only now do I re...
If you can, ask her about her chili. Chicken-fried steak. Her music store. Her life. Not now, but before. She takes her meds with pudding or yogurt. Everything seems to go down better with sugar these days. Do not make her lie down flat in the twin bed in the corner ...
What do you find most challenging about creating and developing characters? Honestly, it’s not really creating characters that’s a challenge for me, it’s getting them to be quiet. Sometimes, I don’t feel like writing. I would rather not experience their pain or tell a happy tale or ...
it to install, or at least give me some error about access. what i got instead an error that the length of SHA string isn't 20 base error AssertionError at ~/Library/Application Support/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/dulwich/pack.py:699 in _object_offset 695│ 696│ Args: ...
begetting instead of shushinga day-older brain to get-thee-to-a-hideaway...this poem is not for young lovers,seasoned soldiers of the heartfelt only need apply,give me my mercy-naries to save me from criminal holiday insouciance,shoot me with the rounds of caring,that come so fastand ...
What I have been up to. Beside being a daddy, working in the movies and etc. Here is a picture of a work-in-progress. Wax at this point, about 22 inches tall, ready to gate and vent and cast in bronze at the NMHU foundry. I think of it as a broken angel, or maybe aWild Hu...