Looks Like Another epic poem by me. The snow on the back window of my Jeep looks like a screaming sheep. The crack in the bedroom ceiling plaster looks like a $200 disaster. The bowl of candy in my kitchen looks like about four weeks of treadmill bitchin’. Looks like that’s all I have for you [...]
The Raven, above the door and in my head, is madness.
The Raven never stops. And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted – nevermore! – “The Raven“, by Edgar Allen Poe Tonight, I shall attempt to exorcise the demon of “The Raven” from my mind, hoping that nevermore will become evermore. For whatever reason, the poem’s initial [...]
On the way to the restroom, there’s poetry.
At the Barnes and Noble bookstore in town, the poetry and literature section is on the shelf you walk by on the way to the restrooms. I am always waylaid by these books, particularly the poetry. I hope Billy Collins, my favorite poet these past few years, doesn’t mind I only pick up his books [...]
