He numbered among the space pioneers, chosen in 1965 with the first five scientist astronauts whom no one at… Read more Owen K. Garriott, 1930-2019
Category: Poetry
Alan Bean (1932-2018)
He was the fourth to set foot on the moon. Now only four of the twelve remain and too soon… Read more Alan Bean (1932-2018)
A poem for an anniversary
Haven’t posted much poetry recently, but here’s a poem in honor of January 20th: My silence matches yours… Read more A poem for an anniversary
Three shorts
The Spirits of the laws (title stolen from Czeslaw Milosz) A crowd gathers at the edge of a… Read more Three shorts
Chuck Berry tribute
Sunday morning after Sunday night This morning I’m playing Chuck Berry, as we all should. Last evening as… Read more Chuck Berry tribute
Two March Poems
The month of March got ya down? Here are a couple poems to fit the season… * * * Footsteps… Read more Two March Poems
My inauguration poem
The Inauguration Polka I refuse …………….What does it matter if it’s been …………….twenty or twenty-one weeks to mourn… Read more My inauguration poem
My New Year’s Eve poem
Exit Stage Left Tapping a pen out of ink on a desk improvised with a plank spanning an… Read more My New Year’s Eve poem
Back in the poesis again
The relationship between f-stop and depth of field All this anger swirling up from the planet, an… Read more Back in the poesis again
From the cloud
The Moon as … map of the Earth The moon as iris in a milky… Read more From the cloud
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