an encore from our newest Honored Guest:
one last look
through the old apartment
a dry sponge
the mirror
wiped clean
for a guest
Palm Sunday
following the plow
to church
………………………… by John Stevenson from Quiet Enough (Red Moon Press, 2004)
by dagosan:
frozen river–
snow hides
the elm’s reflection
– from Manichi Daily News March 5, 2005 (No. 669)
potluck
Is anyone surprised that many teens who promise to abstain from
sex before marriage are using definitional loopholes (think Clintonian) and
contracting just as many sexually transmitted diseases as non-promisers?
(Study: Abstinence pledges may trigger risky sexual behavior, AP/
USA Today, , March 19, 2005) What’s the world coming to? (via
- How about abstinence after marriage? Isn’t today the Feast of St. Joseph?
I think of him as the Patron Saint of Involuntary Celibates. I can relate, dude.
too lenient in sentencing Connecticut Governor Rowland to merely one year for
his acceptance of illegal gifts . (courant.com, “Rowland Sentenced: One Year,”
March 19, 2005). To my mind, so-called “public service” and the related “public
trust” should usually be a reason to increase a sentence, not to decrease it.