Posted in Readings on July 8, 2008 | No Comments »
A Primer of the Daily Round
by Howard Nemerov
A peels an apple, while B kneels to God,
C telephones to D, who has a hand
On E’s knee, F coughs, G turns up the sod
For H’s grave, I do not understand
But J is bringing one clay pigeon down
While K brings down a nightstick on L’s head,
And M takes [...]
Posted in Readings on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
“Prayer Chain” by Tim Nolan
My mother called to tell me
about an old classmate of mine who
was dying on the parish prayer chain—
or was very sick—or destitute—
or it had not worked out—the marriage—
or the kids were all on drugs—and
all the old mothers were praying intensely
for all the pain of their children
and for life—they were praying for [...]
Posted in Readings on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
This year I’m trying to read 100 books and write a review of each book. That works out to only about 2 books a week. It does not bode well for me that this is the 3rd week of the year and I’m only on book number one.
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry [...]
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