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Month: September 2018

This Change – Poem of the Week

This Change: The Seasons Bring Change, Right? Here in the northern hemisphere, this weekend was the official start of autumn. The change of seasons is almost palpable in the air. Our family spent an afternoon at a local park trail…

Echo – Poem of the Week

The Echo of the Real Thing While not being truly abstract, Alexandra Exter’s Landscape with Houses and Trees, is a type of art I’m always drawn to: non-realistic verging on non-objective.   The curves of green trees lean out from…

Out of Time – Poem of the Week

Time and Mortality Time and mortality: it’s not that we don’t realize we’re all mortal, it’s that the reminder comes as a surprise. A glance in the mirror that reminds us, only vaguely, of a relative or long gone friend.…

More Parts: Add Up – Poem of the Week

More Parts:  Add Up Wholes are made from parts. Parts and more parts, which add up to something even more. Obvious, right? Sometimes we can’t see the individual bits. The atoms that made up an oak table. The bones in…