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Sisyphus Takes a Cruise – Poem of the Week

Sisyphus Takes a Cruise I promised another Sisyphus poem, and here it is: Sisyphus Takes a Cruise. In fact,  I have an endless supply of Sisyphus poems… just kidding, the supply’s not really endless–it only seems that way. Have you…

Sisyphus Thinks His Rock is Heavy – Poem of the Week

Sisyphus Thinks His Rock is Heavy Sisyphus last week, Sisyphus this week, Sisyphus next week, too? That is how the pushing-the-rock-up-the-hill punishment goes, isn’t it? Just when you think it is over, it starts again. And Sisyphus can be a little…

Sisyphus Ponders Escape – Poem of the Week

Sisyphus Ponders Escape Here we are, back to Sisyphus, the mythological Greek king of Ephyra (or Corinth) who was condemned to push a boulder endlessly uphill as punishment for his sneaky deceitfulness. His punishment was overseen in the underworld by…

Deciding Not To – Poem of the Week

Deciding Not To This is a poem written about my father’s persistence in choosing life over death. Since it was written, unfortunately, Dad has passed on, though I believe he would have persisted if he could have. Deciding Not To…

In This Circumference, An Ode?

In This Circumference, An Ode? – Poem of the Week Moving on from last week’s surreal No Pink Armadillo, we reach the space of lyric poetry. I could probably find you a solid, intellectual, definition of the lyric poem. But that…