can God can God see me hear me if he only sees what kind of man am I to live holy but speak with jaundiced tongue am I then the prime actor in a shadow play if he only hears what kind of man am I to speak holy but live with jaundiced deeds am…
Poetry
I met a man today
I have never aspired to write poetry. Yet I believe each person has an instinctive poetic impulse. And, whether nurtured or spontaneous, it can be released to express a meaningful insight into life and our experience of living. If we catch it at that moment, we might even be able to write it down. The…
I started writing poetry today
I needed some place to put the sadness. The Lady in Blue I didn’t want to be forward.She should have been beautiful – blond, young, slim, poised.But disturbed.Here we were in our little room with two open ends.She, me, an elderly man pursing his lips and blinking his eyes.Waiting to be called to see the…
On ‘I started writing poetry today’
I took a risk putting that poem ‘out there.’ What impressions would I be giving of “Just who do I think I am anyway?” Be assured that I do not consider myself a poet. I was going to add some context before or after the poem. To say that I did not remember when I…