“In such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of the executioners.”- Camus
You Can Listen Here Their song comes from away, from above, always in forest, from somewhere deep in the canopy. Theirs is my best-loved sound in nature, more than waves, more than other songs, more than water sliding past rocks, more than wind and thunder. The wood thrush is a forest bird, migratory, secretive. The Book calls its song, “loud, sweet, liquid, bell-like, calm, unhurried, peaceful.” They have acquired other names: “Bellbird, song thrush, swamp angel.” […]
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You Can Listen Here On Saturday, May 9 Senator Marco Rubio, a Presidential candidate, said to a South Carolina audience “When people ask what our strategy should be on global jihadists and terrorists, I refer them to the movie, ‘Taken’,” Have you seen the movie ‘Taken’? Liam Neeson, he has a line — this is what our strategy should be: We will look for you, we will find you, and we will kill you.”* […]
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You Can Listen Here Given a chance, poetry knits itself into my normal life, and bits most often surface outside, away from the halts and hitches created by screens and phones. There, time undammed becomes a current again and words may rise and catch hold of moments. Standing on rocks in a curve of the French Creek, I saw a tree swallow, iridescent as neon, sweep down through the trees and three times dip […]
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You Can Listen Here Decades ago, before teaching, after a long middle shift packing trucks, I drove slowly home, out of the city, over empty streets. Windows rolled all the way down, I was content to ride in the quiet clearing out from every darkened house. My parents and younger sister were already asleep. I ate something quickly and slipped up the stairs. We had no air conditioning. Every window opened to the night air. I sat […]
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