As you know my sister is dead. And last week my brother-in-law died. I mean we knew it was happening, but—I’ve experienced this before: it begins to seem like the dying will go on forever. Death always makes a grand entrance, it’s not like anything that preceded it. You can’t help but gasp. it’s one … Continue reading This Side of the Grass
Tag: poetry
Happy Burns’ Day, 2025
Joyeux Noel
Greetings to the Unwoked and Unvaxxed! Here's my yearly Christmas card to you all. A recently-discovered poem by J. R. R. Tolkien, from a high school literary journal, published a year before the work for which he is best-known. Thank you all for the gift of friendship. "Glory to the newborn King!!" Noel by J.R.R. … Continue reading Joyeux Noel
”God forgive me, I cannot weep..”
….says an old woman in one of Tennyson's poems, upon learning that her middle-aged son has predeceased her. OH how wrenching, I cried even reading those lines for the first time decades ago. Now I’m faced with having to end my dog’s life. The poor animal can’t even excrete any more, I’m not sure whether … Continue reading ”God forgive me, I cannot weep..”
Thoughts from the Chaplain’s Corner: On the Passing of Terry Anderson (1947-2024)
Greetings ST, and All, When I heard about Terry Anderson’s passing yesterday, one of his self-described ‘prison poems’, “Patience”, from his 1993 memoir, Den of Lions – detailing his 7-year captivity in Beirut [1985-1991] came to mind again. A printout of the poem – a thank you from a patient – hung above my office desk during … Continue reading Thoughts from the Chaplain’s Corner: On the Passing of Terry Anderson (1947-2024)
North Star
There is but one immutable guiding light. Forever fixed in the heavens - it does not, cannot rise or set. The North Star is the pilgrims guide to knowledge. Follow your beacon without fear through good and bad. If you remain steadfast and humble in seeking wisdom, she will lead to peace, love, meaning, purpose, … Continue reading North Star
North Star
There is but one immutable guiding light. Forever fixed in the heavens - it does not, cannot rise or set. The North Star is the pilgrims guide to knowledge. Follow your beacon without fear through good and bad. If you remain steadfast and humble in seeking wisdom, she will lead to peace, love, meaning, purpose, … Continue reading North Star
North Star
There is but one immutable guiding light. Forever fixed in the heavens - it does not, cannot rise or set. The North Star is the pilgrims guide to knowledge. Follow your beacon without fear through good and bad. If you remain steadfast and humble in seeking wisdom, she will lead to peace, love, meaning, purpose, … Continue reading North Star
North Star
There is but one immutable guiding light. Forever fixed in the heavens - it does not, cannot rise or set. The North Star is the pilgrims guide to knowledge. Follow your beacon without fear through good and bad. If you remain steadfast and humble in seeking wisdom, she will lead to peace, love, meaning, purpose, … Continue reading North Star
North Star
There is but one immutable guiding light. Forever fixed in the heavens - it does not, cannot rise or set. The North Star is the pilgrims guide to knowledge. Follow your beacon without fear through good and bad. If you remain steadfast and humble in seeking wisdom, she will lead to peace, love, meaning, purpose, … Continue reading North Star
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