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Sunday, December 5, 2010
Our American Death
Our American Death How sad it is, Our American Death, Not for the things we cannot take with us, But for the work we cannot leave behind, Our family, which dies before us, A frail seedling or two in its place Or, rather, far removed From the hearth we built, itself A far remove from our parent's... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Thoughts on a passage for today relative to a recent poem
One of the passages in the lectionary for today was from Jeremiah 29: 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
An expression of my essential rootlessness in these times
Some Other Place Men are from Mars Women from Venus So I must come from yet some other place Someplace not barren Dust not on a highway spread Someplace not hot and gaseous No fumes from tailpipes all around My home, where is it, But on some dim, forgotten Earth Before we made it perfect for cars, A... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Response to Nationalist Propaganda
It should be pointed out that there was no golden age of the free market and that Adam Smith would be appalled at the rigged systems of political and economic power that have been defended in his name. Truth be known, ours has b een a mercantilist system occasionally and slightly reformed by... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
I Always Get Lost That Way
I Always Get Lost That Way When they sent me that way Through towns whose borders I can never discern When they sent me by roads Which I know are not marked But secretly whispered off to one side Beside a hedge or behind the branches and leaves Where a lover might know but not a driver When they... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Where have all the pianos gone
Where have all the pianos gone Where have all the pianos gone Which once had welcomed the off-chance Of common out-of-tune company To a patron's supper song? They lingered for a while when the guitars came, Their wires neglected, their keys lost in action. When only money is taken for food, And only... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Film Preview
File Preview Right here! Right Now! Without much of a prelude, Simian men are taking over the Earth. They've controlled Congress for years, Centuries in fact, About two and a quarter of those, And now they're branching out. Boo! Copyright © 2010 by C. P. Klapper Written on August 22, 2010 Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Why the Constitution is Ignored
The U. S. Constitution was a compromise with many provisions to protect individuals ("persons"), local informal and formal governance ("the people") and the States against the possibly powerful and hence dangerous federal government. Its being ignored over the years seems to me to be mostly the... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Jubilee
Jubilee Oh, when will the trumpet of Jubilee Be blown on American land? And when will we each inherit the right To return to our own, our home? Without a lending at interest made king And brothers and sisters made slaves? Just when, may we ask, will there be one law Where natives are citizens? Yet... Sign in to see full entry.