A river runs through them

by Kevin T McEneaney Ister, Ishtar, fertility goddess from ancient-dust Mesopotamia, emblem of rabbits with fluttering doves amid raw-rutting heat of lusty love, that foolish wisdom of wanderlust love eyed…

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Anura (Greek)

means those without tail, the genre of frogs who are mostly carnivores like us: who also have no tails because we sit on our butt to ponder our dilemma. Like…

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All Ears

All Ears My ear follows me wherever I go— they are my devoted pets at each end. There are times I fear they will overhear dim thoughts brewing inside my…

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Music & Poetry

When numbers reach acute mega-zeros, they are surely incomprehensible, yet music can attain similar heights, with transcendent, numinous mystery beyond ordinary understanding— which is why music transmits art beyond poetic…

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Metaphor, part 2

Being frames from the Sunday Comics without images by James Sherry The Noodle with a Knife in It And the neck flies Quick, get the magic marker What’s the surprise?…

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Metaphor

Being frames from the Sunday Comics without images by James Sherry Join The Fun You may win a nice prize Now, look what you’ve done It’s too hard to explain,…

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Springsong

by Kevin T McEneaney There is a light Spring rain falling from clouds, a rain that appears lighter than a leaf, although tall trees are now bare skeletons.   Spring…

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What is in the air?

by Kevin T McEneaney Anticipating a monster snowstorm, I prefer to catnap before the storm. A big snowstorm delivers hushed quiet which makes me feel relaxed yet more alert. Over…

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God is Always with us

Pic from NASA by Kevin T McEneaney Few tongues speak the language of God, which is not found in Greek or Hebrew. The language of God is mathematics: not many…

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The Heart Unfolding

by Kevin T McEneaney Valentine’s Day brims with mythology, whether Valentine or aggrieved Hamlet (as well as Romeo and Juliet) plus, billions of lovers in history, sketching lines of unknown…

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