Poetry

by Kevin T McEneaney I enjoy sleeping when it rains. The sound of raindrops pelting a window gently transports me to the land of sleep where dreams are swathed in copacetic hue that reverberate with raindrop echoes flailing against the ...

by Kevin T McEneaney How often do you observe how your brain works at different times of the day or night? Your brain is something of a mystery and it is much more complex than you think. * There may ...

by Kevin T McEneaney When it gets hotter than hot in the shade, and even the leaves are drooping, crying for a drop of water from the heavens as the ground cracks open zigging patterns, the once-surging stream halts still, ...

by Kevin T McEneaney AI will compose poetry for you. Download the app, and you are a poet. The app covers all forms of poetry and will compose a hundred poems a day. You just have to pick out favorite ...

by Kevin T McEneaney Suddenly, a drenching summer downpour flooding the rolling sward of grass and weeds, gutters pouring fiercely, spattering ground, the sky a frothing boil, blanket gray. * In the aftermath, a burst of birdsong chirping, genial, and ...

by Bill Keller I can't call this a climb, this gradual ascent up the gravel path into morning sun. To lay the railroad tracks, men dug and blasted hills, hauled the rock somewhere that needed leveling. I used to want ...

by Kevin T McEneaney In Havana, Castro censored John Lennon, banning the Fab Four in 1964. Cubans defiantly smuggled in tapes of the smash hit “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” Eventually, Castro saw John Lennon as an anti-war activist ...

by Kevin T McEneaney Cormorants are superb fishers, diving deep into the ocean, rivers, and lakes where they catch fish with their powerful bills. Humans have long employed them to catch fish, and in China and Japan, they still do ...

by Kevin T McEneaney Wintering down in South America, they make their first appearance in Houston. Males and females jointly decide on nests. A brooding pair will birth three to six birds. * Adult plumage takes two years to appear ...

by Kevin T McEneaney The Northern Mockingbird, famous for song, is the state bird of Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee. Not only can a male imitate birds, they can imitate other animals, an alarm clock, the sound of a car ...