Poetry

by Kevin T McEneaney Cicadas dwell in trees, eating their sap. There are well over 3,000 species and biologists are still counting them. They remain famous for their boasting songs, played with timbrels on their skeletal legs. * In North ...

by Kevin T McEneaney Poems resemble winding caterpillars plunging through high grass in unknown pastures where they encounter prickly obstacles that stimulates their growth to be transformed into a butterfly that will flutter in sunlight over myriad landscapes on their ...

by Kevin T McEneaney Our gravity cannot hold off the sun which will consume every atom of Earth in its attempt to prolong its own life…. * The sun’s beneficence is limited, as its helium, hydrogen warms us, producing breathtaking ...

by Bill KellerWash your hands with rainwater,then grasp the soft amphibiansby their middles, or enclosethem in your cupped fingers. Be gentle! Feel how delicatethey are, though bones frametheir damp skin. (Notice theevidence on the pavement.) Keep on the course they ...

by Kevin T McEneaney Those rainy days in Spring are a pleasure to a prospective gardener sorting seed packets that whisper in shushing sounds…. I like the sound of rain on windowpane, that moist scent of what the future may ...

by Kevin T McEneaney Those cool drizzling days of Spring effusion evoke wonder, delight, despite cold nights, as rugged dandelions bloom with weeds across multitudinous fickle lawns where drizzle resembles a chin tickle of acute observation on nature while my ...

by Kevin T McEneaney Each day of your life is like a miracle. The likelihood of you being alive is an extremely minuscule event amid billions of wandering planets. * Why do some think we are demi-gods? Why is raising ...

by Kevin T McEneaney Pity the door mouse, which is edible— at least some Romans had that opinion, since they kept doormice in tiny cages or boxes, and ate them stuffed, baked, or fried. * I believe that curious custom ...

by Kevin T McEneaney There is a new science about aging. The name of the three-hundred-page-plus book is Ageless, a volume that speculates on improving body telomeres and mitochondrial quality control. * It says that adding antioxidants or improving mitophagy ...

by Kevin T McEneaney Humans remain proud of their big brains, yet whales and elephants have bigger brains. Dolphins swim as substantial brainiacs. Small brains can be sharp, sophisticated, as in ants, bees, spiders, and butterflies. * The language of ...