Behaving as if the god in all life matters
I promised I’d do it – I wrote a poem about Gaurs. It ended up being not a nature poem but an environmental one, with long end stop lines to reflect some emotion and...
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Time to drive…or not
I think I may be ready to get behind the wheel of a car in India, based on a few things. I pretty much go to the left side of the car, not the...
Two book announcements
First, today is my sister’s birthday! So Happy Birthday sis! And what a better day than to officially announce that my Beowulf book is now available as an electronic book. Pre-Fire Kindle users may...
Not Your Everyday Things
The other day I saw five things in India that one doesn’t see everyday and thought I’d share them with you. A motorcyclist wearing a helmet. A quiet and almost silent Delhi. A big...
Letter to the Airlines
Dear Indian Airline Industry Head Honcho Dude, I recently took a round-trip domestic flight; I believe it’s the second one I have taken this year as well as the second one I have taken...
More on dramatic poetry
In my blog post on Harry Potter and the dramatic poem I made the statement that I had written narrative poetry but not dramatic poetry. But after cracking open my poetry bible, The Art...
A Country Divided
I woke up this morning cold. This is the second time this has happened. Yesterday, once my day got going, I warmed up; today however, my bones are still cold. It is early September...
Harry Potter and the Dramatic Poem
I have been thinking about dramatic poems a lot lately; my sudden attention to them as a genre came about while watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I. Cable television now exists...
Gaurs are cool
I have decided Gaurs are also harmless. This is my official position. Gaurs are the Indian bison that visit us almost daily. It has seemed odd to me — and a bit Indian if...
Lots of Critters….Almost, but…Not!
I killed a bug the other day. I think it was a mosquito, but it may have been a tiny spider hanging in mid-air from a strand of spider silk. It was an overcast...