Captian's Log Poem: The Dog and the Door 18 Sep 2018 Please read: The Dog and the Door Excerpt: The Dog: Behold, O man, thy witless end —precursor Age overshadows; what once so sharp has been made dull— and I, hungering, at…
Captian's Log In Defense of Contention 31 Aug 2018 I have friends—now, in the past, and most probably in the future—who could be called peacemakers: if there is contention, if factions are at odds, should it appear voices will…
Captian's Log I Will Be a Tree 11 Aug 2018 I will be a tree and not some mean bundle of sticks. I am at least a seed, and I will try to grow. I will join my roots into…
Captian's Log Sonnet: Dream On 2 Aug 2018 Check out: Dream On Somewhat enamored of the song, Dream On, and meditating upon Christ's words, "Then neither do I condemn you," I imagined a twilit scene, a pool, and a knife.…
Captian's Log Goodbye 25 Jul 2018 Turning my calendar this morning, one guaranteeing a Chuck Norris joke a day, I read, “Chuck Norris cried once. The place is now known as Niagara Falls.” I hadn’t the…
Captian's Log God Bless Me 21 Jul 2018 I am afraid. I lie in bed petrified. I don’t want to get up, just sleep. I want to sleep forever. On my nightstand is yesterday’s mail. No, it’s older:…
Captian's Log Black Cats and Motorcycles 12 Jul 2018 As I journeyed home today, the eve of Friday the thirteenth, a black cat crossed my path. Not one for superstition, I made little note of the omen, but on…
Captian's Log Sonnet: New Life 9 Jul 2018 Please read: New Life excerpt: As like that tree humbly without Spring’s joy, without green leaf—no budding fruit is found—; as like that tree whose brittle limbs no boy should climb—a…
Captian's Log Myself 29 Jun 2018 It’s surprising, to know you’re not yourself. A conflagration of differing influences took me over today. My touch of asthma kicked itself into high gear; couldn’t figure out why until…
Captian's Log Short Story: Let Us Go Into the Light 9 Jun 2018 Let Us Go Into the Light Excerpt: What was my promise? It’s fair you should ask. I said she’d taken me from my living death when she smiled at me,…
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