Captian's Log Praise the God Who Lives 8 Feb 2022 I praise my God, I praise the God who lives. I lift my voice, but my lungs fail. No breath in me, no life, no soul. I praise my God,…
Captian's Log Poem: The Morning 7 Feb 2022 The muted silence of the dying rain,eyes closed, my head against the window pane,the growing dawn upon unguarded skin,the scent of you and all that could have been. The kettle's…
Captian's Log Poem: The Nightmare’s Scream 1 Feb 2022 We dreamed a sacred dream, began a noble path— these things aren't as they seem— I hear the nightmare's laugh! What was of best intent— an honest lie, we said—…
Captian's Log Short Poem: The Forest and the Trees 31 Jan 2022 The pine trees wave upon the hilla rumour spreads from limb to bough;and whispered as the air grows still,they say a forest's here, somehow. No one believes the tale is…
Captian's Log Poem: Dreams of Darkness 17 Jan 2022 Once the dream remained,but now the song is lost.Just notes, just words, are here,the meaning's dead and gone. The record turns,the needle's in the groove,they're dancing all around,but I hear…
Captian's Log From the Archives: On Poetry 15 Jan 2022 There is a Charles Bronson film titled Telefon. It is most of what you would expect from a Charles Bronson film. It's a little silly, a little fun, a bit…
Captian's Log Drabble: The Sidewalk Ends 13 Jan 2022 One day you gave up. I don't know why. You just stopped. You're like a dead fish carried in a stream; I see you moving, but there's no life there.…
Captian's Log Poem: The Salesman 10 Jan 2022 We sell the parts you need or want,an arm, an ear, some legs to flaunt.Don't ask us where our stores come from.Try a spare eye? Some toes? A thumb?I see,…
Captian's Log Random Shorts 5 Jan 2022 Some of us accept death . . . . . . sometimes in faith . . . . . . sometimes in despair. But some refuse to die. That's where…
Captian's Log Drabble: For Whom the World Sings 2 Jan 2022 The ancient song is heard again by the infant laying low. Once more the age old melody is played. Sing, O world. O rivers, hum. O trees, shake your leaves.…