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Queen for a Day

Queen for a Day When “Queen for a Day” came on, my world stilled. Whatever else was happening, my day Went solemn like a praying nun who filled Her heart with peace.  I knew that come what may A needy woman miraculously Would have oppressive troubles swept...

Near Enough

Near Enough He’s almost beautiful, his shoulders big Enough, but not remarkable, his nose A handsome size, his hair thick as a wig Some balding man might buy, and in repose His face is solemn, not some pretty thing. The upper eyelids are as dark in tone As if...

No Time for Thoughtless Guessing

No Time for Thoughtless Guessing The modern, scientific concept that No time existed till the Big Bang flashed Is just about as stupid as a hat Without a brain beneath it.  First, the smashed Down kernel, though unimaginably Dense, small and tense, was hunkered there,...

And Lifted Up

And Lifted Up If poets and composers failed to come, Then who would write the hymns for Venus, Mars, And Jupiter?  Our race would be a numb Excuse for souls.  If none could look at stars Through telescopes, or build an altar, then Existing would become a blankness. ...

Alone and Unsupported

   Alone and Unsupported Within our little lifetimes heroes rose More great than Heracles, and greater than Achilles’ myth.  John Glenn and Yuri froze Out Jason in his little Argo.  Man Leapt up beyond the earth, up past the sky, Beyond the stratosphere, where...