Vaster than ice bound empires
Michael Gallagher It is cold, so very cold.The angels in the architecture clamorfor the exhaust from the drier, billowing in clouds from the base of the basement wall. Family inside and mystery…
Education
Coming home
Simple pleasureof returning home the adulthood of knowingmy lady will not return with me here we arelistening to musicand counting the days talking about childrenand getting restless going for a…
Dag (Hammarskjold) nabbit!
“Give me something to die for! The walls standSpeechless and coldFaffle in the wind What makes lonliness an anguishis not that I have no one to share my burden,but this:I…
Poem for Tuesday
I will not be sad in this worldIn passing, this seemed to make sense.The trials of youth were abetting, we had foreseen the worst yet to come,The landslide was projected…
Auden on Yeats
From time to time, in the midst of writing papers about scientific principles or establishing a budget or just getting lost in routine, I stumble across this poem and remember…
Name chops
I bought these for my sister and her significant other after years of cajoling and pleading on my behalf of my sister. My sister lived here in Korea for two…
Turtle wax
The Admiral looming from his parapet strangles the city with his gaze. Only the arrogant advertisement holds him back from complete domination of Gwanghwamun. With catlike precision he will take…