The Sun in Poetry
Miracles Why, who makes much of a miracle? As to me I know of nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight over […]
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The Taxman Cometh
Annual Appointment with My Accountant Another night, another year. At dawn The clock exploded in my ear. I woke And staggered to the train. The mist stretched on The Hudson like
The Sun in Poetry
Vernal Equinox The scent of hyacinths, like a pale mist, lies between me and my book; And the South Wind, washing through the room, Makes the candles quiver. My nerves
The Parkinson’s Pressures
Isn’t it stressful having Parkinson’s disease? It’s practically a 24/7, can’t-escape-it career. With homework. You have to exercise almost daily; take longs walks in nature; get plenty of sleep; do creative
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Double Dip
Here’s a two-for-one: 1. The Huffington Post just published an article titled “Why I Refuse to Give In to Parkinson’s Disease,” written by a fellow Parkie named Steve Alten. In the
The Sun in Poetry
The River And I behold once more My old familiar haunts; here the blue river, The same blue wonder that my infant eye Admired, sage doubting whence the traveller came,—
The Sun in Poetry
The Awakening I dreamed that I was a rose That grew beside a lonely way, Close by a path none ever chose, And there I lingered day by day. Beneath
Move Over, Parky! Bruce Writes a Sonnet!
While flying home from California, I reviewed the older Parking Suns posts, and noticed that in the Throwback Thursdays Art, the sun is typically “off screen and to the left”
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Parky’s Thank You Sonnet
Parky had a great time on his trip to California. He wrote this sonnet as a way of thanking our host, Bill Harwood. A car, a train, a bus, two
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Parky Takes Another Trip
Here’s Parky in the departure lounge at New York’s La Guardia airport. New York’s been bitterly cold and snowy, so he’s heading to San Diego, California, where it’s sunny and
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