The Sun in Poetry (and Quilts)
Heavy Threads When the dawn unfolds like a bolt of ribbon Thrown through my window, I know that hours of light Are about to thrust themselves into me Like omnivorous […]
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Enriched Environment
Rock On, Rock Steady!
Although I’m down on professional sports which lead to head injuries that later lead to Parkinson’s disease (e.g., boxing and football), I’m up on Rock Steady, a boxing program for people
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Throwback Thursdays Art
Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution
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Thanksgiving Sonnet
I composed the sonnet below, inspired by a story a boy in kindergarten told me as he drew the above picture. His story, about someone cooking a Thanksgiving dinner in
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The Mist in Poetry
Mist Low-anchored cloud, Newfoundland air, Fountain-head and source of rivers, Dew-cloth, dream-drapery, And napkin spread by fays; Drifting meadow of the air, Where bloom the daisied banks and violets, And
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“The New Yorker” Updates My Drug Regimen
They must have seen my recent post. How helpful! (November 23, 2015, New Yorker)
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My Parkinson’s Anxiety Makes It in “The New Yorker”
“Why don’t we call that nameless dread of yours Bruce, and see if that helps.” (November 23, 2015, New Yorker)
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Throwback Thursdays Art
Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution
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Doing the Right Thing
Today I visited the classroom of one of our 1st Grade teachers. Let’s call her Mrs. Dovetail. She was busy organizing her students into small groups, each group working on
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Two Sonnets: Light and Dark
Both mediocre… The Hudson River flows into the sea. The tide thrusts back with all its mighty power. Swim a river race and you will see the current’s back-and-forth is
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