An Eponym For Theseus

~ No synonyms to find in the thesaurus;   no eponyms to mind, relating to Theseus.   So why wasn’t he, this man of mythology,   an eponym in Greek for some part of memory?   He forgot – quite a lot! isn’t that what it’s for?   After all, was it not his main […] Continue reading

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Tautologies

~ I march with my dogs, By leash on the street. I bid a good morning To each one I meet.   The people, that is, When then they will speak: “There goes Lord Belleview; Who’s kept on a leash.”   The Lord of the Belleview! That’s my claim to fame. For those who don’t […] Continue reading

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Age-out

~ So long there good neighbor,       My once would-be friend.   I’ll never see neighbor again.   As age-out advances       It changes the chances   That neighbors can ever be friends.   Gone is the good day       Where friendships will stay   Forever on ever on […] Continue reading

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Shadow Play

    ~ A shadow    shows     A shaky figure;   A bird   above     Impedes the flight   Of light     That flows         In rays below,   And falls about         Upon us there,   My dog and I,     With […] Continue reading

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Tales of the Tribe – Seven Siblings

Myths such as that from the Kiowa tribe tell that the seven sisters, whilst running from the great bear, they hopped upon a great stump that grew into the enormous stump formation we see today in Wyoming, Devil’s Tower. The seven sisters were borne unto the sky and became the night stars which now make […] Continue reading

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You Are What You Eat

~ A fly in the ointment,       had no appointment; he did what he wanted to do:   All was free-fare       with everything there! and he fed to his fill until through.   Then being thus sated,       still nothing abated his eating – so he ate, and he ate.   Now, the fly […] Continue reading

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November’s Tale

~ A marbled morning sunrise at five, and I want to know, who sculptured this? Is Michelangelo still working on ceilings? after all those years? ~ A small ‘’tweet’‘ comes, from close overhead; followed by ‘’squawks’‘ in the distance. ~ Two birds. Two birds. There are only two birds; when only two, what then, is the […] Continue reading

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