Category Archives: Poetry

The Chair

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Ray V.

The Chair, 6/2/2017 Closing in on midnight, Alone in the dust, save the owls. Longing for sunrise, And the weight of a companion to share the day

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The old man lit his pipe, Blowing smoke above and below and in the four directions. Then he blew smoke on himself to be at one with the cosmos And told the boy a story about the first … Continue reading →

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Poetry Lesson

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Ray V.

Dr. Bill Heath, former Associate Professor of English, came to Mt. St. Mary’s after I had graduated and we have never met. Below is his roadmap for learning to appreciate poetry. Couldn’t we apply this idea to just … Continue reading →

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Poetry?

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Ray V.

Poetry is not something I have learned to appreciate, but every once in a while something reaches out and grabs me. The poem attached to the following link is found at an interesting blog that I discovered a few weeks … Continue reading →