Monthly Archives: October 2006

Sonnet Thoughts

Consider this iconoclastic view of the Elizabethan sonnet by American poet Billy Collins. Sonnet: A Poem By Billy Collins While we are at it, consider also this helpful links page: http://www.bigsnap.com/linklibrary.html Let me introduce a sonnet that may illustrate why … Continue reading

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Forget Therapy When Tom Petty Can Do It For Free

Sometimes all you need to regain sanity is a good song. And a cold drink of water. Forget therapy. Tom Petty has done it for all of us sensitive males who read about ourselves all the time and never know … Continue reading

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CLEAN CARNAGE — For The Record

The following was written September 27, 2001 in my apartment a few miles from Ground Zero. CLEAN CARNAGE If Hitler could have run 757s into Auschwitz and Buchenwald, there is little question that he would have done so. His compliant … Continue reading

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New Rain — The Life of Jesus in Original Music

This is the formal publication of New Rain, a recording that appeared during the 1970s, but which remains a definitive presentation of the life of Jesus in original music by Stephen C. Rose who wrote both the music and lyrics, … Continue reading

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Collected Notes on The Lord’s Prayer

Revised. When people asked Jesus how to pray, he offered them the simple, enduring words of the Lord’s prayer. Here is my “translation” of the prayer a song lyric. Abba whose home in heaven isHallowed and holy is your nameLet … Continue reading

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