Author Archives: jackpelham

Where is my teacher? I am sick with worries And I need to Sit at his feet until All my worries are Under his care– Until I am myself again. I need my teacher.   ————————— Note:  I was in … Continue reading →

There is a certain art To saying But one thing In a poem.  

Yesterday and I broke up. I do not care to see her again. I loved her for years but she Never loved me back. She is not the one for me. Now I am seeing Today– Learning her smile, Memorizing … Continue reading →

I believe in Spring!

Nostalgia Makes promises He cannot keep. He is a liar And I don’t Like him Anymore.   ———————- Note:  Boy, could I write a book about this one?!  Having spent the early part of my life looking more often backward … Continue reading →

HumilityFits me funny—Like a suitI would not havePicked out for myself. But I trust my tailor. ———————————— Note:  I have certainly progressed over the years since I penned this thought in 1998 or so.  I do not find humility so … Continue reading →

There is a difference between Hopelessness and Despair.  

In all these dreams– The countless nights of These fifteen years– I have not once dreamt of you. That must say more about my heart Than the sum of all my deliberate thoughts. Change me, I pray, To long for … Continue reading →

In the midst of all this confusion there is in me a small hope that its resolution will leave me a simpler man than I have ever been. But it is yet hard to believe it could be so.

Do steals time from be and life is not so good. Be calms do and leaves him fulfilled.