Author Archives: jackpelham

It is difficult to overstateJust how adamantly most peopleWant their religious and political beliefsTo be a set-it-and-forget-it affair.

Truth is often usefulEven to thoseWho neither loveNor understand her.

Wisdom is quotedFar more oftenThan she is loved,Or even understood.

Is there any unfinished businessThat does not exact a toll in time?

He butts inMaking his presence knownWhere it is not clear he hasAny clear title to be hereIntruding in my businessAnd insisting to be heardWith his voicings of moodsSometimes rapturous butSo often quite severe and sullenAnd lonely and darkAnd sometimes fully … Continue reading →

When you learn something new and then make some long-overdue corrections to your beliefs and practices, be sure you let it soak through completely until it is applied thoroughly to all you think and do. Many of the woes in … Continue reading →

There is ever the hope in this worldThat evil can be quietly avoidedAnd will simply go awayWithout our heroism.And we should know by nowIf we can manage to pry openEven one eye half way from its slumberThat it often does … Continue reading →

Northrup Frye says in his 14th of 25 lectures and The Bible and English Literature (emphasis added): But scientists, of course, like anybody else, find that they can’t get along without creation myths; and eventually we have a Big Bang … Continue reading →

Am I built specialAs if commissioned For particular worksNot germane to everyone?

You can fuss all you like About winter I supposeBut do check yourselfWith an honest admissionThat not once in your yearsHas Spring ever failedTo come around again.