Adventures in Music-ing

“To music” really ought to be a verb. I realize the -ing form of it would look rather awful: you’d either have to make it musicking—which looks sickly—or you’d have to run the risk of musicing being pronounced like “muse icing”—which is an interesting image, but not...

Easter Communion

  Easter Communion by Gerard Manley Hopkins Pure fasted faces draw unto this feast: God comes all sweetness to your Lenten lips. You striped in secret with breath-taking whips, Those crooked rough-scored chequers may be pieced To crosses meant for Jesu’s;...

Alas, no satisfaction cans’t I receive

Update 4/24/17: I won! Will wonders never cease? Last night, I happened upon this contest from Korrektiv Press to turn a pop song into a sonnet. I’ve had way too much fun writing this, so I thought I’d share and invite you to join in! Feel free to post...

Outrage is Not a Virtue

Every day, we in the twenty-first century turn on our TVs or open our internet newsfeeds, and we are bombarded by outrage.  This group trampled on the rights of that group.  This politician said and/ or did something genuinely despicable – again.  A lot of innocent...