Carnac the Magnificent
Turban bedecked Johnny Carson
     used to give answers to questions
          "hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar."
Today I woke up
      in a very cold house
         with doors that had been iced shut by the previous night's frozen rain.
Yet, having experienced what it was like to be "hermetically sealed in"
      I still did not have answers to life's questions.
Ah, where 'ave ye gone, Johnny?

Winter Recipe
A little rain
   add a freezing temperature
       and it turns to snow.
When that snow piles up in forests
           and fields it is often
                    "spectacular," "beautiful,"
                             and even "amazing."
But when snow covers Kentucky roads
            the results are:
                                  School is cancelled
                                             businesses closed
                                               Empty grocery store shelves
                                                           whiny  kids  (and adults who pray for spring)
                                                                   even as:
   "seven car pile up near Louisville--details soon." 

Clothesline
Ice hangs in small sheets
     and frozen drops
          on the clothes line
               outside our  backdoor.
Except that instead of drying
 these sheets will  simply melt and fade away.

              

Reflections
Poets are found in the strangest places.
For instance,
I'd never have guessed that
moving to Corinth
would turn on my
Poetry gene;
or, that
a combine
basketbal
god,
deer,
beer bottles,
and graveyards
would be subjects of
my poetry.
Weird.
Very weird.
Watch out:
you might be next!

Here Comes Winter, Again!
The weather report says that we are to get four to eight inches of snow. Plus we can anticipate up to 1/2 an inch of ice. IF we get ice-- we will almost certainly power, again. Last time we were without power from Tuesday evening until Friday afternoon. So, Jeanine and I are hoping for snow-- we REALLY do not want to be without power (and internet) for a nearly a week. If we do lose power, please keep checking the blog knowing that as soon as I can get back on, I'll begin posting again. Meanwhile, keep the faith: MAYBE it will all pass us by. NOT!

Bible Believing Dog ?
Haligan found the jaw bone of an ass.
Not really of course--
it was
(when we could actually look at it)
a cow's jaw.

Sleep
Some nights
    I fall asleep.
Some nights
    I read
            or think
                  or think about sleeping.
But always I have to get up
                   and face a new day.