Miscellaneous Poems and Prose
Poems and prose that have moved or intrigued me.
Page Added 16 April 2000, Revised 19 July 2020
- Bullet Points - by Jericho Brown. An amazingly powerful poem that captures the current moment. The link will take you off of TheBeckoning.com Added 19 July 2020
If - by Rudyard Kipling. Words of wisdom from father to son. Added 20 February 2012
The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyám. The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyám is a contemplation of life and death. Added 19 February 2012
Dogs at Midnight - by Tom Paxton. Another great mining poem/song, this one I think actually written by Tom Paxton (as opposed to Sully's Pale below, which I believe is only sung by Tom Paxton). Added 7 October 2006
The Village Fool - by Ludwig Hirsch, Translation by Guntram Deichsel. This would be a good Halloween poem. It definitely spooks me a little bit. Added 20 November 2003
Snake - by D.H. Lawrence. This is a very powerful and telling story about the pressures of our "education" and about common attitudes towards the natural world around us. Added 13 April 2001
Hope for the Future - by Don Neeper. This is an essay written to promote the concepts presented by author Daniel Quinn in his novel entitled 'Ishmael'. 'Ishmael' is a phenomenal book that I highly recommend everyone read. Added 4 July 2000
Shadows of Our Past - by Don Neeper. This is an essay written to promote the concepts presented by author Daniel Quinn in his novel entitled 'Ishmael'. 'Ishmael' is a phenomenal book that I highly recommend everyone read. Added 4 July 2000
My Falcon - by Knight Kuerenberg. This poem is presented in both English and German, with the translation into English by a friend of mine. Added 4 July 2000
Hurt Hawks - by Robinson Jeffers. Added 16 April 2000
Sully's Bucket - by Dick Gibbons. I first found it at a mining museum in Bisbee, Arizona, attributed to an anonymous miner, but I later discovered that it is written by Dick Gibbons. Tom Paxton sings a wonderful rendition of the poem that I highly recommend. At any rate, Sully's Bucket is one of the best poems I have ever read. Added 20 February 1999, New comentary added 28 January 2008
