The following post, which I've edited only slightly, was published on Ricochet on May 2, 2018. I'm publishing it again today on what would have been his 101st actual birthday. When it comes to putting things right, better late than never. Happy Birthday, St. Pope John Paul II. “I have a sweet tooth for song… Continue reading “A Sweet Tooth for Song and Music”
Day: May 18, 2021
Hot Dish on Haiku
Serendipity! I've recently been re-reading Pattiann Rogers. Her poems are stuffed full of brilliant observations about the physical and metaphysical world. Penned by a gifted writer chock-a-block with scientific knowledge of the natural world, Rogers' work has a distinct kinship to haiku. But haiku it is not. This set me to thinking about what distinguishes… Continue reading Hot Dish on Haiku