Tag: verse

BECAUSE THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO

Or Does It? by Rich Paschall In recent years or maybe decades, I have read a lot about the passages in the Bible that some claim condemn homosexuality. The most famous of these is Leviticus 18:22. No one brings that passage to my attention any longer, but if someone does, I will have to ask … Continue reading BECAUSE THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO

JAWS THAT BITE, CLAWS THAT CATCH – JABBERWOCKY

Nothing but the Jabberwock has ever bit as well as the jaws that bite and the claws that catch ... not counting Bonnie, the Scottie, who perhaps is the Jabberwock, disguised as a small, black dog. Here be the classic poem by Lewis Caroll. Nothing else can match it and I never grow tired of it.

APPLES AND AUTUMN

Autumn's perfection, the fearful symmetry of the seasons ... amber light, golden leaves. Apple crisp and pumpkin pies, colors to warm the soul. The rich tapestry of nature rolls on ... Alight with color, the world of winter lurks in the corners.

TWAS BRILLIG! JABBERWOCKY, LEWIS CARROLL

THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER

  I have always felt kind of sorry for the oysters. Silly little shellfish, so foolishly trusting. "The Walrus and the Carpenter" is a narrative poem by Lewis Carroll. It appears in Through the Looking-Glass, (1871). The poem is recited in chapter 4, by Tweedledum and Tweedledee, to Alice.