I wrote this poem back in August 1990, but it came to my brother’s attention a day or two ago via a time capsule (long story). He set the poem with one of his amazing photos of Russell Falls. We both have a soft […]
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Dramatis persona*
Helen Chick
I've always wanted a bumper sticker that said "I'm a female, LDS/Mormon, Scout leading, geocaching, piano-playing, bicycling, mathematics educator with a PhD in maths ... and I VOTE"! I think this makes me a minority group of cardinality 1! * Since there's only one of me and "personae" is plural (I think), I've gone with dramatis persona. Visits since May 2016 |
The accumulated effects of the previous days’ gallivanting took its toll on Mum, who was feeling a bit less than her usual chipper self this morning, so we had a quieter day. I spent the morning reading another chapter of a PhD thesis that I am examining (unfortunately I really did need to do some work […] There was a Faculty post-graduate research conference held on Saturday, which allowed our students to present aspects of their research to an audience of staff, fellow students, and others. Someone decided it would be a good idea to conclude the conference with a humorous debate, tackling the classic topic about which research methodology is better: qualitative […] As I mentioned at the start of the 100 poems challenge, it was Lee Sargent whose 100 days drawing challenge provoked the whole poetry-writing exercise. I followed his artwork picture by picture as he pursued the challenge — he was about three weeks ahead of my own journey, which meant I had to try to avoid […] I have discovered that some of the poems I have been writing verge on kind of approximately being “grooks”, or, as they were originally coined in Danish, “gruks”. A grook is a short aphoristic poem, a form made famous—and named as “gruk”—by Danish polymath Piet Hein (an aphorism is a pithy saying that whimsically captures a […] It’s now nearly four months since I embarked on the 100 poems challenge, and four days since posting the last poem. It’s probably a little early to have a full sense of perspective on the collection (not that I expect that this is a matter of any great consequence) but I do have a gut feeling […]
100. Relaxation Took 3 August 2013
Comments: This one’s too clever for its […]
99. Solitude Some days 29 July 2013
Comments: … although I must say that I do like a vista-filled horizon thrown in for good measure as well, of course … except that the corresponding words wouldn’t have fitted into the poem particularly comfortably! I enjoy the company of friends and believe […]
98. Puzzle The universe— 2 August 2013
Comments: This was the second last poem to be written, and I hadn’t had any inspiration for an angle for the […]
97. Safety First Here is a warning Caveat emptor Content advisory: And should you swallow Please be advised […] |
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