Poetry feels like
"Shakespeare's sonnets feel like friends I haven’t seen in a while." - Stafford Wood
Dorm Life
You should go back to college when you're retired and live in the dorm for a semester. It's good practice to get you excited about living in a nursing home.
“And that’s why I love you, Stafford.”
He was shocked when he said it. He didn’t even know.
What I don’t need
I don’t need to write another poem about youHow ironic this poemIs about you.But this is the lastI don’t need to hear another poem about youOr hear a poem about love or hate and think it's about you. Because this is the last time I'll think about youWhen I hear the word Love. or hate.…
Two Minutes of Tiny Noises
A celebration of silence BecomesA celebration of the creak of the chairThe crack of his neck,The knock of her bonesThe cough of the manConsidering his coffinThe shuffle of feet Obviously stressed by the stillnessThe creak of a kneeThe chair againA sigh of settling for someone Who sighsDuring the moments set asideFor silent meditation And a celebration of tiny soundsinstead of silence.
If I should die
If I should die before I wake, The laundry pile overflowing My unmentionablesWill surely be mentionedBy those who find me lying hereSleeping naked With a sheet and books stackedWaiting to be readAnd the curtains openSo that if I had arisenInstead of diedSomeone surely would have seen meIn the daylightAnd those who find me deadWould say it was a…
The Orion Questionnaire
This list of questions is asked of writers and thinkers. I think it's a great list. Learn more about Orion here:
Genesis 1-11
1: Lots of repetition of terms. Each thing... God wants it to be this. It is this. It is good. God wants this. It is this. It is good. God gives man every plant... then in Chapter 2, He reneg's on the gift of "all" to be "all but one" 1:28, 8:17, 9:1, 9:7 -…
Eccentricity
“In Taos, a certain amount of eccentricity is required for conformity,” - Tony Hillerman
On the Nature of Contemplation in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov”
Stafford Wood The Brothers Karamazov Preceptorial Paper Spring 2024 It is nearly impossible to think about Dostoevsky's novel, “The Brothers Karamazov.” In order to think about a novel successfully and properly, one must hold enough details in one's mind to reflect on the characters, the plot, the dialogue, the setting, the conflicts and the themes of the work.…