Lines to a Nasturtium (A Lover Muses) Flame-flower, Day-torch, Mauna Loa, I saw a daring bee, today, pause, and soar, Into your flaming heart; Then did I hear crisp, crinkled laughter As the furies after tore him apart? A bird, next, small and humming, Looked into your startled depths and fled . . . Surely, some dread sight, and dafter Than human eyes as mine can see, Set the stricken …
Practice Notes: The S.S. Phenom
Imagine … A beautiful ship—named the S.S. Phenom—made exclusively of cedar planks. This S.S. Phenom is a medium-sized steamship used primarily to ferry tourists over the balmy waters of the Caribbean Sea, between island beaches renowned as vacation destinations. The ship’s owners are under contract with a local travel agency, and enjoy a lucrative regular schedule of trips between and around …
Practice Notes: Objectivity & Subjectivity
I recently shared a couple of love poems written by A.R. Ammons. But this poet is best known for poems which reference scientific laws and theories of various sorts. For instance: Substantial Planes It doesn't matter to me if poems mean nothing: there's no floor to the universe and yet one walks the floor. ~ A.R. Ammons Science & Poetry What I appreciate …
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The Total Night In Myself
Love Song Like the hills under dusk you fall away from the light: you deepen: the green light darkens and you are nearly lost: only so much light as stars keep manifests your face: I feel the total night in myself rave for the light along your lips. Love Song (2) Rings of birch bark stand in the woods still circling the nearly vanished log: after we are …
Eavesdropping on Angels
Eavesdropping on Angels Yesterday, just as Rosh Hashanah was ending, I managed to slip through the dream time and heard R.B.G.’s two guardian angels chatting. Said one: “Oy gevalt, those humans are slow to get it; a Tzadik’s life, like all lives is scripted for greatness, but some beings grasp the plan with a fervor that only gods and angels manifest.” “Oy gatinu” said the other. “We …
A Logical Duet
Every now and again, I find it useful to review logical principles that are central to rational discourse, yet often misunderstood or just botched in the heat of the moment. Here are two all-time favorites … 1. Correlation & Causation Just because two events are correlated doesn’t mean that there is a causal relationship that exists between the two. As pictured above, a hot sunny day may …