Backward Mutters

  • Thirty-third Anniversary

    Thirty-third Anniversary

    A poem in honor of my wife who has endured so much. You may listen to me read the poem via the player below. Last January scientists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Detected that a neutron star One and a half times the mass of our sun Had crashed…

  • Love Is Not Strength

    Love Is Not Strength

    This poem is based on 1 Corinthians 13 and in honor and memory of a friend and friends. You may listen to me read the poem via the player below. Love is not strength Though it is patient and kind. Not that it doesn’t desire Or burn hot as fire,…

  • All Creatures

    All Creatures

    A morning’s reflection. You may listen to me read the poem via the player below. In the morning stillnessWhile the family sleeps,Twilight finds its way inAs does an unseasonable coolnessWhich blows through the opened windows.The morning walkers make their wayUp the street telling yesterday’s storiesAnd sharing the day’s tasks which…

  • Movement

    Movement

    When you wait for movement,When you stand on your toesAnd stretch your neck and squintTo see the horizon,To see that for which you had hoped,The peristalsis of time slowsTo a crawl and sleepsOr at best slips and slogsLike a slug along the sidewalk.Time, like an old man bentUnder the weight…

  • A Poem for Your Pocket

    A Poem for Your Pocket

    I learned from a friend that April 29 is Poem in Your Pocket Day. So, Dennie, here’s a poem for your pocket. You may listen to me read the poem via the player below. I need a poem for my pocket One that I can take with me One that…