Rants, mumbling, repressed memories, recipes, and haiku from a professor at the University of St. Thomas Law School.
I hope I'm doing this correctly! Really enjoying this blog, Professor Osler. Snow forts with sisters,Careful--wet socks leave frost bite,Boot-hockey with dad.Snow-drifts, shoulder-height; Ice-hut village on the lake,Me, child of the north.
Winter, in prison,and the food was real good. Nowset me free warden.
Too cold for flip flopsMosquitos sleep. Patio!Texas swamp winter.
Hats, scarves, coats, mittensWind, rain, snow by the North SeaSt. Andrews, Scotland
Shorts and a jacket,because Texas seasons changefrom morning to noon!
A seasonless placeWhere rain follows heat and rainBut the days are short
You call this winter?Eighties in January?It's just "Not Summer."
AsymmetricalFlakes drift, singular, clusteredA warm blanket, white
Winter in Waco,Soft sunlight warms my bald head,Minnesota ice.
Woke my son up early. "Can I say a bad word, please?""Holy Crap, it snowed!"
Winter excusesTime to work on other houseDown in S. TampaBronzed skin, frecklesSunshine warms my aging bonessweet, fresh orange juiceLeaves swirl from limbsPollen drifts from ancient Oakssweep into neat piles
Asthmatic oldestskis in subzero weatherHello urgent care.
A beautiful fireImages of yesteryear Warmed by remembrance. PTC
The sun's down by 4?How do you walk home from school?Dark is worse than cold.
I was different thenWhen I wrote, twelve hours agoNow I am a mom :)
Congrats Jessica!
Congrats Jessica???
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Pure white, spark and fallIn moonlight. Snowplows and saltDisdain perfection.
The rose blooms yet inHer cheeks,this Scottish lass.He,Fragile,waters it.He was broken,a drone In business. She a queenBee,always airborne.Now they approach theWinter,contented.Each helpsLove's bud flourish.
I didn't ask for thisPetrified limbs,face cryingMercy.Crazed Snowman.Layered like lasagnaI look for shelter. No smiles.Every branch sagging.The wind gnaws my ass.The cold breaks my bones.I amBeaten--futile war!
Jeez,Geoffrey! What a whiner!She put carrots inCelery,spuds,stew meat,heatTo make cold bones dance.Winter was hard,like Frigid iron. They needed Soup resurrection.Her goslings,four youngOne graying drake,flapped aboutThe creek bed.Priest saw.He strewed corn. Like thisIn his homilies,he kept his flockAlive through the long snows.
Awwwwwwww,Jessica! Congratulations! Care to divulge some details?! This is very exciting!
Dad!? She wondered.CheekyRed bird calling from bare branch.Cardinal home run.
I hope I'm doing this correctly! Really enjoying this blog, Professor Osler.
ReplyDeleteSnow forts with sisters,
Careful--wet socks leave frost bite,
Boot-hockey with dad.
Snow-drifts, shoulder-height;
Ice-hut village on the lake,
Me, child of the north.
Winter, in prison,
ReplyDeleteand the food was real good. Now
set me free warden.
Too cold for flip flops
ReplyDeleteMosquitos sleep. Patio!
Texas swamp winter.
Hats, scarves, coats, mittens
ReplyDeleteWind, rain, snow by the North Sea
St. Andrews, Scotland
Shorts and a jacket,
ReplyDeletebecause Texas seasons change
from morning to noon!
A seasonless place
ReplyDeleteWhere rain follows heat and rain
But the days are short
You call this winter?
ReplyDeleteEighties in January?
It's just "Not Summer."
Asymmetrical
ReplyDeleteFlakes drift, singular, clustered
A warm blanket, white
Winter in Waco,
ReplyDeleteSoft sunlight warms my bald head,
Minnesota ice.
Woke my son up early.
ReplyDelete"Can I say a bad word, please?"
"Holy Crap, it snowed!"
Winter excuses
ReplyDeleteTime to work on other house
Down in S. Tampa
Bronzed skin, freckles
Sunshine warms my aging bones
sweet, fresh orange juice
Leaves swirl from limbs
Pollen drifts from ancient Oaks
sweep into neat piles
Asthmatic oldest
ReplyDeleteskis in subzero weather
Hello urgent care.
A beautiful fire
ReplyDeleteImages of yesteryear
Warmed by remembrance.
PTC
The sun's down by 4?
ReplyDeleteHow do you walk home from school?
Dark is worse than cold.
I was different then
ReplyDeleteWhen I wrote, twelve hours ago
Now I am a mom :)
Congrats Jessica!
ReplyDeleteCongrats Jessica???
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeletePure white, spark and fall
ReplyDeleteIn moonlight. Snowplows and salt
Disdain perfection.
The rose blooms yet in
ReplyDeleteHer cheeks,this Scottish lass.He,
Fragile,waters it.
He was broken,a drone
In business. She a queen
Bee,always airborne.
Now they approach the
Winter,contented.Each helps
Love's bud flourish.
I didn't ask for this
ReplyDeletePetrified limbs,face crying
Mercy.Crazed Snowman.
Layered like lasagna
I look for shelter. No smiles.
Every branch sagging.
The wind gnaws my ass.
The cold breaks my bones.I am
Beaten--futile war!
Jeez,Geoffrey! What a whiner!
ReplyDeleteShe put carrots in
Celery,spuds,stew meat,heat
To make cold bones dance.
Winter was hard,like
Frigid iron. They needed
Soup resurrection.
Her goslings,four young
One graying drake,flapped about
The creek bed.Priest saw.
He strewed corn. Like this
In his homilies,he kept his flock
Alive through the long snows.
Awwwwwwww,Jessica! Congratulations! Care to divulge some details?! This is very exciting!
ReplyDeleteDad!? She wondered.Cheeky
ReplyDeleteRed bird calling from bare branch.
Cardinal home run.