December 11, 2021

 

 A POEM 

There are some poems
that slip into our brains
without our noticing them.
 
But not too many – a poem
or two by Elizabeth Bishop –
or by Langston Hughes.
 
We read them a second time.
We go back to them. Then we
close our eyes and say, “Yeah!”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

December   11,  2021 

Thought for the Day

 

“Unless we read poetry, we’ll never have our hearts broken by language, which is an indispensable preliminary to a civilized life.”

 

Anatole Broyard,

The New York Times

December 10, 2021

 

WHEN  I  GO

         

What happens when I go,
when I leave the room or
when I head home in my car?
 
We usually don’t ask that question
or give that much thought – but we
do talk when certain people leave.
 
I guess from time to time it’s good
to ask – just what I bring into the room
in the first place or when I die? Yeah ….

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

December   10,  2021 

Thought for the Day 

“Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.”

 

Slovenian Proverb

 December 9, 2021

Thought for today

"Industry is a better horse to ride than genius."

Walter Lippman

 December 9,  2021

TO TELL THE TRUTH 

 
We were told as kids to tell the truth
and to always try to be honest.
 
This was the message we heard
from the nuns and from our parents.
 
So what happened in these last 5 years –
or has there always been the lie?
 
And how do lies change our brains - as
well as to the brains of those who lie?
 
Will all these lies land we know not where
like all those arrows we shot into the air?

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 December 8,  2021

GLASS

 
Does everyone see
as if through glass?
 
Rose colored glasses
or stained-glass windows?
 
Dark sunglasses
or clean, clear glass windows?
 
Do we know we all
see so differently?
 
Do we consciously and
unconsciously filter out?
 
In death or hurt does the glass 
break and we’re no longer blind?
 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021