April  28,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

“A poem’s every line conceals the sufferings of Cambodia and Auschwitz …. Every line also holds  a spring day’s joy.  Tragedy and joy collide n every line.”

Adam Zagajewski,

A Defense of Ardor, 2004

April  27,  2021UGHT

CAUGHT

Lost, caught, trapped, stuck,
not sure of what’s next.

Show me a small house
in this bloated forest.

Let there be a light in a window.
Let there be a fire place – lit.

Let there be a door that opens -
without any trouble.
 
Let there be food on a stove.
and a soft chair to sit on.

I need a warm bed for the night
and a long, long sleep - rest.

Tomorrow I can find my way out
of this mess – but not right now. 
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

April 27,  2021

 Thought for the Day

 

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk?”

 

Albert Einstein

April  26,  2021

CONSEQUENCES

 
We hear echoes,
even when we seem
to be deaf to them ….

We hear them,
even when we forget
there are consequences,
and we get hit with

the reality of repercussion.

Realities trigger realities.

We know that some words 

are made of razor blades or 

have been left to marinate

in the dark mud of earth,

the dark dirt of death. 

Hopefully we discover the MORE:

there is redemption and hope

and not just the dark stuff.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

April 26,  2021

Thought for the Day

 

“Size isn't everything. The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.” 

 

Burton Hillis

 April  25,  2021

 

NOT SUPPOSED TO

 

There are lots of not supposed to
places we’re told to avoid:
the other lanes on the highway,
the places without the lights.

Good if they are dangerous.
Bad if there are places where
we can make things better
and bring about a clean up.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 

April  25,  2021

Thought for the Day

 

“Rule No. 1 is never lose money. Rule No. 2 is never forget Rule No. 1.”

 

Warren Buffet