Mr. Locke’s Classroom

Silence fills the room Desks presently occupied by memories alone. Somewhere their laughter their shouts, footsteps, energy bursting with summer Somewhere their chatter their smiles, silliness, childhood shared in the sunlight Somewhere their friendships their hopes, fears, dreams and mischief grow for a season The room, still silent whispers my freshmen to me As I [...]

So. Thus starts my sky-journey, Early boarding onto this bird of steel. No morning sleep for Mr. Locke! Cramped seating and cold cushions Are little comfort. Leaving ground-friends And beautiful, baby-filled wife sadly behind, Like book legends–Beowulf and Odysseus– I venture forth in winged vessel, Sailing the cloud-sea in search of adventure. Well. More truthfully [...]

I whisper your name, when out of the blue sometimes You lead me on, until I catch you again: Gone…just like the wind Blowing right through my soul again–cold, cold air. Breathing into me life again, everywhere And what if I told you I wanted to hold you And what if I tried to; I [...]

Since I’ve noticed a few aspiring poets among the bloggers out there, please allow me to introduce to you exquisitecorpse.org, a website that publishes poetry that is very different, but also very good. Click, read, and be inspired! You’re welcome.

Two nights ago I installed Red Hat Linux 9 on my Laptop computer–alongside the existing MS Windows XP. I would like to make the switch one of these days (mostly because I dislike Microsoft), and this setup should allow me to evaluate Linux for awhile with out giving up Windows just yet. Last night, since [...]