Archive for July, 2002

Immortality Suite

July 29, 2002
Poetry

Glenn Miller is still the orchestra leader Playing for the boys who didn’t make it home. Hank Williams has his own Honky Tonk So he never has to find a place to roam. The music didn’t die that winter’s night When three stars joined them here, Buddy, Ritchie and the Big Bopper Are just working on their new career. Lady Day still sings the blues And ‘taint Nobody’s Business if she do, Johnny Horton still tells us All about the Battle of New Orleans, too. Patsy Cline is still Crazy And she always Falls to Pieces When Gentleman Jim Reeves Comes to sing of Moonlight and Roses. Otis Redding never got to hear us all Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, But Judy Garland is Over the Rainbow And we can see her there every day. Hendrix, Joplin, and Morrison All left at the age of twenty-seven. But now [More]

Heaven and Earth

July 15, 2002
Fiction

Part I: The Shining Sun, Blue Moon and the Shooting Star Once upon a time so long ago, the sun and moon and stars shone down on the world below. All the heavens above loved Mother Earth and enjoyed their chance to shine upon her. In an immortal, beautiful dance, [More]