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Lewis Carroll gave us the his wonderfully nonsensical and heroic poem of the Jabberwocky, but it takes a child to deliver it with such power. Check it out. A wonderful reading. I wish my college students could perform to this level.

This morning Aidan (my six year old son) and I sat for an hour together watching Ted Kooser read his poetry to a packed hall at UC Santa Barbara in August of 2005. Kooser has such a gentle and honest style. He helps us notice the simple magnificence that surrounds us all. It was an [...]

Of your own accord Training wheels discarded On the garage floor. With my fingers through my hair I said sure. We hit the black top Lot next door, Knowing the fragility of self– Esteem and bones. Like that drunken teenager I remember from years ago On his bike by the Taco Bell, I smiled and [...]