Category Archives: Poetry

Argus’ Tale

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

Sometimes when I’m teaching Homer’s Odyssey, I ask students to write a short story about a passage they’ve read but from the perspective of a character other than Odysseus.  I decided to try my own hand at the assignment.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Protected: Robert E. Lee on eBay (After Juvenal)

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: The Ides of March Coin

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

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Venus and Jupiter

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

Visible in the Western sky this week, for those of us in North  America, will be an especially stunning conjunction of the planets Venus and Jupiter.  The two planets will come within 3 degrees of each other just after twilight … Continue reading →

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Protected: The Coyote and the Cliff

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

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Canis Major

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

It was cold but clear on Sunday night as I took out the trash and, as has become traditional, the dog rushed out with me for one last run around in the woods. She disappears into the dark but can … Continue reading →

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Some Jars in Tennessee

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

In the woods behind my house there is a bunch of junk.  Railroad ties, rusty oil drums, the top of a washing machine with an attached wringer, et cetera, all of it old, haphazardly deposited, and overgrown with moss.  My … Continue reading →

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Testa dell’Efebo

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Uncomely and Broken

Last fall, Humanities magazine published an essay I wrote about the relationship between a poem by Tennessee Williams and a statuette the playwright had once owned, now here in Sewanee.  Both are pasted below. Testa dell’ Efebo Of Flora did … Continue reading →

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