#64

 IT is the first mild day of March:
          Each minute sweeter than before
          The redbreast sings from the tall larch
          That stands beside our door.

          There is a blessing in the air,
          Which seems a sense of joy to yield
          To the bare trees, and mountains bare,
          And grass in the green field.

--Excerpt from William Wordsworth's "To My Sister"

How much I admire the poetry 
of this English bard,
memorizing verses meticulously,
and then writing it down with ease,
so I could enjoy his words on the first 
mild day in March centuries later.

catherinenglish 03-07-2013

#63 
Here's where I want to be this summer,
living in a new home in Missouri, preparing 
to teach teachers at Missouri State,
where the weather is milder than the 
cold Nebraska winters I have grown 
tired of.

catherinenglish 03-05-2013

#62

Seems like yesterday Joseph Charles English

was born, a week after my 50th birthday, 

a little boy who already has my favor, 

waiting to be born until that magic number, 

me adoring the fact that he had the classic 

"Cave smirk" like everyone in my family,

thinking how his great-grandpa must have

smiled down upon him and smirked, too. 

catherinenglish 03-04-2013

#61

Every time I drink a cup of coffee,
I will think of fair trade and how 
unfair it is to so many people 
around the world; it makes my 
heart hurt to know that I live 
in a place where most people 
are oblivious to the suffering 
of others who just want a fair 
price for the back-breaking work 
they do.  

catherinenglish 03-03-13


Black Gold Movie

#60

It has been a long time 

since I laughed my ass off 

at a movie, but Bradley Cooper 

you played a crazy man with ADD 

so very well. 

And it didn't hurt that Robert DeNiro 

played your dad.

catherinenglish 03-02-2013

#59

This is my favorite photo
of the two John's in my life:
the sweet blue-eyed boy
with the bowl haircut he hated,
and the man he was named for,
my dad, working man, 
just clocked out at Behlen's
stopping by my sister Chris's house in Columbus,
ready for a beer and a smoke,
and some time with his grandkids.

catherinenglish 03-01-2013

#58

I can't believe I have joined
Pinterest because I simply don't
have the time; how do people do it?

catherinenglish 03-01-2013