Law and Gospel According to Johnny Cash

I hate country music. I hate its general lack of musical and lyrical depth and its snivling whine over the same worn out issues. There is one exception to this paradigm: Johnny Cash. To me there is something mystic, something possessing, something downright hymalaan about the music of Johnny Cash (though he is still country [...]

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Winter Hope

I used to write rather mediocre poetry. I still write rather mediocre poetry, but fortunately for others I don’t write it as often. Here’s something that came to me as I was looking out on a dreary, winter day. If you don’t like amateur poetry just move on…
“Winter’s Hope”
Grey, bleak, wind-blown,
Tenebrous, dull, leaf-strown
Winter stirs malaise of [...]

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