New Jersey, m'lady!
She has a rather severe hairstyle, but you see, they had to stop her somewhere!
I love her, from her northern obelisk o'ertowering
To that psuedopod gingerly toeing out into the bay,
Nibbled by horseshoe crabs
From her corkscrew confusion of creeks (see: Maurice)
The silty port of Bivalve to the scraggly ironwood vastnesses
Rt. 80 issueing forth,
Wild shad-running parallel river issueing
The Walt Whitman rest stop, whew
Head to toe corseted, road-girdled, this prim yet buxom state
I static-pinned colored counties on a felt map
In front of the 4th grade class
And memorized her counties and thier seats
Burlington, Salem, Gloucester
Cranberries, ruby-ripening
The Joyce Kilmer rest stop, the Amiri Baraka rest stop, no, wait....
Monday, December 15, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Let's get this church rockin'!
We have sung the water song and baptized the children
Now, halfway through the sermon, a dull roar on the roof
Announces the storm
Heavier, more insistent!
The preacher then says "let's turn this church upside down"
And the congregation notice, maybe for the first time
How waterproof this place is
A giant, overturned Viking boat, blond wood-braced
Arrangements are made
The pews fastened to the ceiling, and the ship righted
The worshippers take oar, and out into the flooded world they go
Now, halfway through the sermon, a dull roar on the roof
Announces the storm
Heavier, more insistent!
The preacher then says "let's turn this church upside down"
And the congregation notice, maybe for the first time
How waterproof this place is
A giant, overturned Viking boat, blond wood-braced
Arrangements are made
The pews fastened to the ceiling, and the ship righted
The worshippers take oar, and out into the flooded world they go
Sunday, July 20, 2008
three modest proposals re: renewable energy
There seems to be no lack of energy when it comes to discussing the price of gas. Although harnessing the power of all the nation's moving jaws would seem to be impractical, I thought I would get the discussion going by offering three "modest proposals" towards solving the problem of procuring cheap and renewable energy. I'm appealing to the scientific community out there to run with these ideas, as I am what is charitably known as a "right-brained" thinker and unable to focus on details such as matching my socks, paying my bills, or even maintaining a weed-free lawn.
So (taking a deep breath and cueing the elegaic music that only an petrochemical company playing "clean" can afford to commission) here are my three ideas.
1) For heating our houses in the winter, scientists at our leading agricultural schools should begin working on a new kind of pet, one who would combine maximum heat exuding properties with minimum bulk, so that by keeping the animal in our domicile heat would be radiated and fuel bills reduced. Increasingly efficient ratios of feeding to heat generation could be developed in a controlled population, and tax incentives for families or individuals who would adopt these pets could be instituted.
2) Similiarly, an animal developed for summer cohabitation could be bred to perspire excessively, and by this action serve to cool the surrounding air when stabled in the living quarters. Electricity use could then be reduced by this organic "air conditioner".
3) Although this may be an unoriginal idea, I haven't heard it elsewhere, and so here I am proposing that there is an untapped reservoir of energy being wasted in our country at the various gymnasiums, health spas, and other athletic facilities. This energy, created by millions of health conscious fitness buffs on millions of treadmills, could be tapped into and fed to the power grid. Competitive incentives could be created, such as "Kilowatt Derbies" where towns could vie for the lead in producing energy. I am certain that, retrofitted properly, we could cut our dependence on foreign oil quickly.
So (taking a deep breath and cueing the elegaic music that only an petrochemical company playing "clean" can afford to commission) here are my three ideas.
1) For heating our houses in the winter, scientists at our leading agricultural schools should begin working on a new kind of pet, one who would combine maximum heat exuding properties with minimum bulk, so that by keeping the animal in our domicile heat would be radiated and fuel bills reduced. Increasingly efficient ratios of feeding to heat generation could be developed in a controlled population, and tax incentives for families or individuals who would adopt these pets could be instituted.
2) Similiarly, an animal developed for summer cohabitation could be bred to perspire excessively, and by this action serve to cool the surrounding air when stabled in the living quarters. Electricity use could then be reduced by this organic "air conditioner".
3) Although this may be an unoriginal idea, I haven't heard it elsewhere, and so here I am proposing that there is an untapped reservoir of energy being wasted in our country at the various gymnasiums, health spas, and other athletic facilities. This energy, created by millions of health conscious fitness buffs on millions of treadmills, could be tapped into and fed to the power grid. Competitive incentives could be created, such as "Kilowatt Derbies" where towns could vie for the lead in producing energy. I am certain that, retrofitted properly, we could cut our dependence on foreign oil quickly.
Friday, July 18, 2008
hello blogosphere
Just what the world needs, more opinions! Although that may be an opinion in itself... In this, my initial offering, I salute the denizens of cyberspace with hearty abstract greetings! More to follow!
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