ALAN NORDSTROM'S BLOG
verses, essays, photos
Saturday, January 31, 2015
IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS
The news is filled with violence and gore,
And nothing tops the headlines like a war.
Is this in us a habit to deplore,
Or just the way the media aim to score?
*
Newer Post
Older Post
Home
<— Click on photos to enlarge.
"You must not think that feeling is everything. Art is nothing without form." —Gustave Flaubert
Blog Archive
►
2018
(1)
►
June
(1)
►
2017
(128)
►
November
(2)
►
October
(4)
►
September
(8)
►
August
(9)
►
July
(16)
►
June
(13)
►
May
(16)
►
April
(8)
►
March
(15)
►
February
(14)
►
January
(23)
►
2016
(299)
►
December
(25)
►
November
(27)
►
October
(15)
►
September
(12)
►
August
(18)
►
July
(25)
►
June
(27)
►
May
(27)
►
April
(30)
►
March
(36)
►
February
(24)
►
January
(33)
▼
2015
(347)
►
December
(36)
►
November
(35)
►
October
(20)
►
September
(26)
►
August
(25)
►
July
(21)
►
June
(29)
►
May
(39)
►
April
(26)
►
March
(29)
►
February
(26)
▼
January
(35)
UNANSWERABLE There’s nothing su...
IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS ...
SONNETEERING A sonnet keeps a tr...
BEYOND RECKONING If s...
ABOVE ALL Of all the things we tr...
HERE TO STAY We were implicit in t...
SPACE ALIENS We must suppose wi...
KNOW THYSELF In us the universe ma...
THE STATE OF THE UNION, 2015 Joe...
LAKE CHELTON PARK Our sinkhole p...
THE VOCABULARIAN for Jacques Harlow ...
FICTIONEERING Doc Martin, Downton ...
LOVING KINDNESS Though loving kindness may...
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY *
H. HAYWARD HIRSCH, R.I.P. The house is go...
MEAD GARDEN WOOD NYMPHS
PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF Doc Mart...
RECIPROCITY What matters most is not wha...
WHERE DOES YOUR GARBAGE GO? It’s first to...
BEHAVE YOURSELF What’s more important than...
FIAT LUX (after watching Cormac McCa...
NUISANCE There’s something in the backyard Gyp...
RETRIBUTION A thug broke in to our near ...
SILK PURSE Some home-invading burglars have...
[CONTEST ENTRY #1] What is the true...
GYP AND TIG IN SWEATER WEATHER The tempe...
UNSPELL-BOUND The eastward wind proclaims...
BOOKS IN DIALOGUE *
LET THE GAME BEGIN My morning starts: co...
MATRICOSM That life has happened here cl...
CATCH OF THE DAY ...
THE POET’S STUDY The poet’s study held a m...
H. HAYWARD HIRSCHR.I.P. It’s Captain Haywar...
INSPIRATION Out of the ether of the cosmic v...
►
2014
(294)
►
December
(30)
►
November
(28)
►
October
(33)
►
September
(27)
►
August
(15)
►
July
(13)
►
June
(30)
►
May
(29)
►
April
(22)
►
March
(22)
►
February
(15)
►
January
(30)
►
2013
(246)
►
December
(21)
►
November
(22)
►
October
(20)
►
September
(22)
►
August
(18)
►
July
(23)
►
June
(25)
►
May
(20)
►
April
(21)
►
March
(26)
►
February
(11)
►
January
(17)
►
2012
(208)
►
December
(26)
►
November
(12)
►
October
(11)
►
September
(7)
►
August
(17)
►
July
(13)
►
June
(34)
►
May
(25)
►
April
(18)
►
March
(13)
►
February
(16)
►
January
(16)
►
2011
(240)
►
December
(29)
►
November
(22)
►
October
(25)
►
September
(25)
►
August
(19)
►
July
(13)
►
June
(18)
►
May
(21)
►
April
(11)
►
March
(17)
►
February
(21)
►
January
(19)
►
2010
(261)
►
December
(16)
►
November
(6)
►
October
(20)
►
September
(17)
►
August
(23)
►
July
(30)
►
June
(26)
►
May
(14)
►
April
(26)
►
March
(32)
►
February
(26)
►
January
(25)
►
2009
(100)
►
December
(19)
►
November
(1)
►
August
(13)
►
July
(26)
►
June
(6)
►
May
(9)
►
April
(11)
►
March
(12)
►
February
(1)
►
January
(2)
►
2008
(224)
►
December
(9)
►
November
(4)
►
October
(4)
►
September
(4)
►
August
(7)
►
June
(22)
►
May
(30)
►
April
(33)
►
March
(36)
►
February
(43)
►
January
(32)
ALAN NORDSTROM
Licensed Verse Practitioner anordstrom@rollins.edu