Tanka

Love that should return
After long years so distant
Garden overgrown
Gangly weeds that strangle Hope
Must bring a confident hoe.
August 5, 2008

"Turn Up Your Patsy Cline"

All the great songs have been written
. . So please don't listen to mine
If by Love you've been smitten
. . Just turn up your Patsy Cline.
June 16, 2008

"I Saw Elvis Flipping Burgers"

I saw Elvis flipping burgers
..At the Corner burger store
I saw Edgar sipping absinthe
..While a crow sang 'Nevermore!'
I saw Thomas strum a fiddle
..Behind Sally Hemmings door
....Gee, I must be dreaming
....We're not in Kansas anymore.
April 19, 2008

New Stuff: 5/15/8

You say I lost my mind
..That's nothing I don't know
In fact, I've said as much . .
April 23, 2008

I buried my cat today
I laid his soul to rest . .
January 8, 2008

AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR DAY
One thing to consider
..As you go about your day
We sell to highest bidder
..Unless he's in the way.
May 5, 2008

SHE WINKED AT ME
Charlottesville,
..She winked at me
....She winked at me
......She winked at me.

She winked at me,
..and in that wink
....I caught a blink
Of how it used to be.
April 3, 2008

Little Grill Open Mic: 1.10.8

The regularly-scheduled Thursday night open mic at the Little Grill Collective in Harrisonburg, Virginia went off like a pistol last week, January 10, 2008.

It was a real "ChrisFest", so dubbed by the M.C. Chris Howdyshell, with upwards of four Chrises performing--each of them more talented than the next.

I first read a poem translated from the Greek by Robert Herrick entitled 'The Wounded Cupid'. Then I did some of my own: 'Leaning on a Lamppost', 'I Asked the Willow Tree--Part I', 'As Long As It's Not Terrible', and 'When Love Comes Calling'

Googlegangers

1) Michael J. Farrand, ASA, Principal

Mr. Farrand graduated from Southern Methodist University with a B.A. in Economics and a B.B.A. with emphasis in Finance. He later received an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. Mr. Farrand conducted research on the public equities market for professors at each institution. At Pepperdine, while serving as a graduate assistant, he also coordinated seminars on ethics and the public financial markets, instructed students in Finance, and conducted research and financial analysis for a medical consulting firm. He has been a guest lecturer on the subject of business valuation at Pepperdine University and the University of California at Los Angeles. He is an Accredited Senior Appraiser of the American Society of Appraisers, Business Valuation discipline. source

2) Michael Farrand

director of sales and marketing--deli for Hormel, discusses how prepared foods merchandised in a chilled format can help retailers turn the deli department into a consumer destination for tonight's dinner. source

3) MICHAEL FARRAND

Women's Soccer Head Coach

44-87-8 (.345)
Eighth year at CWU
Point Loma Nazarene, 1984

The 2007 season marks year number eight for Michael Farrand as head women's soccer coach at Central Washington University. source

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