| HORIZON I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round he sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. �It is futile,� I said, �You can never-� �You lie,� he cried, And ran on. THE HOUSE CAT The house cat sits And smiles and sings. He knows a lot, Of secret things. INVICTUS Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears, Looms but the Horror of the shade. And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. I, and all the public know What all schoolshildren learn. Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return. AN IRISH BLESSING May there always be work for your hands to do, May your purse always hold a coin or two, May the sun always shien upon your window pane, May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain, May the hand of a friend always be near you, And may God fill your hreat with gladness to cheer you. THE KNITTING CLUB She perches, budgie like, Tries to ignore me. She tells me I don�t know what pain is, Sees me as a creature Wanting to destroy her And her culture of crochet. We�re all the same she tells us. (Teenagers that is). It wasn�t that way when she was my age. Oh no. Shewants me to learn to knit Instead of having friends, of course. Her life is to please Everyone but herself. I let her string her own yarns. |