Comments on: Sabbatical: Day 1

By: Dick

Dick — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:52:07 +0000

I felt similar twinges of conscience immediately after retirement. Sadly, free time seems to have been in short measure for things creative so I wish you better fortune of your sabbatical, Joseph. I’ll be back to check!

By: May

May — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:23:20 +0000

Bhwaaa – I wish I had the same chance!

Make the best of this sabbatical.

By: edward mycue

edward mycue — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:10:01 +0000

my youth was a naked boy on a sweet fast horse
and we rode–it seemed like we were one–
in the cool days and nights until i was old.
that was tomorrow. rode snapping a towel airward.
tomorrow is yesterday and an old man still a boy.
edward mycue

By: chris robinson

chris robinson — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:51:11 +0000

Well, I missed you today. The start of the semester has its rituals, and, for me, I like to chat with you about courses and students. I’ll return the favor by reporting back to you on our 8am faculty meetings, Open Houses, and the joy of grading papers. The sabbatical should give you a chance to explore the short story writer in you. Enjoy.

By: Anny Ballardini

Anny Ballardini — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:07:42 +0000

You Luckiest Being!
I went back to school yesterday and after so many lazy laziest days (in which I thought I had done soooo many things – the Holidays) the true Ocean has come to sweep away everything…
pant pant panting through…

Enjoy every moment of it, well deserved, I am sure!
Anny

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:29:22 +0000

Happy sabbatical!

WINTRY VALENTINE

When trees take off their stumps
and dreams

an act of cynical defiance
only ruined by its sincerity

only saved by its refusal
to stop thinking as snowing

or as shoveling rain a cold rain
passing in and out of snow

the snow that falls in the desert
or falls in a dead heart left in the desert

all that waiting
hunkered down

the cold kiss
it takes a hundred years to give.