Inspiration
Among our traditions in all JUGHEADS lore,One dates to our start back in Ninety-Four.A film of a lower-skilled, non-book-smart guyInspires us all to reach for the sky.The under-sized Rudy had…
“Paul’s Poetic Platform” Series Introduction
“The grass so green
Skies so blue
Spectre is really great!”
—Norther Winslow, Poet Laureate of Spectre, Alabama, in Big Fish (2003)
This quirky quote from one of my favorite movies is a disclaimer: I do not claim to be a “poet laureate,” nor do I claim to have been working on these poems for 12 years! I’m simply a wordsmith taking on a self-imposed challenge to express more ideas with fewer words in this year’s 10-part poetic series (a first in my 29 years of monthly columns). I’ll cover a wide variety of general and personal topics in an attempt to offer insights, blessings, and inspiration as I model trying new things in this era of widespread societal and personal changes. I may employ different styles, with the cohesion of acrostic, one-word rhyming titles from A through J. —PRA
Historification
The past can't be changed; the future's unknown; The present's a gift for much good to be sown.While passed things are fixed beyond true alteration,There's wisdom to study historification. At JUGHEADS,…
Generation
There are different lengths in our Bible and nationBy which to define a complete generation.Millennials and Boomers span nineteen years each;Israel took forty for Promised Land's reach. Moses' psalm estimates we each…
Fortification
Two kinds of bound'ries exist in one's heart: One brings together, while one keeps apart."Put up your guard; reduce hurts unjust!"—But too much defensiveness disconnects trust.The delicate balance—"Build walls or let in?"—Makes all the difference in friendships and…
Expectation
In the Bible, and culture, and Heaven above,No word is as quite celebrated as "love.""Faith" may come close, with its synonym, "trust;"We all need that daily to transcend this dust.But one less-sung virtue…
Delegation
JUGHEADS began way back in Ninety-Four;Ten kids, one club and a Coach—nothing more.By spring, we multiplied to twenty-two, So Captains were chosen to help the milieu.We next grew to thirty-nine, then…
Catification
At age forty-seven, all set in our ways,We fostered a kitty aged just twenty days.With his mom, Oreo, Chip entered our carePlus three foster brothers for cat's milk to share.All five…
Beautification
I've been wed to Wendy now ten thousand days;A lifetime commitment through each passing phase.Collegiate friendship, then infatuation,Then tying the knot toward beautification.A marriage is worth all the ups and…
Adaptation
"Paul's Poetic Platform" Series Introduction "The grass so greenSkies so blueSpectre is really great!"—Norther Winslow, Poet Laureate of Spectre, Alabama, in Big Fish (2003) This quirky quote from one of…