Mar 9, 2025 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes, Poetry
– published on the date of his death… March 9, 1994 – THROWING AWAY THE ALARM CLOCK by Charles Bukowski my father always said, “early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” it was lights out at 8 p.m. in our...
Jan 23, 2025 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes, Poetry
– published on the date of his birth… January 23, 1930 – Love after Love by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and...
Dec 18, 2024 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes, Poetry
This is One of Those Poems without any Rhymes by Brian Bilston This is one of those poems without any rhymes, the sort of thing you might read in the Telegraph or Times Guardian. For, as proper poets know, rhyme’s deleterious and only gets in the way when...
Oct 1, 2024 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
Rosh Hashanah – Oct 2-4, 2024 new year. Ned Hayes Rosh Hashanah comes this year on a day of cool wind, a breathtaking portent of winter taking the world, rude lover tossing the sheets away. in autumn the sadness of all things is greatest for now the world...
Sep 25, 2023 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes, Poetry
Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America Tell me what it’s like to live without curiosity, without awe. To sail on clear water, rolling your eyes at the kelp reefs swaying beneath you, ignoring the...
Sep 15, 2023 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
Rosh Hashanah – Sept 15-17, 2023 new year. Ned Hayes Rosh Hashanah comes this year on a day of cool wind, a breathtaking portent of winter taking the world, rude lover tossing the sheets away. in autumn the sadness of all things is greatest for now the...
