Mark : Writing

Overdrive

Overdrive

A Poem by Mark


Just driving in from work, and a nifty little ditty suggested itself...
Parable One: THE ANGRY MOUNTAIN

Parable One: THE ANGRY MOUNTAIN

A Story by Mark


We can better tolerate all the pain and indignity Life slings at us, if we will but see the hand of the Master at work in us, and believe His hammerbl..
Parable Two: THE AUDITION

Parable Two: THE AUDITION

A Story by Mark


A long-overdue sequel to last year's "The Angry Mountain". DO try and remember, it is a PARABLE, thus not really about dancing, okay?
Parable Three: The Pick-up Game

Parable Three: The Pick-up Game

A Story by Mark


Third in a series of my attempting to teach spiritual lessons in mundane terms.
A Thanksgiving Prayer

A Thanksgiving Prayer

A Poem by Mark


When my brother's home was spaed by the So. California wildfires of '07, it occurred to me that that Thanksgiving, there just might be a few extra-sp..
Wrapped Soft In Wondrous Night

Wrapped Soft In Wondrous Night

A Poem by Mark


The 27-poet 2011 Collaboration. Thank you, Craig and Emma!
The End Of The Page

The End Of The Page

A Poem by Mark


It fell into my head fully-formed, in about 47 minutes, the night after my Grandmother's funeral. It instructs us not be be sad, as the loved one is..
TO HAVE, AND NOT HOLD

TO HAVE, AND NOT HOLD

A Poem by Mark


"With This Click, I Thee Web" My heart was heavily guarded, None inside might be permitted. Long neglect had rendered it hardened, As..
REMINISCENCES

REMINISCENCES

A Poem by Mark


Another poem celebrating the life of a fabulous woman whose value was realized only too late, my first wife, Pat...
Jacob's Ladder, <i> one boy's story </i>

Jacob's Ladder, one boy's story

A Story by Mark


...being a tale of how one kid realized he might be righter, and those who critiqued him wronger...