Category Archives: poetry

On the Phone by Michael Milburn

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Jim Cota

That whooshing, watery, radio-being-tuned sound tells me he’s outdoors on his way somewhere and I’d better talk fast. I can’t remember the last time I phoned him without dreading that countdown to when he says, “I’m going into the subway, … Continue reading →

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"Whose woods these are I think I know…"

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Jim Cota

It was on this day in 1923 that Frost’s poem titled “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” was published. Frost thought it his best work and his best “bid for remembrance” and noted that the first two lines “contain … Continue reading →

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"Happiness" by Raymond Carver

Posted on January 5, 2005 by Jim Cota

On the way in to work this morning, I happened to catch Garrison Keillor’s “Writer’s Almanac” where he highlighted the following poem. As an old (former) paper boy, I could instantly relate to the thoughts of Raymond Carver in “Happiness”: … Continue reading →

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A Prayer For My Son

Posted on December 3, 2004 by Jim Cota

This is one of my favorite things ever written. Gen. Douglas MacArthur wrote this prayer for his son. A Prayer For My Son Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, … Continue reading →

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