Category: poems

Meditations on Modernity: Part 4 #Poetry #Poem #Modern #Day #Life #Community #Present #Mystery

24 Feb 2023

“It is no more possible to live in the future than it is to live in the past. If life is not now, it is never.” Wendell Berry, The Long-Legged House Meditations on Modernity By Vincent H. Anastasi 2023 IV. The Life Let this be the day well done: not the timely completion of all … More Meditations on Modernity: Part 4 #Poetry #Poem #Modern #Day #Life #Community #Present #Mystery

Meditations on Modernity: Part 3 #Poetry #Poem #Modern #Swans #Life #Local #Pub #Medicine

23 Feb 2023

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Meditations on Modernity By Vincent H. Anastasi 2023 III. The Medicine If I could take the creek to work, I would – hitch a ride with the swans who swam … More Meditations on Modernity: Part 3 #Poetry #Poem #Modern #Swans #Life #Local #Pub #Medicine

Meditations on Modernity: Part 2 #Poetry #Poem #Modern #AI #Mechanization #VR #Life

22 Feb 2023

“But in Huxley’s vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death Meditations on Modernity By Vincent H. Anastasi 2023 II. The … More Meditations on Modernity: Part 2 #Poetry #Poem #Modern #AI #Mechanization #VR #Life

Meditations on Modernity: Part 1 #Poetry #Poem #Modern #Busyness #Race #GeorgeEliot

21 Feb 2023

“If we had a keen vision of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of the roar which lies on the other side of silence. As it is, the quickest of us walk about well-wadded with stupidity.” George Eliot Meditations on … More Meditations on Modernity: Part 1 #Poetry #Poem #Modern #Busyness #Race #GeorgeEliot

Beauty for Ashes – A Celebration of Wood Fired Pottery #Poetry #Pottery #Fire #Art #Kiln #GroveCity

22 Jan 2023

For over a month I’ve been waiting to publish this poem. (I’ve also been in a writing drought…hence my lack of posts.) Earlier in the year, my art teacher colleague at Grove City High School invited me out to his property to experience firsthand the mystery of wood fired pottery. He hoped I could capture … More Beauty for Ashes – A Celebration of Wood Fired Pottery #Poetry #Pottery #Fire #Art #Kiln #GroveCity

How Soccer (Fútbol) is Like a Sonnet #Poetry #Sonnet #Soccer #Fútbol

27 Oct 2022

Tonight we celebrated the end of my son’s first year of varsity soccer. In honor of that achievement, allow me to share with you a sonnet I wrote three years ago when I spoke at the girls soccer banquet where I teach. Believe it or not, soccer is like a sonnet. Both require hard work. … More How Soccer (Fútbol) is Like a Sonnet #Poetry #Sonnet #Soccer #Fútbol

Allium Homage: A Lighthearted Blackout Poem #Onions #Garlic #BlackoutPoetry #Poem

23 Oct 2022

I dedicate tonight’s Blackout Poem to my mother-in-law, Bonnie, who is the queen of garlic. She cuts up and eats raw garlic with nearly every dinner, including (BRACE YOURSELF!) pancakes. I still remember my initiation into the Stitt family upon first meeting my wife’s older brothers. You like garlic? Here, try this. As an Italian, … More Allium Homage: A Lighthearted Blackout Poem #Onions #Garlic #BlackoutPoetry #Poem

On Turning 46: “Let Me Live to See a Hundred Autumns” #Poetry #Sonnet #Autumn

6 Oct 2022

Autumn has always been my favorite season. Perhaps my birthday coming shortly after the autumnal equinox has biased me in favor of this rich time of harvest and change, but as I meditated on turning forty-six and my desire to live to be one hundred years old, the following sonnet emerged. I struggled to capture … More On Turning 46: “Let Me Live to See a Hundred Autumns” #Poetry #Sonnet #Autumn

Magenta Flames: A Reflection #Poetry #Poem #Thistle #Nature #HolyGround

28 Aug 2022

“[A body] belongs to the world of love, which is a world of living creatures, natural orders and cycles, many small, fragile lights in the dark.” Wendell Berry – from “Health is Membership” Reflection: The Bull Thistle By Vincent H. Anastasi 2022 Magenta flames stopped me on my way, burning on the spiny base of … More Magenta Flames: A Reflection #Poetry #Poem #Thistle #Nature #HolyGround