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a mother who eats her own the granite gaze upon us now a skulking mass recalling how to plant a secret and tell no lies for now we own those same stone eyes and it s the last gasp of wonder for a cretin on a throne as our daughters sneak away across the phone the future s just a thing we say to keep the sordid past at bay and still we cling onto the mother who eats her own we are the ones left behind in swaddling bound with baling twine they stole the marrow from our very bones and we in turn turn on our own tags music music video video lankum misterwives reflections july 25 2017 in music i m testing the idea that listening to a song too much makes you eventually get sick of it so far i m failing my daughter discovered misterwives recently and said i might like them as a snobby audiophile i clucked my tongue listened with arms crossed and then listened again and again and again now i m almost dancing in my seat at my coworking office and avoiding eye contact check out misterwives reflections they have a newer album but this song from a couple of years ago is my jam right now tags music audiophile song video misterwives reflections dolly parton the story cover april 27 2017 in music any reader of this blog should know i love the music of brandi carlile one of the most talented singer songwriters in the world a new album with artists like pearl jam old crow medicine show adele and the avett brothers covers the songs of carlile s the story album everything about this has me completely interested here s dolly parton s cover of the title track which is amazing watch and then listen to the rest of the album streaming free thanks to npr tags music video brandi carlile dolly parton cover song album new music npm17 a friend s illness april 11 2017 in art literature poetry poetry william butler yeats tags poet poetry poem yeats illness suffering npm17 small prayer in a hard wind april 07 2017 in art literature poetry poetry christian wiman has been through a lot and good poetry often stems from what tastes like poisoned ground from every riven thing enjoy small prayer in a hard wind tags poem poetry christian wiman poet book literature npm imperative by scott cairns april 06 2017 in poetry art literature poetry scott cairns book of collected poems slow pilgrim is excellent and one of his poems is my first offering for national poetry month tags national poetry month poem scott cairns npm2017 npm poetry cold little heart michael kiwanuka march 13 2017 in music there are a few times every year that i hear of a good music review and check out an album and become entranced michael kiwanuka has done that to me with his album love hate only 5 to download or enjoy on a streaming service you use here s the song i can t stop playing cold little heart the opening is 6 1 2 minutes long and then it gets into the song and i never want the opening to end and then it does and i m so glad because it s this whole other thing what an epic this is hope you enjoy it tags music video live michael kiwanuka indie rag n bone man grace february 03 2017 tags music video grace rag n bone man best albums of 2016 december 27 2016 in music i ve been pretty busy this year so i have a long list i could give but i don t feel like i ve listened deeply enough to do 30 albums justice but i can give you five that i think are the bees knees my lists all the way back to 2006 are below enjoy and please let me know your favorites 5 pinegrove cardinal 4 frank ocean blonde 3 slow dakota the ascension of slow dakota christ haunted literary curious playful mindful try i am held together 2 car seat headrest teens of denial punky can rock hard but driven by lyrics wonderfully honest and provoking lyrics try drunk drivers killer whales 1 bon iver 22 a million hands down the bestest of the bestest yeah i know it s quirky and weird and whatever it s almost perfect as work of art depicting the messy clamor through darkness and struggle in the search for something more it s longing and wanting and waiting and a whole bunch of things that should make the thoughtful listener think and seek alongside vernon it s the kind of spiritual pursuit that i want from art it s not easy but it s really good try 33 god full concert previous years best albums 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 tags best albums of 2016 best albums best music music album albums of the year how my family wishes me happy birthday november 10 2016 in family when my kids or my wife have a birthday i stay up the night before until they are in bed and then i hang up streamers and sometimes other decorations in the kitchen and living room i ve been doing it for years because my wife tells me to and because i m tall enough to do it without any help it s a neat tradition to awaken on your birthday and have a festive house just for you today is my birthday and this is what i got and it proves how much my family understands my sense of humor and how much they love me i couldn t have smiled any wider tags family birthday national poetry day october 06 2016 in art literature poetry poetry we shouldn t need an excuse to enjoy poetry but because most of us need reminders happy national poetry day here s a new simple favorite from bill coyle his the god of this world and his prophet is worth picking up tags poem poetry bill coyle fallen blossoms we ve galvanized the squall of it all october 05 2016 in music bon iver s new album 22 a million is frontrunner for album of the year for me this lyric video for one of my favorite tracks 8 circle is all it needs to be provoking and confounding and grappling for something will he find it tags music bon iver 22 a million album mccoy family update september 27 2016 in family after 12 years pastoring at doxa fellowship in woodstock illinois i ve accepted a new job working for ed stetzer and his mission group i ll be doing work as a content strategist for mission group to help develop resources to equip the church for the mission molly and i along with our four kids are very excited about this new chapter of life and ministry our plan god willing is to stay in woodstock for jack s senior year and to move near wheaton illinois soon after that my last sunday at doxa is this sunday october 2nd thanks for your prayers during our time at doxa and we ask that you might ask god to help us through this transition for our needs as we hope to stay local for a while longer for the good of our kids and for our church as we leave tags family update mccoy family job opportunity mission evangelism wheaton woodstock first day of school 2016 august 18 2016 in family here s this year as well as all previous back to 2006 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 tags first day of school kids children childhood first day fdos music discovery of 2016 slow dakota august 04 2016 in music this hasn t been a great year of music for me maybe i m wrong maybe i m getting old maybe i m out of touch or maybe i haven t been looking in the right places because the new album and last album by slow dakota has moved me pj sauerteig slow dakota is headed to nyu law school but not before giving us a thoughtful and christ haunted album called the ascension of slow dakota or spotify check out the lilac bush with the lyrics also posted below wonderfully done one day i came close to giving up my ghost i put my chin inside a mouth of knotted rope but instead of stopping my heart began to fly a dove perched on my shoulder and whispered in my ear each day god comes home with lilacs from his bush he picks them all for you his chosen darkling thrush tags slow dakota music discovery ohh ali june 04 2016 in art literature poetry poetry around 1992 the african nobel prize winning poet wole soyinka spoke at southern illinois university campus and i got to attend my first poetry reading as a budding poet and undergrad after hearing of the death of muhammad ali the memory of that reading and the refrain ohh ali ali from his poem muhammad ali at the ringside 1985 has been ringing in my ears in soyinka s remarkable voice i want to introduce it to you i believe this is only a part of the poem i can t find the text online but it s wonderful audio download muhammad ali at the ringside update nick roark posted the text in the comments so i added them here thanks nick the arena is darkened a feast of blood will follow duly the spotlights have been borrowed for a while these ringside prances merely serve to whet the appetite gladiators clad tonight in formal mufti customised milk recognition savour the night off show off rites ill fitted in this voyeur company the desperate arm wrap of the tiring heart gives place to social hugs the slow count one to ten to a snappy give me five toothpaste grins replace the death mask rubber gumshield grimaces promiscuous peck a cheek supplants the maestro s peek a boo the roped arena waits an umpire tests the floor tests whiplash boundaries of the rope the gallants exhibition rounds possess these foreplay moments gloves in silk white sheen rout lint and leather pack rabane rules the air a tight arsed soubrette checks her placard smile to sign the rounds for blood and gore eased from the navel of bitch mother fame a microphone neck ruffed silver filigree as one who would usurp the victor s garland stabs the air for instant prophesies in cosy insulation bathed in tele glow the distant homes have built their own vicarious rings the forecast claimed four million viewers on the cable deal alone much bread was loaded on the scales at weighing hour till scores are settled one will leave the fickle womb tonight smeared in combat fluids a broken foetus the other toned in fire a dogged phoenix oblivious of the slow countdown of inner hurts will thrust his leaden fists in air night prince of the world of dreams one sits still his silence is a dying count at last the lens acknowledges the tested hulk that dominates even in repose the giddy rounds of furs and diamond pins a brief salute the camera is kind discreetly pans and masks the double talk of medicine men has the syndrome but not the consequence promoters handlers it s time to throw in the towel parkinson s polysyllables have failed to tease a rhyme from the once nimble louisville lips the camera flees distressed but not before the fire of battle flashes in those eyes re kindled by the moment s urge to centre stage he rules the night space even now bestrides the treacherous domain with thighs of bronze a dancing mural of delights oh ali ale e e what music hurts the massive head tonight ali the drums the tin cans the guitars and mbira of zaire aa lee aa lee aa lee bomaye ali bomaye the rumble in the jungle beauty and the beast roll call of bum a month the rope a dope the thrilla in manila ah lee ah lee the closest thing to death you said was that the greatest saddest prophesy of all oh ali black tarantula whose antics hypnotise the foe butterfly side slipping death from rocket probes bee whose sting unsheathed picks the teeth of the raging hippopotamus then fans the jaws convergence with its flighty wings needle that threads the snappy fangs of crocodiles knots the tusks of elephants on rampage cricket that claps and chirrups round the flailing horn of the rhinoceros then shuffles does a bugle tap dances on its tip esu with faces turned to all four compass points astride a weather vane they sought to trap him slapped the wine each time he brings a message all know the messenger the neighborhood is roused yet no one sees his face he waits for no reply only that combination three four calling card the wasp tail legend i ve been there and gone mortar that goads the pestle do you call that pounding the yam is not yet smooth pound dope pound when i have eaten the yam i ll chew the fibre that once called itself a pestle warrior who said i will not fight yet proved a prophet s call to arms against a war cassius marcellus warrior muhammad prophet flesh is clay all all too brittle mould the bout is over frayed and split and autographed the gloves are hung up in the hall of fame still loaded even from that first blaze of gold and glory awed multitudes will gaze new questers feast on these mementoes and from their shell shocked remnants re invoke the spell but the sorcerer is gone the lion withdrawn to a lair of time and space inaccessible as the sacred lining of a crown when kings were kings and lords of rhyme and pace the enchantments is over but the spell remains wole soyinka muhammad ali at the ringside 1985 in the muhammad ali read ed gerald early new york harper 1998 227 229 tags wole soyinka poetry poem muhammad ali ali prev next recent posts blog last night i dreamed the end had come about 3 years ago national poetry month 2023 about 3 years ago doctrine devotion conference 2019 about 7 years ago boygenius about 7 years ago lankum the granite gaze about 8 years ago april 2023 2 may 2019 1 january 2019 1 november 2017 1 july 2017 1 april 2017 4 march 2017 1 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