Poetry

World Poetry Day

March 21, 2020 Herb 9
So, I saw a couple of different places that today is World Poetry Day. This was at the same time I was going through some old junk in my saved folders. I look at stuff I’ve written and a lot of it’s Continue Reading[...]

To Coffee

January 21, 2020 Herb 3
An Ode (Or rather, my feeble attempt at one.) Caffeine! Adrenaline! Adenosine!Epi–Epi–Epinephrine!Yay team! Rah-rah! Goooo Team Coffee! Getting excited is easy to doWhen you’ve had a cup or twoOr three or four or fiveWhich makes you feelYou’ve come alive! You say, perhaps, Continue Reading[...]

One Twenty Twenty Twenty

January 20, 2020 Herb 5
One Twenty Twenty Twenty I wonder some years, where the time went-yHow have I arrived in Twenty-Twenty?When I was twenty I felt like I couldLive forever if I learned to be good. Now the century of the MillenniumWhich feels as only yesterday Continue Reading[...]

The Dreamer

January 20, 2020 Herb 0
Once there was a dreamer, or so they sayWho wished children could hold hands, run, and playTogether on Georgia’s red clay hillsBut was that preacher/dreamer’s dream fullfilled? Over fifty years ago he lived and diedSome might say he failed, though he triedAnd Continue Reading[...]

What's An Ode?

January 18, 2020 Herb 3
We’re not really talking about when the guy pays you back and says, “Here’s the money I ode you.” That would actually be owed, not ode. Of course if you were paying him to write poetry for you then you might be Continue Reading[...]

Readable Books

January 9, 2020 Herb 8
As I said the other day, the most popular pages on herbthiel.com are the pages I made about the order to read Louis L’Amour’s books about the Chantry, Sackett, and Talon families. He is one of the most popular authors around, even Continue Reading[...]