Poems by Otho Campbell
Here are some poems from my friend Otho Campbell. As he did not title them, I follow the way Emily Dickinson poems are labelled, which is to say by the […]
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Of Statues and Monuments
A focal point of the city of Richmond, Virginia is a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Lee, by all accounts a brave, intelligent man, betrayed the U.S.A. for […]
Buy Bitcoin
A few days ago my acquaintances Max and Jonathan asked me about possible stocks to buy. “Look at all the good deals,” they said. So many good deals. For […]
Laethanta na Riabhaiche – The Borrowed Days
During these first days of April snow falls outside making it easier to stay inside in the time of coronavirus. Another April some time ago, while perusing Richard MacFarlane’s Twitter […]
Morse Code Revisited: Communing With Titanic’s Distress Signal
by Carl Kruse Years ago I studied Morse Code as a prerequisite to becoming a Ham radio operator and while never becoming a Ham I learned Morse Code anyway and […]
Marcus Aurelius Meditations
by Carl Kruse Marcus Aurelius’s “Meditations” is one of 8-10 books that peer at me from my desk, and if inanimate books emit energy I feel that of the Meditations […]
30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago and with it the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Today only fragments remain after much of the wall was […]
Wings Over Tempelhof
A winged bicycle soars over the miniature golf course at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin. Just past the fence is housing for five-thousand asylum seekers recently arrived to Germany. […]
At Dusk
In long-drawn moments of dusk Shadows are bold companions Birds grow silent and keep night’s secrets. Contact: carl AT carlkruse DOT com Check out some of the poetry of […]