ברוך אתה ה’ אלהינו מלך העולם עושה מעשה בראשיתBlessed are you Lord our God, King of the Universe, maker of the works of creationAs it is written: In the beginning was the Word In the beginning God createdThe Word that created spoke to those who listenedIn a still small voiceAll creatures were created by him,…
Category: Poetry
The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
import this Beautiful is better than ugly.Explicit is better than implicit.Simple is better than complex.Complex is better than complicated.Flat is better than nested.Sparse is better than dense.Readability counts.Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules.Although practicality beats purity.Errors should never pass silently.Unless explicitly silenced.In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.There should…
La Vita Nuova
In that book which is my memory,On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you,Appear the words, ‘Here begins a new life’ Dante Alighieri
Ode to Spot
“Ode to Spot” Author – Data – Episode “Schisms”, Star Trek, the Next Generation Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;Your visual, olfactory, and auditory sensesContribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses. I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,A singular development of cat communicationsThat obviates your basic hedonistic predilectionFor…
The Red Farm Plow
The Red Wheelbarrow BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS so much dependsupon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the whitechickens