Good Reads

In this installment, I share what I'm currently reading as well as a poem. If you want to play "Name that Poem" please do. I love seeing if anyone not only reads the poem but makes that extra effort to name the poet and title.


I'm reading The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. I've had this book for a couple of years, and I've tried on and off again to read it. I generally read before bed, and this book requires much more brain activity than my pre-bedtime brain can muster. I would read and re-read the same sections trying to understand the theories (my degrees are not in Physics or Math, fyi). However, I love this theory, and we've watched the NOVA production a few times.

It was my turn to choose a book for my book club. I've thought about choosing this one in the past, but I finally did it this time around. Others reading it with me and then discussing it with me is a great motivator. I've asked David to read it with me many times. I imagine the wonderful discussions we'd have over string theory and could it work and how it works. He hasn't expressed any interest in reading it, but he did watch the NOVA shows with me.

So, if you are looking for something really great to read, I recommend this book. If you try to read it and just can't, then please do at least watch the NOVA production (which you can watch free online on the NOVA web site).

On to the poetry. Have you ever head of a Found Poem? Look for some today or tomorrow or the next day. It's fun; I promise.

Is this a poem? You decide...

When there's nowhere else to run
Is there room for one more son
If you can hold on
If you can hold on, hold on
I wanna stand up, I wanna let go
You know, you know - no you don't, you don't
I wanna shine on in the hearts of men
I wanna meaning from the back of my broken hand

Another head aches, another heart breaks
I'm so much older than I can take
And my affection, well it comes and goes
I need direction to perfection, no no no no

Help me out
Yeah, you know you got to help me out
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the back burner
You know you got to help me out

And when there's nowhere else to run
Is there room for one more son
These changes ain't changing me
The gold-hearted boy I used to be

Yeah, you know you got to help me out
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the back burner
You know you got to help me out
You're gonna bring yourself down
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down

I got soul, but I'm not a soldier

Over and in, last call for sin
While everyone's lost, the battle is won
With all these things that I've done