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The Rankin FileBob Rankin's commentary on Life, the Internet
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Who is Bob Rankin? I'm a writer, computer programmer and online publisher who enjoys exploring the Internet and sharing the fruit of my experience with others. I once taught a programmable calculator to sit up and bark. I've been online since the day after Algore invented the modem, and I regularly exceed the speed limit on the information superhighway...
On the rare occasion that inspiration happens to strike me, I may make an attempt at poetry. I've been working on a series called Human/Nature, which looks at human frailty reflected in nature. Here's one that I wrote about a year ago...
Here's my "closure" poem. If you've ever tried your best, failed, and then determined to try again, you might identify with some of the elements...
Sometimes we discover a flaw in our selves, a glitch in our soul...
I seem to reflect more on the meaning of the days that are a time between times. The time between Christmas and New Year's, or the day between Labor Day and the beginning of school. This one came to me on a Saturday.
People, places, things... loved, lost and remembered.
One early summer day I took a hike to the top of a ridge in the Shawangunk mountains. Lots of tall trees all around me -- growing, living, flowering and dying together.
About twenty years ago when I was a young father, my own father passed this poem on to me. It had been given to him many years earlier. I consider it one of my most cherished possessions, even though it cannot be held with hands...
