Creative Writing
07/31/2005 01:50 Filed in: Personal
Poetry & Prose by Rick & Kathy
This afternoon while going through some old papers, I came across a short story that I had written around the time I was in college, "Mr. Easly's Life After Death Experience." A few of you from way back might remember it. That prompted me to set up a Creative Writing section on our main website . Kathy has been writing poetry as long as I've known her and has notebooks filled literally with hundreds of poems. She has had a few of her poems published.
I'm sure we will be adding both newer and older pieces over time, but here are our first submissions to you, dear readers:
"Mr. Easly's Life After Death Experience"
I wrote this in response to all the life after death, white light experiences that were being described around the time I was in college. About that same time, we used to sit in a circle reading selections from Steve Martin's The Cruel Shoes, so it's somewhat in that vein.
"Yesterday, When My Truck Went Into a Ditch"
In January, 1994, I was taking a Christian Journalism class at Asbury Theological Seminary. On my first day of travel from Louisville to Wilmore, the roads were covered with snow and ice (this was exactly two weeks before the BIG snow of 1994 for you Louivillians who remember). This short paragraph was written in response to the irony of the situation I found myself in that cold winter morning.
"The Empty Tomb Conspiracy"
While taking the Christian Journalism class at Asbury, I wrote an apologetic piece, "The Empty Tomb Conspiracy." I submitted it a couple of places, but I really think that most folks just don't get it. My point in the story is that had the disciples made up Jesus' resurrection, they wouldn't have been willing to die martyr's deaths for something they knew was a lie. But like I said, most folks just don't get it. I've actually seen people become red-faced angry while reading it.
Five poems from Kathy:
"Well of Tears"
"Pictures on the Fridge"
"70 x 7"
"Empty Arms"
"Floppy Ears"
I asked Kathy to pick out a few initial poems to put on the website. The choices she made are startlingly personal. She never ceases to amaze me which is one of the reasons I love her so much.
Anyway, feel free to read, comment, and check back for more entries in the future. I've also added a link to the Creative Writing page on the sidebar to the right.
This afternoon while going through some old papers, I came across a short story that I had written around the time I was in college, "Mr. Easly's Life After Death Experience." A few of you from way back might remember it. That prompted me to set up a Creative Writing section on our main website . Kathy has been writing poetry as long as I've known her and has notebooks filled literally with hundreds of poems. She has had a few of her poems published.
I'm sure we will be adding both newer and older pieces over time, but here are our first submissions to you, dear readers:
"Mr. Easly's Life After Death Experience"
I wrote this in response to all the life after death, white light experiences that were being described around the time I was in college. About that same time, we used to sit in a circle reading selections from Steve Martin's The Cruel Shoes, so it's somewhat in that vein.
"Yesterday, When My Truck Went Into a Ditch"
In January, 1994, I was taking a Christian Journalism class at Asbury Theological Seminary. On my first day of travel from Louisville to Wilmore, the roads were covered with snow and ice (this was exactly two weeks before the BIG snow of 1994 for you Louivillians who remember). This short paragraph was written in response to the irony of the situation I found myself in that cold winter morning.
"The Empty Tomb Conspiracy"
While taking the Christian Journalism class at Asbury, I wrote an apologetic piece, "The Empty Tomb Conspiracy." I submitted it a couple of places, but I really think that most folks just don't get it. My point in the story is that had the disciples made up Jesus' resurrection, they wouldn't have been willing to die martyr's deaths for something they knew was a lie. But like I said, most folks just don't get it. I've actually seen people become red-faced angry while reading it.
Five poems from Kathy:
"Well of Tears"
"Pictures on the Fridge"
"70 x 7"
"Empty Arms"
"Floppy Ears"
I asked Kathy to pick out a few initial poems to put on the website. The choices she made are startlingly personal. She never ceases to amaze me which is one of the reasons I love her so much.
Anyway, feel free to read, comment, and check back for more entries in the future. I've also added a link to the Creative Writing page on the sidebar to the right.