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Freeze Frame
2008-05-04 23:27:21
      Photo by Mike Hall This weekend, a rabbit stopped by the front door of the apartment building, and nibbled on leaves from a small bush before it scampered to another location. The  wild rabbit was hard to see at first since it blended with the mulch, but it moved.I didn’t bother to chase it, since it [...] ...

Words can make a bilnd man see
2008-05-01 18:40:29
Words can make a blind man see Words have the power to make a blind man see. Words can set the imagination free, and Recreate the world for even a blind man to be what he or she would like it to be. Words can make a blind man see. Subtle shades of green line of trees reach for the sky along [...] ...

May Newsletter
2008-04-30 20:11:42
The newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias Celebrate Life is May’s poetry theme “When are we get there there? Are we there yet?  These are questions I asked of my father as he drove my family around on long trips or vacations. At one stop, he handed me a map and explained how it [...] ...

Indiana wildflowers
2008-04-17 22:01:59
       Photos by Mike Hall A keen eye can observe a few wild flowers starting to bloom in Central Indiana, but the temperatures need to be taken into consideration. This area has had a week total of 70-degree plus weather the last seven months, unlike south Texas, which has a proportionate amount of hot weather, week of [...] ...

Poetry Themes
2008-04-16 16:53:34
All poets have major themes that seem to repeat throughout their work, and one of mine is that no one thing happens as result of itself.  There has been or will be some cause and effect reaction created by an event.  Some reactions are minor that lead up to a major event, and some just jump to [...] ...

The Burks Gang
2008-04-14 01:32:02
  Photos by Mike Hall Wanted: Members of the Burks Gang A few months ago. my sister, Pam,  her new husband Chris, and her four children came to visit us. For one afternoon, my apartment became an Old West movie set, and they donned various articles of western wear I have been collecting. Being a photographer, I could not resist taking a few [...] ...

Confused Cowboy
2008-04-14 01:09:49
Cowboys in the Old West usually did not have enough timeto establish strong lasting relationships with women, but they did have feelings for them, which often made for confusion which was sometimes settled over a good bottle of whisky.  Confused cowboy I don’t want to get inside your head. I’d rather come back to your unmade bed. I don’t want complicated [...] ...

Roadside Wonders
2008-04-10 19:10:29
       Photos by Mike Hall Spring time in Texas can be noticed when the temperatures start to get hotter, and with the right combination of water and heat, thousands of wilde flowers that seem to pop up almost anywhere, especially beside the highways that are less travelled.  The season lasts for a month or two, and the [...] ...

Cowboy code
2008-04-10 05:18:14
    Photo by Mike Hall Western writers have repeated the theme that being a cowboy doesn’t mean a person lived in the Old West.  Many people lived in the West and they were not all cowboys.  There is a set of rules, a Cowboy code, that had a sense of honor that some find hard to understand. It [...] ...

April Newsletter
2008-03-31 19:39:11
The newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias  Cowboy Month Two themes will be used this month - the coming of spring, and related to that in a tangent, cowboys. To me, spring in Texas always means a new crop of wild flowers, and Texas reminds me of cowboys.  So these two themes will be [...] ...

Glory of Love
2008-03-28 15:47:47
Glory of Love You know that I’m getting old. My life has been bought and sold looking for that heart of gold. Let me go through your door. Let’s make love on table, in the bed, and on the floor. Night after night, you’ll want more. I’ve never known a person the way I want you before. Your love is what I’m living for. Soon we [...] ...

Matter of Trust
2008-03-26 17:03:56
Matter of Trust She said, “I’m learning to live without you,” as she had to leave. It was the last thing she said to me. I really didn’t want her to go, but there was a part of me that did know I’d see her again. This wasn’t the first time she had  to work away from home, And even though she’s not here, I’m [...] ...

Living with a Legacy
2008-03-17 19:44:16
This poem is dedicated to Gene Webb, my father-in-law, who passed away Saturday, March 15, 2008, at the age of 86. Living with a Legacy From the moment we are born,     we are marking time,        step by step in uniforms             of the day until we can’t                 talk, walk or eat anymore. Between these extremes, we hope     to walk in the [...] ...

Poetry Puzzle, week of March 9, part 2
2008-03-13 12:43:44
  Starting in March, the World of Words by Elias Tobias is beginning a new opportunity for its readers to be a part of the program in a fun way. Poetry Puzzles is a bi-weekly game with the simple object of finding the missing words of poems already on the Web blog, much like finding [...] ...

Path to the Cross
2008-03-09 21:17:57
Here are two more poems that will help lead believers to Jesus.  Solid  Ground I know I’m not making the scene, but I’m living my own dreams. Changing my ways was a sacrifice, but I have a whole new life. I’m on solid ground with Jesus Christ. I’m living with the God of love. I know the changes aren’t complete, but I can stand [...] ...

Poetry Puzzle, week of March 9, part 1
2008-03-09 17:43:20
   Starting in March, the World of Words by Elias Tobias is beginning a new opportunity for its readers to be a part of the program in a fun way. Poetry Puzzles is a bi-weekly game with the simple object of finding the missing words of poems already on the Web blog, much like finding the [...] ...

Poetry Puzzle, week of March 2, part 2
2008-03-07 00:02:26
        Starting in March, the World of Words by Elias Tobias is beginning a new opportunity for its readers to be a part of the program in a fun way. Poetry Puzzles is a bi-weekly game with the simple object of finding the missing words of poems already on the Web blog, much like [...] ...

March Newsletter
2008-02-29 12:35:32
 The newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias The best Love poem chosen   The election is over. Not the one with the presidential job at stake, but for the best love poem by Elias Tobias on the World of Words by Elias Tobias.  And like in most every election, every vote was important. Iin most [...] ...

Burnt Toast
2008-02-23 13:59:35
Those slow Sunday mornings…  Burnt Toast …and then she looked at me with a smile and said with a table knife in her hand…        Make the most of burnt toast        Man, you gotta use your head.        Scrape off the burned part. You need to make the most of your bread.        …and then I had breakfast. ...

The Center
2008-02-18 13:03:40
The Center Everyone is a little universe, sharing space on the planet, and we have become complicated animals capable of doing the most or the least, the best or the worst, the kindest or the meanest, or the dumbest and smartest. Each universe is connected because we touch each other on many levels creating circles of confusion.  When a person can see [...] ...

My Compass
2008-02-14 11:19:09
  Photo by Mike Hall  My Compass You are my center, my North and the limit, my South, too. You’re my East and West. The sun rises and sets with you.  There were no Valentine’s Day personal submitted, but continue your votes for the best love poem on the World of Words by Elias Tobias.  Happy Valentine’s Day, 2008.   ...
Compass 

More grace
2008-02-11 00:13:16
Some  of my religiously-themed poems are more than 10 years old, but they, like the subject, are still in effect after all these years. Naked Thoughts Even with my clothes on, I ‘m naked before you, Lord. You know my thoughts before I think. You kmow my every move before I blink. I pray to make your thoughts mine. Help me to keep my [...] ...

Force of Nature
2008-02-06 11:35:13
 Comparisons of love and nature have appeared in song like “I feel the earth move”  by Carole King, and “Thunder in my heart” by Leo Sayer.  Here is my extended metaphor for a love-themed February.   Force of Nature You’re a force of nature      when we make love. You’re vibrations shake the      foundations of the earth causing  the highest mountain [...] ...
Force  Nature 

Best Love Poem
2008-02-02 22:27:51
    What is the best Elias Tobias love poem? With Valentine’s Day coming up this month, the best Elias Tobias love poem is up for grabs as readers of the poetry blog, World of Words by Elias Tobias have an opportunity to vote for their choice.  After all it is an election year. Three poems are nominated by the Webmaster, [...] ...
Love  Poem 

February newsletter- Blog first anniversary
2008-01-30 16:04:15
Newsletter of the World of Words by Elias Tobias World of Words celebrates first anniversary The new World of Words by Elias Tobias is one year old this month.  The move from the former static Web site with Tripod  format came to WSI and the poetry Web blob was officially launched Feb. 12, 2007.  Many of the [...] ...
Anniversary  Blog  February  Newsletter 

The Wandering Troubadour
2008-01-14 21:25:45
In the 1970’s, there was a song by Bread called “Guitar man” about a man, called a troubadour, who traveled around singing. It was his life.  Centuries before this song came out, the predecessors of the MP3s were people who made a living going from town to town singing his style of lyric poetry.  The singer was also the [...] ...
Wandering 

In Too Deep
2008-01-08 11:59:06
Each word in each line of each poem has to be measured like ingredients in a recipie.  Too much of this , or not enough of that can make a poem taste real bad.  These next poems at first glance are the same - same form and format, yet the words are different and they create a whole new experience and [...] ...

January Poem of the Month
2008-01-01 16:45:41
Newsletter of the World of Words by Elias Tobias Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year holiday. Mrs. Claus  and I had a chance to visit relatives in several states after my big night of the year.  Here is a picture of us.    We got a chance to catch-up with folks we [...] ...
January  Poem 

Who’s Shoes
2007-12-22 21:53:40
 Who’s Shoes Who’s shoes are those hidden under the middle of your bed, And who’s men’s stocks were stuffed behind the door? Once I finally got around to cleaning your bedroom, I have questions that leave me wondering more. Sometimes you can try to hide the truth from me, But the answers to questions are discovered in the end. I thought I [...] ...
Shoes 

My Brother
2007-12-20 23:56:45
I watched Legends of the Fall recently, and it has been a long time since I’d seen it last.  Brad Pitt’s character, Tristan, goes through an emotional and sometimes voilent changes in emotion during the film, enough to make me think about this poem. My Brother These are merely metal bars in front of me, And they can’t stop [...] ...
Brother