The Universe’s Lullaby from Liberal Arts Symposium 2008
by Mark Simos
Go to sleep, my little tabby cat
I love to watch you on my kitchen mat
Sleep, your head between your outstretched paws
Dreaming of those mice
Between your little jaws
Dream of mousies if they’re what you crave
And we shall plant a little mouse’s grave
Cat and mouse, just God by another name
So sleep, my little tabby—sleep and dream
Sleep and dream
Tags: Mark SimosThe Sycamore Tree from Liberal Arts Symposium 2008
by Keppie Coutts
Brown grass and monkey bars
Boys with marbles and trading cards
Melting tar on a hot day, and there was only one tree
In the schoolyard, that was the place to be
Shade of that tree in the hot southern sun
Was small, only room for some
That’s where the white kids sat
The baking brick wall was all the black kids had
Tags: Keppie Coutts