First Prize, 1973

“In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if Read More …

To Autumn, 1783

The San Francisco call, November 23, 1902   To Autumn O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stain’d With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof; there thou may’st rest, And tune thy jolly voice Read More …

Bach’s Pipe

Known as one of the greatest composer’s of all time, for classics such Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Johann Sebastian Bach will forever be remembered by his music… Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Much like the modern day Read More …

Yeats Smoke Session, 1872

O, WOMEN, kneeling by your altar rails long hence, When songs I wove for my beloved hide the prayer, And smoke from this dead heart drifts through the violet air And covers away the smoke of myrrh and frankincense; Bend Read More …

Physic for Traitors, 1860’s

“That herb well deserves cultivation, Oh scatter its seed all around,— Let it flourish in every plantation, While Rebels and Traitors abound. Down, down with the tyrant “King Cotton,” King Hemp holds the rascal in check. If you cant cure Read More …

Book of Odes, 500B.C.

“Hemp seed to sow, this is the course we take, the acres lengthwise and across we dress.” -Confucius, Book of Odes   Classic of Poetry, aka Book of Songs, Book of Odes, Shijing, Shih-ching or the She-king Book of Odes Read More …