Brume

That sepulchre mist lay heavy on the fells        Covering the horizon in a downy dew Keeping the earth warm for autumnal slumber        But in August, subject to a lonely few A dawn risen above its swelling mask        Burns an ember blinding to the sight And hours past, it burns ever brighter        Until descending to its … More Brume

Is It Just a Game?

On Friday evenings twenty years ago, my grandfather—the paragon Hoosier basketball fanatic—would trek the short two-block divide between his home and my parents’ home in our small, southern Indiana town. I—an emerging fanatic in my own right—would be waiting in my parents’ driveway practicing free throws and left-handed layups. He would stop near the edge … More Is It Just a Game?