By Joe LeClerc

The White Rose Knighted


Perfervia was the Queen


.........who knighted a white rose


.............................dressed in a garland


.....................................of pear garden green





and rose became man


........who crossed morphine and milk


.......,,,,,,,.......fawn drank the potion


..................................that made fawn dream a dryad


................................................whose garment was silk





and the silk nymph rambled


............and robbed monkeys and men


.........................till a tear tossed a turn-key


...........................................that opened a gaol. then





the bottom of heaven


...........dropped from the skies


..............................and the ear descent light





blinded nymph's eyes


.....nymph fell through a hole


..........in Swiss fromage skies


............and dropped to a place where breath whispered flames

....................................................flicker and die

Originally posted 8/22/07

Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir - 'Lux Aurumque'

Amazing...

Enjoy this actual, virtual choir, from Eric Whitacre.

And many thanks to fellow Phantom phan, liveforlife2494, from YouTube, for the tip. =)

Got the Barnes & Noble

for my b'day earlier this year, but was told


to wait as they were coming out with newer models...

I'm not sorry I didn't wait, but they do have one now
that has a color screen - just in time for Christmas =)

I'm really likin' mine. Plus, this is the cover I got,
with its quote from G. K. Chesterton: "Literature is a
luxury; fiction is a necessity."

Thanks to Anna

Revelation Song, Mercy Seat, Resurrection, The Passion from YouTube.

Common sense

ways to make a difference in our economy
locally, by using our $$$ wisely...

Read: Voting With Our Wallets,

by Joseph Pearce at the

Ink Desk.

On Hope for

Moscow Churches,

By Pavel Chichikov.


From: The Ink Desk

@

O Towering Pillars of Freedom!

by silhouette artist
Dan Paulos, whose
work is available at
Trinity Stores (link
to the right).

Originally published 2/7/06

The Right Way to Live: Plato's Republic for Catholic Students

by Richard Geraghty
is what I'm waiting on from
Amazon.

I've seen Dr. Geraghty on EWTN's very
interesting shorts: Moral Philosophy 101,
and am looking forward to reading his - and
Plato's - work.

*By Joe LeClerc

*This is the archived version
of this poem, originally published
in the 'future' on June 22, 2007...

M. LeClerc requested an easily-read
plain text type, available here. (link)

Although I had another request to

retain the pink version...

The White Rose Knighted


Perfervia was the Queen


.........who knighted a white rose


.............................dressed in a garland


.....................................of pear garden green




and rose became man


........who crossed morphine and milk


.......,,,,,,,.......fawn drank the potion


..................................that made fawn dream a dryad


.................................................whose garment was silk




and the silk nymph rambled


............and robbed monkeys and men


.........................till a tear tossed a turn-key


...........................................that opened a gaol. then




the bottom of heaven


...........dropped from the skies


..............................and the ear descent light




blinded nymph's eyes


.....nymph fell through a hole


..........in Swiss fromage skies


............and dropped to a place where breath whispered
flames


....................................................flicker and die

What I'm doing in a few...

V V Brown's "Shark in the Water", and the cast of Degrassi From YouTube.

Originally posted 10/9/10.

Let me know if

the colors hurt your eyes.

When in Rome - The Promise

I don't remember this at all from the '80's...

Originally posted 5/28/10

A Treat for Phantom Phans

Courtesy of:

Gaston Leroux,

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Joel Schumacher,

Susan Boyle,

liveforlife2494,

&

Joseph Pearce from the Ink Desk.

Wasn't it G. K . Chesterton who said that
there's no such thing as a different subject?

Originally posted 3/1/10

Hey googlebot!

from Mountain View, CA...

Thanks for the hugs!

Merçi beaucoup, mon ami.




Oh, and backatcha, as well!

Links...

...extraordinaire, to:

The Bible, and

Scripture Catholic, which provides
Scriptural evidence for the teachings
of the Catholic Faith.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's

Love Never Dies
(opening in London March 9th), stars Ramin Karimloo
as the Phantom, and co-starring Sierra Boggess
as Christine.

This guy has got an amazing voice. In the 2004 movie
he played Christine's father, and he has already played
the role of Erik onstage in the original ALW version...

There's a bit of controversy surrounding this sequel -
most fans do not like the novel it's loosely based on.
I have read it (and reviewed it on Amazon), and found
it interesting enough, although it's not the way I would
have continued this story.

That said, I think Andrew Lloyd Webber could turn
the phone book into a hit musical.

I confess...

If I had Facebook, I would
definitely be a member.

Received these beautiful gifts...

...ordered from one of three
GetN2Give Programs at Trinity Stores;
these products benefitting the families of the
women who make these lovely and useful items.