Author Archives: Malcolm Farley

Unknown's avatar

About Malcolm Farley

Writer, Poet, Photographer, Imagineer

The Eternal Twain


“Little has changed since Mark Twain offered this assessment: ‘Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.’” (from Timothy Egan’s Opinionater blog post “The Mirthless Senate” in The New York Times.)

Posted in Opinion, Prose, Quotations | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Aubade


Aubade Winter’s last sortie, the weather gods predicting an inch or two of sturm und slush… Our skin, our lungs— and the body’s other sentries all too aware of a frost-bit crocus somewhere—groan. (It’s April 7th & the clock radio … Continue reading

Posted in My Poetry, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Chance Operations


Chance Operations Crusty saucepan soaking in the sink.  Un- stable pyramid of dinner plates, bowls, a vase, silverware, wine goblets and one strand of linguine festooning a roll. Cautiously, I attempt to pull a dish from the pile to rinse … Continue reading

Posted in My Poetry, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Morning/Subway/Red Hook


Hint: For a better view, click on each photo in the gallery below.

Posted in Photos | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Philosophy Is…


Philosophy is science without fact, art without feeling.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged , , | Leave a comment