The Returning Hour

Blue eyes give me a glance, a blink; you smile, a happy wrinkle rising on your face, an image of joy that will last a long while, and call me home to share in your embrace, where lips caress and press against my own, entangling bodies, arms, and hands, and fingertips, we pull and join […]

BYU at Boise State Preview

Results to date Boise State Boise State is 6-0. The Broncos deserve props for beating all the teams on their schedule, include two Power 5 schools. You can’t ask for more. Or could you? One of the P5 wins was against one of the worst teams in the nation, OSU. The Broncos looked vulnerable against both […]

Poetry: Rhythm and Meter

Two syllable foot: Meter Name Rhythm Example Word iam _ / alive, amuse, arise, attache, awake, contain, destroy, demise, return trochee / _ after, country, happy, spondee / / aircraft, Airforce, Barneck, dumbbell, football, heartbreak The three syllable foot Meter Name Rhythm Example Word anapests _ _ / interfere, interact, in a flash, understand dactyls […]

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 106

In college I read all of Shakespeare’s sonnets. The one I picked to memorize was #106. Shakespeare’s sonnet #106 When in the chronicle of wasted time, I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty’s best, […]

Utah 27 – 28 Washington State

Kyle Whittingham is in the hot seat this year. Utah hadn’t played anyone of note yet. No, this year Michigan is not a team “of note.” For that matter, Washington State, coming in with a 1 – 3 record, was hardly considered a team of note either. That is what makes this loss so hard […]

BYU 41 – 33 Virginia

Virginia decided to show up and play to win. They looked like a team that could knock off a ranked opponent, and not just because they knocked off #21 Louisville last week. They played with similar power against the Cougars. As expected, the quarterback running had a big impact on the first drive, resulting in […]