The Old Elway Reader

Life in Bits of Poetry and in Other Things | "One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words." So wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). This blog is primarily for adults.

Sunday, September 21, 2025

A Brainteaser and a Biblical Quotation

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A communications code word of seven letters and a chiefly Scottish word of four letters have two letters in common. The fourth letter in the...
Monday, September 15, 2025

For the Birthday of Agatha Christie

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Today is the 135th anniversary of the birth of English detective-story writer  Agatha Christie  (1890 -1976). "Truth," I observed,...
Saturday, September 13, 2025

Puzzle: What's in a Name?

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"What's in a name?" wrote William Shakespeare. "That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet." ...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Emmett Till

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EMMETT TILL by James A. Emanuel I hear a whistling Through the water. Little Emmett Won't be still. He keeps floating Round the darkness...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

My Arrogant Younger Brother

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The final two lines in the second stanza are those of Proverbs 21:4 from The New English Bible. Brother on his high  Horse looks down on me ...
Monday, August 4, 2025

The Prayer of Abandonment

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"Charles de Foucauld is remembered today as a desert hermit and missionary, and as author of 'The Prayer of Abandonment,' a pet...
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