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Continue reading →: Ex Hibernia: A Book Review of “How the Irish Saved Civilization”It is an amazing read!! Thomas Cahill leads us on a brilliant romp through 5000 years of Irish history…
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Continue reading →: RaptFunny how the heart can be deceiving More than just a couple times Why do we fall in love so easy Even when it’s not right “Try”, Pink It was dead quiet in the shipyard…
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Continue reading →: Blood Meridian: New Truth for Blood and Time in AmericaI lay aside my raintarnished spectacles. The old betangled spanish moss overhangs my consciousness…
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Continue reading →: TraceWas it something that somebody said? Mama, I know we broke the rules… Ashes of laughter The ghost is clear Why do the best things always disappear Like Ophelia -The Band, Ophelia A friend of mine was telling a ghost story the other day…
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Continue reading →: StigmataTurning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned. -WB Yeats She’d been crying, but I didn’t know…
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Continue reading →: FlameTris: But I’m not pretty. Four: No, you’re not, and I would only go to your funeral if there was cake. -Divergent Inching closer to the edge…
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Continue reading →: Freefall“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: Make use of suffering.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel I slowed the van when I noticed him…
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Continue reading →: TouchBut dreams come slow and they go so fast You see her when you close your eyes Maybe one day you’ll understand why Everything you touch surely dies -Let Her Go, Passenger I visited Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello…
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Continue reading →: MoonlightAnd I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch And love is not a victory march It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah -Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen The only sound in my house…
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Continue reading →: Beauty“Beauty is not only a terrible, it is also a mysterious thing. There God and the Devil strive for mastery, and the battleground is the heart of men.” -Dostoyevsky So much is made of beauty in our day …
Essays, poetry, meditations, and book reviews by Jeremy Vogan.
Jeremy Vogan
God, Life and Beauty is a blog site for my essays, poetry, book reviews, and other writings. Feel free to look around and comment if you have feedback. Enjoy!
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