Turn Around ©2019 Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com “Turn around, and you’re two, Turn around and you’re four, Turn around and you’re a young man, Going out of my door…” 1. We try to measure Time by watching growing-things Like kids and trees and patches of peeling paint, Or the testily-watched kettle… Read More Poetry | Turn Around
Some Insight into an Inscrutable Man ©2019 Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com When I was in high school I decided to become an English teacher. In my college freshman year, after reading The Catcher in the Rye, I decided to become a writer. I know I’m only one of the millions who had an empathetic-connection to… Read More Critical Writing | Some Insight into an Inscrutable Man
Genesis ©2019 Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com In the beginning, God made essence; He held it between His forefinger and thumb, A tiny singularity. He gave it cyclical movement, frequency, Then sent it hurtling outward from the point of creation Giving it linear movement, progress. And God observed and noted outward progress And called it… Read More Poetry | Genesis
A Word of Thanks First of all, Thank you so much for your readership and comments on VernonMilesKerr.com. I will keep posting my own work, right here, but I have just created a new site which focuses exclusively on the art of writing in English. The name of this new site is Writers Class the… Read More The Art of Writing | Our New Sister-Blog
De-congesting Downtown © 2019 Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com, writersclass.net Current widespread opinion seems to agree that city-centers, while cleaner and less crime-ridden than before, are becoming gentrification-magnets for large corporations, seeking the notoriety and cachet of downtown addresses. As a consequence, the number of commuter miles is skyrocketing, the amount of real estate for parking… Read More Opinion | De-congesting Downtown
Best Turn-of-Phrase Award ©2019 Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com Good rhetoric sometimes makes a point with humor, sometimes with cleverness, sometimes with surprise. When a rhetorical turn-of-phrase hits all three with one fell swoop, it deserves an award. Here is this week’s VernonMilesKerr.com award for Best Turn-of-Phrase: David A. Graham, writing in The Atlantic “Earlier this… Read More Opinion | My Weekly “Best Turn-of-Phrase Award”
Moderator 6.021 ©2019 Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com It was a great day — a special day, the release of Moderator 6.021. Sixth iteration, twenty-first improvement to the Government. Owledge ordered the wall display to sleep, gathered his wrap and folding-chair’s bag then headed out the door. “Engage security,” he called over his shoulder. The… Read More SciFi | Moderator 6.021
