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e. l . wood is a native of birmingham, alabama. he grew up on the urban streets of dallas, texas before attending college at houston baptist university where he earned a b. a. in english and psychology. after a year of teaching high school english in the public schools of houston, e. l. wood attended sam houston state university where he earned a master’s degree in english. after bouncing around the deep south for several years, he finished his ph. d. in american literature before 1900 at the university of southern mississippi. e. l. wood has been teaching in some capacity since 1992 and has taught for a local community college since 1995. in his spare time, e.l. wood enjoys reading, movies, and the outdoors. he is personally acquainted with several search and rescue teams around the southeast. he is married to the lovely and gracious a. c. they have a daughter (special k), and one dog. They reside in h'burg, deep south. in addition to being the sole proprietor of the gandy dancer billiard parlor, e. l. wood dabbles in folk art and the occasional cultivation of a handlebar mustache.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

this old house

Old Houses


Year after year after year


I have come to love slowly


how old houses hold themselves - 


before November's drizzled rain
or refreshing light of June - 


as if they have all come to agree 
that, in time, the days are no longer 
a matter of suffering or rejoicing.


I have come to love
how they take on the color of rain or sun


as they go on keeping their vigil without need of sign,
awaiting nothing more 


than the birds that sing from the eaves, 
the seizing cold that sounds from the rafters.


Robert Cording




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2 comments:

yfas said...

Oh Eric! Beautiful! I can't wait to see her!

By wisdom a house is built,
and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.Proverbs 24:3-4

Love you!
Aunt Sandy

8:38 AM
Steve Bezner said...

Holy smokes. Absolutely gorgeous. Congrats to you guys. I look forward to visiting you soon.

4:41 PM

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