"Heavy Starlight
The golden, plastic shining star
That crowns our holly days tree
Has nothing to do with Egyptian glyph
Or Christian myth.
It's a symbol of the solstice to me.
The miracle for which we wait On each year's longest night
Involves one of the great mysteries of life.
The heaviest thing in the universe
The sun's the one we celebrate
Because it's heavy
And because it's our only source of light.
"

Poet Ted Thompson focuses on the secrets of his life in his poetry collection, "The House of the Old Poet." Divided into four sections, the...

Critical Praise for Ted Thompson Ted Thompson's first collection of magical poetry and surreal paintings continues to win awards and extraordinary reviews. ""Meetings with The Gods" is one of the top ten books published in 1994."-"Dusty Dog Reviews" of Gallop, New Mexico "This man delights in musical ornamentation and he uses so unpretentiously and so easily that a certain sweetly delicious naivete flavors the whole work. This is so enchanting and so rare. Mr. Yeats' echo may have been heard in "Meetings With The Gods," and bravely."-Dave Castleman, Poetry Editor "The sense of play, the...

At age 49, San Francisco businessman MacDonald "Mac" Coyote nearly loses his life when he lands in the hospital with severe high blood sugar. The doctors diagnose him with diabetes and only through the miracle of modern medicine does he survive. But when he realizes he's been given a second chance, Mac discovers that he has the will to do the impossible-what the Greeks call Pleonexia-and he's going to leave his high-end lifestyle for something better.Over his wife's objections, they and their dog move out of the city and homestead thirty acres in California's High Sierra wilderness. The next...