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Collected Poems - Noon Out of Nowhere The entire collection of about 300 poems on topics ranging from "Animals" to "Whimsy" gives much attention to inspirational, philosophical, and psychological takes on everyday (and not-so-everyday) happenings. For rumination and occasional humor, a daily poem and a daily ponderable are offered in this site. |
This page offers a different original quip every day for those who like to laugh or think--or both. The ponderables of the previous two days are also shown, with a link to the past 30 days' offerings. A "Click Until Tired" button displays extra ponderables randomly from a year's supply of 366. If you wish to receive the ponderables daily via e-mail, subscribe below or on the Ponderable page. |
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In some of these offerings the writing preceded
the photos, while in others the photos led to the writing. Each
of these presentations is put together in the form of a slide
show with photos and text. Arrow buttons allow you to move
forward or backward. Photography was captured by Alan Harris with
a digital camera. |
This collection of combined pairs of photos offers 12 novel views of familiar scenes. Some of these will seem odd, some humorous, and a few surreal. From the index page you can click on any miniature photo to see a large version of that photo. Photo pairs were combined using the layering feature of Paint Shop Pro. (Photography by Alan Harris) |
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This series of 37 poems on love, friendship, and their complications is set up as if you were turning pages in a book. Included are poems on such topics as flirtation, maternal love, romance, compatibility, parting, heartbreak, marriage, control, love for humanity, spiritual love, and more. A symbolic photograph accompanies each of the poems. |
Things go wrong. We suffer. Misfortune can cripple our bodies, frazzle our emotions, or fog our intellects. At times like these, empathy and support from others can be not only a comfort but a stimulus toward healing. 36 poems with photos. Please don't expect lightness and humor in these poems. They don't cajole, but they do invite serious thought. |
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The ten short stories here vary widely in style and content, but all contain humor, either obvious or wry. Among the essays are Where Is Love? and Suicide and the Agony of Separateness. These twenty essays explore the joys and perplexities of a life we hardly understand, however much we may know. Be prepared for the unusual. |
Subtitled "Literary Journeys through the Center," Heartplace welcomes unusual works of enduring literary value from authors writing of awakenings and meaningful insights. Containing poetry, essays, and short stories, the site is taking shape with each new work added. Submissions are invited from anyone. (Mary Lambert and Alan Harris, co-editors) |
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Co-edited by Mary Lambert and Alan Harris, this Web site serves as a publishing outlet for fine literary work deserving of worldwide readership. Forty-one authors from many different countries have contributed over 300 poems, short stories, and essays to make this a truly global collection. |
The poems, humor, and pathos here are out-of-the-ordinary probings into the spirit of this potent holiday season. You may feel the season in the near-silence of snow falling on snow, in the despair at having lost a loved one, or in the quiet majesty of a manger scene. Catch the tongue-in-cheek Christmas FAQ and the Scrooge essay. |
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If you enjoy the spoken word, here are many poems written by Alan Harris and given voice by Paul Meier, Brian Harris, or Alan Harris. You need to be able to play wave files or have RealPlayer software on your computer (a free download link is given). Currently there are a total of 77 readings from which to select. Text is provided for each audio reading. |
This photographic poem offers, in words and pictures, suggestions of angelic presences at sunset. It is one of seven photographic poems and essays offered in the Gallery, all of which combine poetic language with the extra dimensions of meaning made possible by photography. (Photography by Alan Harris) |
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New Photographic Essay  Dry Stone Walls in England All site content copyright © 1995-2008 by Alan Harris. All rights reserved. |
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Newest Book: A Matter of Breath (Meditation and the Inner Life)
Newest Photographic Essay: Rainbow Collection
What's Newest in An Everywhere Oasis
- 08/27/2008: ...And it was good (an essay by Lucille Waters Younger in Heartplace)
- 08/19/2008: College Poems - 1966 (Poems by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 08/19/2008: Poems That Search and Poems That Question - 1982 (Poems by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 08/18/2008: Sparks from the Flame - 1985 (Poems by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 08/16/2008: Splashes and Breezes - 1988 (Poems by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 08/11/2008: Echoes of the Decalogue - 1990 (Poetic Interpretations of the Ten Commandments by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 08/10/2008: Pieces of Mind: Brevity and Levity - 1994 (a book of aphorisms and humor by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 08/09/2008: Inward in Words: Poems of 1990 (a poetry book by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 08/05/2008: Blue Sky in Buckets: Poems of 1990 (a poetry book by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 08/04/2008: The Wheel of Yes: Poems and Essays of 1994 and 1995 (a poetry book by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 08/03/2008: Thunderbolt Blooming: Poems of 1994 (a poetry book by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 07/28/2008: A Matter of Breath: Poems of 2003-2007 (a poetry book by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 07/12/2008: Slow Hum (a poem by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 06/21/2008: Added WMA and MP3 audio readings by Alan Harris of all poems in his A Matter of Breath collection
- 05/26/2008: You Say My Name (a poem by Anne Bryant-Hamon in Heartplace)
- 05/13/2008: Rainbow Collection (a photo essay by Alan Harris in his Gallery)
- 03/21/2008: Sky over Stone: Fountains Abbey (a photo essay by Alan Harris in his Gallery)
- 02/18/2008: Stonehenge Up Close (a photo essay by Alan Harris in his Gallery)
- 02/13/2008: Dry Stone Walls in England (a photo essay by Alan Harris in his Gallery)
- 12/31/2007: Circle of Peace (a poem by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 11/04/2007: Two poems in Heartplace by Daniah Lababidi: Quietus and You Are Lucky My Son
- 09/03/2007: Fate and the Desert (a poem by Mary Lambert in Heartplace)
- 08/12/2007: Embrace What We Have—a New Season (a personal essay by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 05/02/2007: Christmas Letter, 1981 (a holiday letter written by Alan Harris in Christmas Reflections)
- 03/28/2007: Sometimes a Glimpse: Poems of Spiritual Inquiry (a poetry book by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 03/14/2007: Sheet Music for Lullaby (poem and song by Alan Harris in The Wheel of Yes)
- 02/06/2007: Five Short Poems by Bill Marr in Heartplace
- 01/22/2007: Night Flight (a poem by Nancy Clark in Heartplace)
- 01/15/2007: Night Light: A Collection of Nocturnal Poems (a poetry book by Alan Harris available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 01/07/2007: Keith E. Harris World War II Scrapbook (photos and news clippings from Alan Harris's father's Air Force career)
- 01/06/2007: Christmas Poem/2006 (a poem by Mary Lambert in Heartplace)
- 01/01/2007: English Teacher Unbound (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 11/22/2006: Three Poems by Mary Lambert in Heartplace
- 08/16/2006: Tropical Spring (a poem by Sunita Fernandes in Heartplace)
- 06/01/2006: Light Serenades (a poem by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 05/25/2006: Six Poems by Margarita Engle in Heartplace
- 04/22/2006: Spring's Spin (a poem by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 04/17/2006: Lessons from a Rag Picker (a personal essay by Sunita Fernandes in Heartplace)
- 04/17/2006: Six Poems by Margarita Engle in Heartplace
- 03/18/2006: Inside This Moment #2 (a poem by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 03/14/2006: Father, How Can I Hear You? (a poem and musical composition by Alan Harris)
- 03/13/2006: A Vision (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 03/03/2006: The Girl in the Hayloft (a story by Tom H. Forbes in Heartplace)
- 01/29/2006: Scrutiny (a poem by Nancy Clark in Heartplace)
- 01/29/2006: Tears of Sadness (a poem by Janet M. Charter in Heartplace)
- 11/16/2005: Passing and Pausing (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 10/02/2005: Sky Circles (a photo essay by Alan Harris in his Gallery)
- 09/14/2005: Outwhere (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 09/13/2005: Will We Rise? (a poem by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 08/15/2005: Taps (new words for the familiar tune, by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 07/25/2005: Door (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 07/04/2005: Nighttime City (a poem by Sunita Fernandes in Heartplace)
- 07/03/2005: Dancing with Daddy (a personal essay by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 06/28/2005: Chalakudy (a poem by Sunita Fernandes in Heartplace)
- 05/30/2005: Invocations (a poem by Nancy Clark in Heartplace)
- 04/17/2005: Sanctuary Cove (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 03/26/2005: Plowhorse (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 03/13/2005: Blissful Baby (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 12/06/2004: Two poems in Heartplace by Mary Lambert: Mater Dolorosa and Four White Swans
- 11/24/2004: Beulah (a story by Nancy Clark in Heartplace)
- 11/09/2004: Shadow Dance (a poem by Pat O'Hare in Heartplace)
- 10/07/2004: We Want To Know (a poem by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 09/29/2004: Two Windows (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 09/24/2004: Times Are A-Changin' (a poem by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 09/18/2004: Light Dances (a poem by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 08/28/2004: Daily Prayers (a poem by Sunita Fernandes in Heartplace)
- 08/11/2004: Blue Mountain Rhapsody (a poem by Mary Lambert in Heartplace)
- 07/28/2004: Two personal essays in Heartplace by Nancy Clark: Who's in Charge? and Response Ability,
- 07/28/2004: Four poems in Heartplace by Clayton Parrish: This Revealing Heart, Where Have I Been Today?, Walking On Slowly, and The Rock
- 07/26/2004: Two poems in Heartplace by Janet Leonard: With Light Wings and Not Alone
- 06/17/2004: Yoga (a poem by Mary Lambert in Heartplace)
- 06/08/2004: Ignorance Implicit (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 05/31/2004: Spring in Illinois (a poem by Mike Jaycox in Heartplace)
- 05/26/2004: Five poems in Heartplace by Clayton Parrish: Over the Waters, Anticipation, The Light of Dawn, The Cat, and Collecting One's Self
- 05/14/2004: Pebble (a poem by Clayton Parrish in Heartplace)
- 04/04/2004: Thinker's Daily Ponderable now contains a daily poem as well as a ponderable.
- 03/31/2004: Added a link to a daily-changing RealAudio poetry reading by Alan Harris at the top of Noon Out of Nowhere.
- 03/23/2004: Two poems in Heartplace by Mary Lambert: Snow and Time and Art
- 03/21/2004: Hear RealAudio files of Keith E. Harris narrating his World War II stories: The 1943 Munster Bombing Raid and Air Force Odyssey before Flying B-17s.
- 03/17/2004: All Stories and Essays by Alan Harris by Alan Harris are now available
for printing singly when you click the "PDF for printing" link. - 03/14/2004: The Window (a poem by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 03/09/2004: All poems in Noon Out of Nowhere by Alan Harris are now available for printing singly when you click the "PDF for printing" link beneath the poem.
- 03/07/2004: Prayer (a poem by Mary Lambert in Heartplace)
- 03/03/2004: Invisible Stringed Instruments (a poem by Janet Leonard in Heartplace)
- 03/03/2004: Sacred Shale (a poem by Mary Lambert in Heartplace)
- 02/28/2004: Hakawati (a poem by Daniah Lababidi in Heartplace)
- 02/19/2004: Two poems in Heartplace by Janet Leonard: Mom, Pass the Keys Please and Memory Day
- 02/19/2004: Final Words (a poem by Nancy Clark in Heartplace)
- 02/19/2004: Seeking until Found (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 02/10/2004: Two poems in Heartplace by Aaron Brauer: Ghosts in My Hayfield and My Father's Gift
- 02/10/2004: Landscape Rushing (a poem by Capt. John Irving in Heartplace)
- 02/09/2004: Does anyone want a ride to Tahua? (a personal narrative by Capt. John Irving in Heartplace)
- 01/30/2004: Unleashed (a poem by Susan Eckenrode in Heartplace)
- 01/30/2004: Three poems in Heartplace by Cary Kelly: Deity..., Windpiper..., and Fetched from a Dream...
- 01/29/2004: Sarah's Rock (a short story by Janet Reid in Heartplace)
- 01/28/2004: Four poems in Heartplace by Janet Leonard: Edith's Light, Around the Rim, Sunday Morning Solitude, and Pink Rose
- 01/28/2004: Four poems in Heartplace by Janet Reid: Home Again, The Dance Teacher, Become the Night, and Watching Dandelions Grow
- 01/28/2004: Winter's Solemn Song (a poem by Daniah Lababidi in Heartplace)
- 01/28/2004: Two poems in Heartplace by Susan Eckenrode: Listen and Crater Lake
- 01/14/2004: Four poems in Heartplace by Janet Leonard: Morning Breaks, River Birch Blues, Last Night of August, and A Bee's Paradise
- 12/29/2003: Permissions (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 12/15/2003: Two poems in Heartplace by Eunice Perkins: Symphony of Creation and Winter's Night
- 11/21/2003: A new and much more extensive Site Map has been installed.
- 10/23/2003: A Little Night Music (a poem by Nancy Clark in Heartplace)
- 10/06/2003: Four poems in Heartplace by Carol Desjarlais: FreeFalling, Dew Fall, The Falling, Soldiers' Last Summer,
- 10/04/2003: Moonflower (a poem by Mary Lambert in Heartplace)
- 09/28/2003: Now, Sweet Now (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 09/27/2003: Six poems in Heartplace by Laryalee Fraser: Remembrance, The Harvest of Their Years, Moment of Clarity, Intermission, The Question, and Lullaby
- 09/11/2003: The Beauty of Up (a 4-part photographic essay by Alan Harris in the Gallery)
- 09/09/2003: Wish Bone (a poem by Carol Desjarlais in Heartplace)
- 07/30/2003: The Wound (a poem by Geneva Poynter in Heartplace)
- 07/23/2003: Four selections in Heartplace by Nancy Clark: Ascension, A Distant Bell, Engagement, and Flow
- 06/24/2003: Ponderables All Year (a new printable PDF book by Alan Harris [Description])
- 06/15/2003: Weather Forecast (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 04/18/2003: A Mountain's Month (a photographic essay by Alan Harris in the Gallery)
- 04/16/2003: Wanting (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 04/09/2003: Six poems in Heartplace by Margaret L. Hall: Reflections, the crystal, parchment rose, Butterfly Dreams, Outta' Here, and the fear of addiction
- 04/09/2003: Dove Missile (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 12/16/2002: Unclosed Loops (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 11/01/2002: Bug in My Kitchen (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 09/17/2002: Remembrance (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 09/07/2002: "Carpet Flights" Poetry Book in PDF (a collection of poems written in 2001 by Alan Harris offered as a free download)
- 09/01/2002: Ones (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 08/22/2002: Absence (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 07/23/2002: Walking the Wooden Way (a photo essay by Alan Harris in the Gallery)
- 07/15/2002: July Brushstrokes (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 07/10/2002: Air Force Odyssey Before Flying B-17s (a story told by Keith E. Harris, father of Alan Harris, in Stories and Essays by Alan Harris)
- 07/08/2002: The 1943 Munster Bombing Raid (a story told by Keith E. Harris, father of Alan Harris, in Stories and Essays by Alan Harris)
- 07/07/2002: An Inward East (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 06/15/2002: Urges (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 05/31/2002: Three poems in Heartplace by Nicholas John Street: Son of Thomas, The Destroyer, and Ember
- 05/22/2002: World (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 04/26/2002: Three poems in Heartplace by Kevin Koh In-Chuen: If I could be anywhere in the world...., My Little Book, and Ingénue
- 04/14/2002: Our First Warm Day (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 04/13/2002: I Am One, I Am All (a poem by Paul Meier in Heartplace)
- 04/12/2002: Some Kind of Haiku (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 04/11/2002: Man Walking (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 04/03/2002: Being Well: Poems of Empathy and Support (a poetry book with photography by Alan Harris now available as a free Acrobat PDF download)
- 03/21/2002: Night Light (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 03/15/2002: Thank You (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 03/11/2002: Upbeat (a poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 02/25/2002: Bill (a personal essay by Nancy Clark in Heartplace)
- 02/22/2002: Poems of Empathy and Support (36 poems by Alan Harris on coping with adversity, in a slide show format)
- 02/09/2002: Selected Poems on Love (37 poems by Alan Harris on love and friendship, in a slide show format)
- 02/08/2002: Pain and Promise (a new poem by Alan Harris in Noon Out of Nowhere)
- 02/08/2002: Solstice Moon Rising (a poem by Sunita Fernandes in Heartplace)
- 01/24/2002: Exposed (a poem by Nicholas John Street in Heartplace)
- 01/22/2002: Quality - 11 Glimpses (photographs and aphorisms by Alan Harris on the elusive theme of quality)
- 01/21/2002: Midnight Tea (a poem by Nancy Clark in Heartplace)
- 01/06/2002: The Jewelled Web (a poem by Setiawati Lubis in Heartplace)
- 01/06/2002: And Thus It Shall Remain (a poem by Setiawati Lubis in Heartplace)
- 01/06/2002: Geriatrics (a poem by Gery T. Czerwinski in Heartplace)
- 01/01/2002: The Way It's Done (a poem by Nancy Clark in Heartplace)
- 01/01/2002: Fireflies Don't Bite (a new poetry book-in-progress by Alan Harris)
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