This is for John and Mary and the rest of my poetry group.
#limerick #poetry
Red America Visiting you this weekend Could never live here
Decades of touring For millions of fans. Bruce, reassuring The best that he can. But he doesn’t know
Barber’s chairs arranged in a circ… around an unused fire pit An all-you-can eat breakfast; A quiet vibe accompanies it Fox News (thankfully muted) on th…
A crowded street teems with touris… as Commercial Street lives up to… This surely wasn’t the case in 202… when COVID-19 stole away the sum… The idea of getting “back to norma…
2024 will be culture wars all day, every day so we might as well get it started on Day One. Senator Tuberville would be upset
50 degrees when measured in Fahrenheit makes for a pleasant day perhaps even a bit chilly. A light jacket
What 18 year-old, still only a kid himself, walks into an elementary school and starts firing? Columbine, Sandy Hook,
I’m still very angry with those who stole my catalytic converter in late February. But the money
A long way from Mt. Pulaski on this cold, Illinois night. The Interstate is reaching out to Kris and Chuck, near Dwight. Dwight is far behind them now
Someone who steals a car and drives it down a city street at speeds not safe for the highway and kills an innocent person two blocks from her own home
Leaves are changing color A cool nip is in the air Winter is on the horizon But we aren’t yet there
There are people who have seen doz… of Bruce Springsteen concerts They travel the world, even, To experience the joy and exuberan… That no other performing artist ca…
They go on TV at night And make all of us laugh. But the best part of it Is irritating T**** by half. He rages at their satire
A Friday morning brings forth my… For all of the good things in life So when that song plays on the rad… To remind me of music’s soothing c… I sing right along, secure in the…
Everyone will have a best summer o… Even if they won’t know it at the… There will always be the promise o… Even if they will never quite mate… Everyone also has a last summer on…
