Written in Chicago on 23 October 2021
The cafes are always ready To serve their guests a meal Or sometimes just a drink will do Their setting is most ideal. Passing away an hour, sometimes mo…
COVID’s still with us Despite its "19" title It’s not yet passe
Our sense of comfort in existing s… Cannot be denied, and yet There’s always something more out… Just beyond our comfort zones. Do we dare to seek it out?
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…
Abraham Lincoln was our first poe… who really knew how to turn a phra… but the best one of all has to do… “We can complain that rose bushes… or we can celebrate that thorn bus…
July 19, 2013 Chicago, Illinois On a brutally hot night Ed stood beneath the scoreboard of the ballpark he loves
Hey! Today marks 20K! No way!
Ginger or Mary Ann? Mary Ann or Ginger? Actual women don’t fit so easily into this duality
Target: Sunshine State Idalia’s in the Gulf. It’s time to prepare.
As I was growing up I envied other kids who had what I thought were “normal” middle names: James, Thomas, and
My home is in Chicago, and perhaps will always be. Seeing other places, sometimes, Is a form of therapy.
On this Star Wars Day I still remember how much that movie changed me
American governance is only as str… As our ability to defend it. And if (or when) it goes away We won’t ever get it back.
If you won’t be on Donald Trump’s enemies list You’re no friend of mine
Since April is National Poetry M… (#NationalPoetryMonth) perhaps this is the best time for writing Zip Odes to release my creative impulses.
