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50 degrees when measured in Fahrenheit makes for a pleasant day perhaps even a bit chilly. A light jacket
There are words trapped inside you and they’re waiting to come out. If you don’t try to release them you’ll always have some doubt. Could they have made a difference
On a gentle upward slope With a historic church nearby The luncheon special seemed ideal For my wife and I to try. She had fish, and I the pasta
O crying child Up in the sky Above the ocean blue! You’ll grow someday And maybe hear
We met her today and her daughter, as well But Trump and his people have made their lives hell. They embraced our democracy
His football team wore gold and bl… For the city that makes our steel Success was the fruit of their lab… Four Super Bowl trophies are real
A limerick is a snappy rhyme That doesn’t take up too much time Make Line 3 sound like Line 4 And then just add one more The result is a poem sublime
Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River… was published more than a century… Its enduring popularity derives fr… telling truths about the human con… The most compelling message of all
The world I grew up in meaning the late 20th Century had white stuff falling from the s… on December days like this one. The kid that I was at the time
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.
Shut up and drink yer beer whatever label it might be. Doesn’t matter who else drinks it or if they can stand to pee. What’s inside your heart counts mo…
It’s not the death of a person but it is the end of an era for just about every American over the age of perhaps thirty-fiv… Gracing the cover of Sports Illus…
A catchphrase that was silly A laugh that was unique “Pee Wee Herman” charmed us all That skinny little geek We saw him in the movies
Since Jimmy Buffett passed away His New York Times obituary Has required three corrections, so… But his first musical offering Sold exactly 324 copies,
This poem stays in my pocket Until I take it out And read it to somebody That’s what this day’s about. Thanks for listening to my words