Hey! Today marks 20K! No way!

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…

The “winners” in life gravitate toward places like Sanibel Island, Florida.

She enjoyed 96 years of luxury and privilege far beyond anything we could ever imagine. Now that her time is up

Your poetry book from 1946 was recently acquired by me at a book fair in Chicago. It appears to have been lightly us… during its first go-round

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…

There once was a man named Fritz Who loved to eat gravy with grits. He loved them with butter but they made his heart flutter So now he just eats them in fits.

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

There was a young puppy named Gus Who charmed and amused all of us. While on a retractable leash He darted all over. Yeesh! It made Meg and John want to cuss…

In a world where every single mont… Is measured as being the warmest o… It’s not such as bad thing To have a chilly day outside. The unbearable heat will be here

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

In the enduring schism between “Dog People” and “Cat Pe… (since hardly anyone can be both, and people who get along without p… are not really at issue here)

Making myself write As I’m doing this moment Isn’t a bad thing