Composed on my final day in Portugal, 4 May 2022. Come here and see it if you get the chance!
A controversy so strange A pandemic so costly A nation so divided A toll so devastating A solution so simple
This infernal summer grinds on Leaving fires and deaths in its wa… Heat emergencies in many places And August still waiting to bake.
Birthday weekends are the best! Enjoy them all with verve and zest…
O crying child Up in the sky Above the ocean blue! You’ll grow someday And maybe hear
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
“Facilitation” Is not going to happen— The crisis is here
With snow in California’s mountai… and trees falling down from the sk… climate change is the new normal and we don’t need to wonder about… The planet is tired of our bullshi…
Rhyme some words or maybe don’t. They’ll make sense unless they won’t
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…
My home is in Chicago, and perhaps will always be. Seeing other places, sometimes, Is a form of therapy.
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
“Feels like” temperatures Don’t make too much difference On a day like this
As snowflakes drift across the Interstate before me Arctic gusts transform them into bubbling brooks and boiling cauldrons
As Putin the Terrible sends his Russian troops Into the sovereign nation of Ukra… We must make a commitment to assist our democratic partners
Round metallic plates of various s… 10 pounds, 25 pounds, and the ferocious 45 pounder— sit patiently upon their perch, awaiting their next human encounte…
