Dedicated to Chuck and so many others
#COVID #haiku #poetry
Several years ago I encountered a… idling away as it waited to pick u… at a community center in suburban… I walked past the bus and observed its large exhaust pipe spewing
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
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…
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
Some grade school student dropped… Fortunately, the useful life of th… I’m a long way past grammar school… So I picked up the discarded penc… Many thanks to you, unknown grade…
50 degrees when measured in Fahrenheit makes for a pleasant day perhaps even a bit chilly. A light jacket
He rages, seethes, intimidates to keep the world on edge. His social feed, it dominates and serves to drive a wedge. He makes his opponents cower,
We have come to equate “fortune” w… as in “that outfit must have cost… but its real meaning is more abstr… Whenever the Roman goddess Fortun… it meant that things went well for…
It’s just a kiss or a shot Leading us to love or war. Which do you prefer? And what are you doing to get there?
Not everyone in Florida is wealth… But there’s no doubt that some of… They stuffed their portfolios with… Because that’s what’s preferred, b… Cash is a cushion that wards off h…
Leaves are changing color A cool nip is in the air Winter is on the horizon But we aren’t yet there
He arrived as a young man With no life experiences outside o… Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois Where he was born and raised. It was here that he witnessed huma…
Shimmering reflections greet my ey… as a warm smile lights up my face. Jimmy Buffett knew these waters w… and channeled their spirit through… May their inspirational qualities…
I just read something in Rolling… Written by a fan who corresponded… Now I can punctuate my thoughts j… Cool!!
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