I used to hate poetry back in high school because I could never understand any of it and I didn’t want my teachers
Poetizing moods Don’t come along too often So don’t let them pass!
When I was a kid in the 1970s When there were two types of gas a… Regular and Unleaded. The Unleaded kind cost more, So most people used Regular inste…
Andre Braugher’s dead While Clarence Thomas lives on. Death picked the wrong guy!
In 1980, the 12 year-old that I o… purchased a 45 RPM single of “Em… So much of the world from back the… is gone, and will not be coming ba… But at least the Glimmer Twins ar…
Friday the 13th Is it a day for bad luck? We’ll know soon enough!
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
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
Three 9-year-olds were slaughtered… Because the Second Amendment Gives the false impression that Owning guns is an unfettered right For nearly any person who wants to…
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
This infernal summer grinds on Leaving fires and deaths in its wa… Heat emergencies in many places And August still waiting to bake.
Coffee and a crossword now The farmers market later College football on TV after that How could Sunday ever top that?
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?
The colors of the Fall So vibrant and unique Today’s kids might even say “Nature’s just on fleek!”
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
