Written for a grammar school friend in 2022
What 18 year-old, still only a kid himself, walks into an elementary school and starts firing? Columbine, Sandy Hook,
This zombie nation Always glued to our smartphones Doesn’t make us smart
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
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…
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
Their dad was taking them to Disn… Because he loved them so much And wanted to make them happy. But when that morning arrived And the plane was waiting for them…
Friday the 13th Is it a day for bad luck? We’ll know soon enough!
To the cobblestones of Europe: I love your quirkiness. With all your shapes, sizes, and c… You make an irregular mess.
“Obrigado” is All the Portuguese I know But it is enough
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
The cafes are always ready To serve their guests a meal Or sometimes just a drink will do Their setting is most ideal. Passing away an hour, sometimes mo…
I shall dance no more with rhythmless guilty feet. The saxophone played. George Michael’s “Careless Whisp… Will haunt us all forever.
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…
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…
Attending Catholic schools as I did for 13 years instills certain ideas into a pers… The nuns and lay teachers assigned us all a Conduct grade
