Composed on my final day in Portugal, 4 May 2022. Come here and see it if you get the chance!
When the sun shines on Friday mor… Especially in the Spring It reminds us of what good things The coming day can bring. So offer the people you encounter
Here’s my pocket poem for the year 2024. Since I’ve written it myself I hope that it won’t be a bore. Three stanzas are all I’ve got
With floodwaters up to her waist A woman in Florida scrolls through her smartphone. Those devices really have taken over our lives,
We might think that COVID is fi… Thirty months since it first came… The president declared the pandemi… Let us fervently pray he’s not wro… The vaccines were designed to help…
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
Supporters of the former president who pack his rallies swallow his pronouncements whole and believe there was some “great”… that can be attained again
New Jersey’s junior senator stood on the Senate floor for 25 h… and passionately recounted the “mo… which the United States finds its… He implored all of us to do better
A Friday morning brings forth my… For all of the good things in life So when that song plays on the rad… To remind me of music’s soothing c… I sing right along, secure in the…
At the confirmation Of her nomination To serve our nation There was celebration And righteous jubilation
This zombie nation Always glued to our smartphones Doesn’t make us smart
Tracy Chapman wrote a song late i… which deserves to endure forever,… and a plaintive story about the di… that Life can sometimes bring. It received lots of airplay in the…
Dozens of face masks In varied sizes, materials, and co… Were shoved into a coffee can Over the course of the pandemic. Tossing them into the garbage toda…
Leaves are changing color A cool nip is in the air Winter is on the horizon But we aren’t yet there
While the Speaker’s chair sits em… the entire Congress remains immobi… The world looks toward the United… and finds nothing but disfunction. How can we presume to lead the wor…
It’s autumn time in Chicago The city’s awash in vibrant hues With yellow, red, and even orange So many kaleidoscopic views Like all good things in life
