https://poets.org/national-poetry-month/poem-your-pocket-day I started doing this in 2012 and it's always fun (for me, anyway)
It snowed in NOLA Ten inches fell in one day Anything can be!
Billowing clouds swirl below While a pale yellow sunlight fringes the horizon. The fury of last night’s storms Upended our travel plans
Whenever I hear that someone has… the first thing—and often the only… I want to know is how old they wer… Someone older comforts me because I feel like I still have some tim…
We love the songs you wrought for… And all of the music you shared. The good vibes that they brought t… When a beach and your stories were… In a world that can sometimes be w…
Our earth is now more dry and warm Than we’ve ever seen before. And climate trends suggest that We’ll see this even more. As the planet dries, to great exte…
We met her today and her daughter, as well But Trump and his people have made their lives hell. They embraced our democracy
July 19, 2013 Chicago, Illinois On a brutally hot night Ed stood beneath the scoreboard of the ballpark he loves
What sounded like all the fireworks on earth over the holiday weekend couldn’t assuage my dread at the memory of
The sun is out today and Warmer temperatures lie ahead. The week ahead is yet unknown Half the summer now has fled.
I used to hate poetry back in high school because I could never understand any of it and I didn’t want my teachers
The glittering desert oasis known around the world took on water this week. Who among us can now deny that climate change is real?
Whenever you have a loving family who share their lives with each ot… you’re very fortunate, indeed. Thanks to El Rey del Taco, the U… and all the people who worked with…
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…
The Beatles are there now; John was murdered in New York Ci… The Who are there, too; Keith Moon drank himself to death… The Doors are also halfway closed…
“Obrigado” is All the Portuguese I know But it is enough. I might never come back here But I’ll sure jump at the chance.