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?
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…
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…
Someone who steals a car and drives it down a city street at speeds not safe for the highway and kills an innocent person two blocks from her own home
Good night, Betty White. Thanks for your bright, shining li… You were quite all right.
That Bruce is really something el… Making me drive all the way to Da… And on the Fourth of July, even! Had to miss the family barbecue an… My Uncle’s been kind of a jerk to…
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
The glittering desert oasis known around the world took on water this week. Who among us can now deny that climate change is real?
Since Jimmy Buffett passed away His New York Times obituary Has required three corrections, so… But his first musical offering Sold exactly 324 copies,
That the ear hears something but the eyes and the brain can’t sort it all out will forever be a problem for me.
“We’re sorry that you’re leaving.… The hashtag was once a revolution in how people communicate with eac… Now the platform that first brough… threatens to become a shadow of it…
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 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 “winners” in life gravitate toward places like Sanibel Island, Florida.
In the enduring schism between “Dog People” and “Cat Pe… (since hardly anyone can be both, and people who get along without p… are not really at issue here)