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The band’s ferry got stuck in a sa… on their way to New York City on an April day in 1954 when music was changed forever. By the time Bill Haley and his C…
Since April is National Poetry M… (#NationalPoetryMonth) perhaps this is the best time for writing Zip Odes to release my creative impulses.
The glittering desert oasis known around the world took on water this week. Who among us can now deny that climate change is real?
Ever the sun shines Ever the heart pines Ever the eye sees Ever the dog pees Ever the birds fly
Gentle winds blowing in from Key West and Havana far away from Sanibel Island once brought soothing comfort to residents and tourists alike.
Several years ago I encountered a… idling away as it waited to pick u… at a community center in suburban… I walked past the bus and observed its large exhaust pipe spewing
Birthday weekends are the best! Enjoy them all with verve and zest…
Everyone will have a best summer o… Even if they won’t know it at the… There will always be the promise o… Even if they will never quite mate… Everyone also has a last summer on…
Air travel is always tense because the fear of missing a flight is far more stressful than it needs to be. And yet being aboard the plane
How shall I remember 2023, this fifty-sixth year of my life? Hopefully not the worst of the bun… but it did have some measure of st… My catalytic converter was stolen
In a world where every single mont… Is measured as being the warmest o… It’s not such as bad thing To have a chilly day outside. The unbearable heat will be here
There is a great Czar of the Snow Alongside a Lady of Glencoe They share poems and verse Whether lengthy or terse Over Zoom is their method of flow…
May everyone have, at least once in their lifetime, an experience where they are drivi… or riding in a car that they like
It’s difficult, Perhaps even impossible, To fully appreciate an artist While they’re still alive And practicing their craft.
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