An eerie silence has descended over the places where constant activity once reigned. Construction will no longer occur now that undocumented workers
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
Your poetry book from 1946 was recently acquired by me at a book fair in Chicago. It appears to have been lightly us… during its first go-round
I just read something in Rolling… Written by a fan who corresponded… Now I can punctuate my thoughts j… Cool!!
12 score and 8 years ago Our forefathers brought forth on t… a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition t… all men are created equal, and
50 degrees when measured in Fahrenheit makes for a pleasant day perhaps even a bit chilly. A light jacket
At the confirmation Of her nomination To serve our nation There was celebration And righteous jubilation
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…
Now what was the name of that frui… Where I would go to grab lunch du… When I was working up the block? It was a single name, I think. Maybe it was Franko’s?
What 18 year-old, still only a kid himself, walks into an elementary school and starts firing? Columbine, Sandy Hook,
All war is a crime Since it ends some lives and upends so many others. Starting a war as Putin has done
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
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…
Inspiration is not an obedient dog that comes whenever it is called or patiently waits around to be shown some attention. Inspiration is closer to a bird
Come and listen to my story about… The Oscars got turned upside down I’d like to tell you a story, sit… About how I slapped Chris Rock t… In a Bel Air mansion I was TV r…
