Written to honor the 2023 O, Miami Poetry Festival
#inspiration #NationalPoetryMonth #OMiamiPoetryFestival #poetry #ZipOdes
My Grandpa was Irish Or at least his parents were So every year we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for corned beef and cabbage.
Birthday weekends are the best! Enjoy them all with verve and zest…
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
The sun is out today and Warmer temperatures lie ahead. The week ahead is yet unknown Half the summer now has fled.
Voting is a privilege As well as a duty. How can it be that so many of us can’t be bothered
What 18 year-old, still only a kid himself, walks into an elementary school and starts firing? Columbine, Sandy Hook,
There was a young puppy named Gus Who charmed and amused all of us. While on a retractable leash He darted all over. Yeesh! It made Meg and John want to cuss…
Ron DeSantis governs a state That feeds on the Disney brand Disney World theme parks Are known throughout the land So when he attacks the company
Three 9-year-olds were slaughtered… Because the Second Amendment Gives the false impression that Owning guns is an unfettered right For nearly any person who wants to…
Billowing clouds swirl below While a pale yellow sunlight fringes the horizon. The fury of last night’s storms Upended our travel plans
Good night, Betty White. Thanks for your bright, shining li… You were quite all right.
The highway of life winds on and on and on. We all make our way forward, sidew… and even backwards, sometimes. Yet we keep rolling along
When I was a kid in the 1970s When there were two types of gas a… Regular and Unleaded. The Unleaded kind cost more, So most people used Regular inste…
Ever the sun shines Ever the heart pines Ever the eye sees Ever the dog pees Ever the birds fly
Supporters of the former president who pack his rallies swallow his pronouncements whole and believe there was some “great”… that can be attained again