Monthly Archives: May 2020

Breakfast Company in the Era of COVID

I had company for breakfast this morning while enjoying an English Muffin and a couple of cups of java.  The song birds were out on this pleasant May Florida morning in the semi-boonies where I live, serenading this old guy … Continue reading

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Snortin’ Mammon – Poem #75 – From the Archives

 Roman Abramovitch’s yacht (left)  parked next to the Qatari royals at St. Barts. Do you think we’d see the light if sunshine cost the wealthy something or would we live in blackest night outside the gate and out of sight? … Continue reading

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On Moving Toward a Failed State

I never thought I would see a day when the ineptness and impotence of the United States of America was on full display for all the world to see. According the Real Politics, 103,418 deaths have been attributed to the … Continue reading

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Monday’s Laundry – Poem #74 – From the Archives

How white is Monday’s laundry against the bright blue sky of Summer hung from a clothesline stretching from a third floor window to the telephone pole watching grandma hang the clothes my feet pushing on the treadle while sitting at … Continue reading

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Suicide of a Senator – From the Archives – October 2015

For those of you who think right wing politics has never been so dirty. Senator Lester Hunt – Democrat – Wyoming This morning while enjoying a second cup of coffee and the company of song birds out on the lanai … Continue reading

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A Daughter’s Art

A Few of Pam’s chalks stored in my garage Elephant Sneaker Snake Cheetah Rocker . .

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The Ramble and Racism

. “One of the few spots in the New York city where visitors can get happily lost, the Ramble, at thirty-six acres, offers a variety of intimate scenic enclaves that include the Gill, a tiny stream the wanders through the … Continue reading

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For Better or for Worse – A Poem for our Time

Toritto at home And so my brother texted me “Stay home and be well They won’t waste a ventilator on either one of us” And so it was; the people stayed home and were still, learning a new way of … Continue reading

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If Poetry Could Raise The Dead – Poem #60

GP Cox says: May 29, 2017 at 16:02 (Edit) “You have posted this poem before and I must say it bring tears! I repeat it at the cemetery each time I go, like today.” . G.P. Cox left the above … Continue reading

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Metal Storm – Poem #55 – For Memorial Day

Summer sun reflected off a wheel chair holding half the soldier he used to be in half the body he used to have the dent above his left ear now hidden in his hair. His mother buys a popsicle and … Continue reading

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