Not pizza pies or popcorn, pasta, grapes or ham and cheese Not shrimp or fish in chafing dish, or Yorkshire pudding please I’ll pass on ice-cream sundaes, I don’t need those sprouts and such Don’t make a hero sandwich, for my open hand to clutch Keep your warm plum pudding, Coney Dogs; leave me alone […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “How?”
How, in God’s infinite wisdom, Did One get to be 75 years old? To sit and reflect, Hear stories his voice told. Once only the fall, Saved his life. Made him come back, Blessed him with a wife. That was all it took, That instant in time. Earth pulled him down, In a far distant […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “Canada Geese”
I hear the end of summer in their wild honking, in the restless language of their flight. How on this early morning in late July, I have been expecting them. I visualize them landing noisily, and resting in the field of the old elementary school behind my house- at least thirty of them pecking at […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Treadmill”
A rat in a trap; A squirrel in a cage A donkey on a treadmill, turning a milstone; Going nowhere, because There’s nowhere to go They couldn’t go even if there was, because The situation won’t let them. People are very much like that. How sad about that. Too bad for them; It shouldn’t be […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason: Tinkle Tinkle Where You Are (Here is good; just stop the car!)
Tinkle here and tinkle there Boys can tinkle everywhere Day or night where we may dare We tinkle on without a care Girls have to hold it back you see They need a formal place to pee It’s not our fault; ain’t up to me That’s just the way it’s meant to be Every time […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Long, Long Ago”
I don’t know you, girl in my sight, Sweet and clean, with hair bouncing light. A smile on your face, and sparkle in your eyes, Too young to practice the ways of the lies. Turning your gaze to friends by your side, To look on your world, now growing so wide. Exploring and testing, thrilled […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Please Listen”
Listen to the clamor of voices ; heard from poets and writers. Wishing to tell us something; words that come from the heart; Their meaning truly revealing. They ARE telling us something, Of life, love and death; explicit is their meaning; Preparing us for all seasons; And life, love and death.
Poetry Corner: Carol Gieg “Caregiving”
A gift, the compassion of a caregiver, A nobler pursuit, there never was one. Guardian for those disenfranchised and weak, Victims of power and greed, they’ve become. Children sobbing for their parents, Separated from them and in cells. What criminals these, who fled in terror, seeking refuge from their hell
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: The REALLY BIG Rhyme & Reason Summer Sales Event
Extra, Extra; Poems for sale! For lovers, friends and cousins Get ‘em while they’re fresh today They’re cheaper by the dozen Here’s a way that you can help To raise the GDP Just take a little bread you’ve earned And send it on to me I can write you poems of love Or I can […]
Poetry Corner: Ranjit Gill “Chasing a Butterfly”
Chasing a butterfly constantly out of reach I feel the need to dream I keep struggling and striving to improve, not just surviving. “The time is always now,” I remind myself whenever I feel I’m stuck. And no, I ain’t on drugs. And I ain’t on god. I need to be myself. Screw everything else. […]