MUSHROOMS GROWING EVERYWHERE Tempt some to find and pick But make your choices carefully ‘Cause some will make you sick Thin ones, thick ones, brown ones In the woods and yon and hither And ones that when they’re eaten Can cause failure of your liver Shittakes, portabellas Mushrooms sliced and put in sauces Are picked […]

IT’S JUST ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT I’ll watch the window till the light Brain is busy tension’s mounting Endless sheep are left for counting Problems in my brain a-creep Go away, just let me sleep What a time for me to worry Sunrise coming better hurry Circuitous, my thoughts of doom Stay away from my bedroom […]

12 JURORS IN A LEGAL BOUT Deliberate and search for doubt Big-time lawyers sort it out Pontificate and snort and shout Defendant sits, he’s feeling weak Justice sought for havoc wreaked Charges filed, suspicions piqued Hope they find the truth they seek The lawyers end; their cases rest 12 people try to do their best […]

HERE’S TO ALL THE MORNINGS That I woke and shook my head And wished that I could take back things I’d done or I had said So now here’s my apology To those that I’ve offended I hope the years have soothed the pain And ill-willed ways have ended A toast to all the maître […]

DONNA BOUGHT A STATUE-LAMP It stands between two walls The thing is made of pewter And it rises six feet tall The lamp’s a naked lady Riding on a dolphin’s back She’s holding up a lampshade I’m not kidding; it’s a fact The shade is made in Tiffany And on the dolphin’s belly A matching […]

I FEEL A DAYDREAM COMING ON My mind is free to wander It’s just my way of killing time And lets me think and ponder I’m not constrained by Earthly bonds Or by geography Each dream’s unique and lets me peek In my psychology In some I rule the whole wide world In others I’m […]

FORGET THE STUFF YOU LEARNED IN CLASS Cast out your doubt, ignore the rules Your life is yours, decipher it Conclude what’s right, don’t suffer fools People filter feelings through What strangers think that they should do Don’t get stuck in other’s minds Search your soul for richer finds Wisdom’s not conventional Speak your mind, […]

IN MY LIFE I’VE TRAVELED And I’ve lived in many places I’ve met a lot of people I can still recall their faces There was just a handful Who became long-lasting friends They meant enough to keep them close To me right to the end There is one who changed a lot Our friendship seemed […]

BETWEEN OUR EARS INSIDE OUR HEADS And right behind our eyes The gray and convoluted mass We use to reason lies We have our brains to work things out To process sight and smell And make sense of our memories And stories that they tell When times come to apply ourselves There are no thinking […]

SOME NICE DAYS WE DRIVE ABOUT To find where people cloister To kill some time and drink white wine And eat some briny oysters The way the tastes meld in my mouth My senses are increased It harkens back to Hemingway As he wrote in “A Moveable Feast” The key is the guy with the […]