I CAN’T HEAR YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP I’m kind of hard of hearing I fear it’s only getting worse As my old age is nearing Lighting concerts for a gig Was what I chose to do The folks were wowed by gigs so loud It made us deaf (who knew?) They always had to turn […]

MY SHORT EXAMINATIONS Delving into wacky stuff Keeps my mind quite busy And I just can’t write enough Some I write for birthdays And then some I write for laughs I sometimes wax political Or simply point out gaffes I write about the world I see I write to entertain I try to keep it […]

FROM TIME TO TIME THE GROUND SHAKES Causing us to all remember We’re living on the fault line And so now and then have temblors My East Coast friends remind me That I live under a specter Of an Earth that often shakes Beneath my living vector They watch too many movies When it quakes […]

I WONDER HOW IT HAPPENS As our bodies change with agin’ Our muscles wan with aches and pain There’s less we can engage in The stuff that makes us young and strong Gives way as we get old And leaves us tired and fragile As our skin begins to fold The secret stuff that siphons […]

I WAS JUST A BLADE OF GRASS That grew upon a lea I soaked the sun and drank the rain So pleased that I was me The seasons came, the seasons went The time just trundled by The Earth engulfed my roots in warmth Beneath the vast blue sky A herd of milk cows came […]

YOU CAN WRITE IT YOU CAN RHYME IT You can say it you can sing it Just as long as it rings true Then I can’t wait for you to bring it The truth is waiting to be told The truth will set you free The truth is, truth will find a way For everyone […]

LEARNING AND POSSESSING’S GOOD But nothing quite compares With taking things that once were yours To pass them to your heirs The union of two people And the fruit it often bears Makes us step outside ourselves And orders our affairs The act of rearing children Is a clap of mighty thunder A trial-and-error exercise […]

I’M NO NORMAN VINCENT PEALE But I still write my daily spiel So I can tell folks how I feel As they consume their morning meal Observations that I see Are couched in simple poetry They’re meant for you, they’re sent from me When it’s all said, at least they’re free! Sometimes funny always true […]

SUNDAY MORNING CAME I read the paper every day The obituary said That my dear friend had passed away The picture of her face And information understated The loss I felt and loss felt by Those to whom she was related I harkened back to times we shared And drinks and pleasant talks The joy […]

IT’S NOT A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE It’s not a bunch of roses It’s not a box of chocolates Or what anyone supposes I guess that it’s a feeling I can sense and can’t describe it That hits me when our gazes meet And instantly revives it My chest gets tight, my knees get weak I’m […]