My heart bleeds for blue It’s the color of pain That the writers of song Use to write sad refrains But to me blue can be Such a comforting sight That I’ve seen in the ocean And in the sky’s light And so here is my message To all that will listen; “Look up to […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Cud
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 […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Working Stiffs
Corporate Moguls making money Sales are up its do or die Buying low and selling higher Soon they will diversify Business guys in office jungles Working is their way of life If they make a few more dollars They might get to see the wife Always work to fill that quota Push the limit win […]
The A Cappella Handyman: Code Blue
Code Blue It’s a borrowed title from another story but its weight fits the mood. These are the prosthetic hooks that taught me how to use my hands. Fortunately too we had Mom who taught us the best a Mother can teach. But Dad was our Dad. Best mentor an eight year old boy […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: To Read
What people read can shape their minds Between book covers when they find A clearly stated point of view That tells them what they ought to do Tall and short and old and young Read Charles Bukowski, Carl Jung, Oscar Wilde and Carl Sagan, Lenin, Marx and Ronald Reagan Writers in good stead and standing […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “A Double Exposure”
He was one of the best dressed men I ever saw; Latest cut lapel, with awe; I checked his suit, a light over plaid, of red with ochre-brown, for fad. He was superb, yet for awhile, I was perplexed. Such style. He wore the best, yet was ill-dressed. Because I never saw him smile.
Poetry Corner: Desmond Rutherford “Mirror in the Bog”
The susurrant music of the trees lulled me deeper into the moss-festooned forest Ladybird beetles expose mechanical wings and lift in a deafening machinery of emotion Earthworms expand and contract in an accordionic progression that, to the mole, is a scraping sandpaper shuffle Moles know moist dark movement is best, avoiding potato bugs is a […]
Poetry Corner: Bobby Richardson “A Tear Drop Will Never Be Enough”
They were not supposed to die that day They were not supposed to leave us They were not supposed to die that way Leaving America and the world to grieve them They were part of who this Country was They were what made it the “Home of the Brave”!! And when they took them away […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “To Teach”
To teach, To reach. To teach, To breach. To teach, Not preach.
Poetry Corner: Mary Susan Gast “Air, Earth and Fire”
After the wildflowers bare their fragile faces, Lacing the green meadows with mystic purples And eruptive shades of pink and orange; Before the autumn rains tumble from gray clouds Scudding low in the skies To soak the sun-crisped grasses; Between those hospitable seasons Comes the elemental scourge of fire. Sparked by dry lighting or power […]