‘Twas 24 nights before Christmas, and all through our house, Quite a lot was a-stirring ‘twixt me and my spouse. Our coats were removed from the closet with care, And hastily donned ‘gainst the chilly night air. With nary a thought of our snug master bed, We arrived close to Main Street via Subaru sled. […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “A Letter Home from Our Beloved Cat”
Dear Mom, Dad, Kipper and Preston: I am not exactly sure where I am, but I wanted to get this letter off to you without further delay. You’ll be pleased to know I feel fine and am no longer in any pain. Throughout it all, my spirit and soul have remained intact. I feel immortal. […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: December
A candle in a window, and a wreath hung on the door A fiddlers tune, a frosty moon, a dance across the floor December day, December night, a child’s eyes wide in wonder A bar of Gold? A lump of coal? A tree they might lay under A little mouse peers through a hole, to […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Your Hair”
Perfumed hair fills my mind, With memories you have left behind. The warm full fragrance of day at the start, Is missing now since we had to part. Curly locks tipping long strands, Brushed to a luster by loving hands. Hair with warmth that shines in the sun, That springs with life when there is […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: AI
I built myself a robot, and I made her self-aware A life without companionship, was more than I could bear I’d become complacent, and impatient with most folks My little robot hangs with me, she laughs at all my jokes We shop and cook and watch the games; I take her for a walk She […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Going Back”
We came back once more to the town. We had once walked there. Our steps led to the water. Misty aromas filled the air. The scenes had changed, As all scenes do. Many walk there now, Where once there were two. The chill of the wind. The hand held tight. Sounds to the ear, Softened […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Faith”
It is sometimes difficult To understand. But HE does not ask us To understand. That is given us. HE asks instead Only that we believe. We cannot redo That which happened yesteryear. For I, like you, Am gone from there – beyond returning. And yet – a common thought – We (sadly) share Or, if […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “Thanksgiving”
I am thankful for what is unpredictable— the sudden gush of rain, the lightning and the thunder— the insistence from this world to pay attention. I delight in colors indigo and orange, what gels into a sunset. I’m elated for what begins again— the wide-eyed dawn, the seasons that return in cycles of joy. But […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: The Urge to Merge
I live in California Pretty close to San Francisco Not right in The City But so near that I can say so When I’m driving in my car And traffic’s getting rough I try to hold my temper Until I’ve just had enough I see all kinds of people In the cars I see surround […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Honorman”
San Diego. Fabled land. Where you stuck out a young, bronzed hand. To be awarded, for all to see. The paper passed, from him to me. Weeks of training, it had been fun. Most had pride. Some had none. The paper hangs framed, on the living room wall. Remembrance of a youth, who once stood […]