I love Christmas. My mother instilled that love in my heart as long ago as I can remember. It is a time of good cheer and sharing. A time of hope and forgiveness. A last chance to get it right before the year ends and a new one begins. Christmas cookies and cracking fires. […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: A Friday Drive
I went for a drive, it was the day after Thanksgiving The merchants all were busy, hey; they have to make a living Friday was its blackest, and the malls were overflowing With the fervor of the shoppers, and their comings and their goings Radio commercials, were a jingle, jingle, jingle As they warned the […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason: Winter’s Way
Near and far in lands of hinter, holidays abound in winter Chilly cold the winds a blowin’, trees are bare no leaves are showin’ Streams are frozen skies are cloudy, bars are full and loud and rowdy Farmers sell the crops they reap, if any’s left it’s theirs to keep Chopping wood in fall’s not […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason: The Prayer We Pray
Last Thursday I was in Houston to welcome my newest grandson into the world. Those of you that follow me on Facebook already know that little Beckham’s lungs weren’t quite ready. He has been in the neonatal ICU at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston ever since. It was touch and go for a while but […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: In the Dark Last Night
It happened in the dark last night And bounced within my head I lay still and took it in It happened in my bed My life passed right before my eyes And then I realized How long my short life’s been And how slow time is as it flies I saw the struggles I’ve endured […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Happy Halloween (From all of us at the Benicia Herald & Rhyme and Reason)
Zombies, werewolves, ghosts and such, are heading to your door If they ask for candy, give them some then give them more Halloween is finally here, and in our neighborhoods Cemeteries have appeared, where grassy yards once stood That costumed kid just wants a treat, so hand it over please Or else you’ll suffer all […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: The Flat Field (A Layperson’s Guide to the State of the Universe in One Unified Theory)
The atmosphere surrounds the Earth, and all of it’s comprised Of molecules and atoms, that an unseen force devised When peering through a microscope, you might not ascertain The differences between the stuffs, within that vast domain For the sake of argument, let’s call these small things bubbles (The molecules and atoms and these tiny […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Want
Some of these and some of those, one more and then another Gotta have it! I can’t wait; just give it to me brother It starts when we are young with cookies, dolls and model planes Albums, clothes and baseball bats, computers, Lionel trains A chocolate swirl, a boy, a girl a laptop or PC […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: The Day They Closed the Colonel Down
Chicken, Chicken on our plates, no place can Chickens hide An unforgiving deep fried fate, of Chicken Poultricide But there’s a price to pay you see, to eat the Colonel’s fare Just try to order any piece; the cupboards all are bare “We ain’t got nary drumsticks.” And “We done ran out of breasts.” “We […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: 4 Steps (The Chihuahua’s Lament)
4 Steps take the Chihuahua, trying to keep up with his owner His little legs are pumping, as to not become a loner Living life so little, is a challenge that’s for sure It takes a larger heart, and a devotion that is pure Some of them when petted, shrivel up and start to shutter […]