Everyone is telling me The ship of state is sinking Then why the sound, from Washington Of champagne glasses clinking? Everything reported Counting from the last election Is drawn out and distorted Like a Mercator projection Each day, Im bombarded By the dim and the demented Telling me this Groundhog Day Is sooooo unprecedented It [...]
I placed a post on Facebook For the first time in a year To ask my fervent followers What poem they’d like to hear What topic might engage them What tone and in what vein And should I use this platform To provoke or entertain Then many great suggestions Were quickly penned and posted So [...]
All across my lovely state I feel the fires burning The tinder’s dry and eager The wind is mad and turning What was green and reaching high Is on the ground and grey The air itself is witness From a hundred miles away The fire knows no battle lines No boundaries or borders It leaves [...]
In recent days, there’s been, I fear A reign of mass confusion About what makes conspiracy Far dif’rent from collusion It doesn’t take a law degree Or scads of erudition For anyone who’s interested To find the definition No, you won’t need a Nobel Prize A crown or Stanley Cup Just your Funk and Wagnalls [...]