When I first looked at politics Back in the middle ages There was accepted wisdom That was spoken by the sages   Those learned men wrote essays Which they passed to their descendants You can’t win with the right or left You need the independents   Those groovy swinging voters Of whom everybody speaks Hardly [...]

  On a Sunday triumphant They gave us the word Every year in the springtime The story is heard   When we’re given a chance With all of our breath To sing His hosannas Then cry for His death   To the high wooden cross From the manger so meek Oh, what a journey And, [...]

I have an eye for trends And one that’s sweeping through the nation Is an unexpected Renaissance In self-examination   While the world may be in chaos And the ship of state is lurching The leadership is focused on Their souls--through which they’re seaching   You’ve seen it in the headlines This tend that I’ve [...]

“My truth” is an expression that Has raised some grave suspicions For how in truth can we seek truth Without fixed definitions   Some words have been evolving Receiving brand new brandings Trading crystal clarity For grim misunderstandings   No matter what your politics No matter what your leanings I think that we can all [...]

If you are one of those procrastinators and you are still looking for that last gift (or the first one), allow me to provide a holiday love poem for you. Just clip the bits between the stars and present it to your wife (or husband) with my compliments. A Christmas Gift If you’re looking for [...]

I know I should be writing rhymes Of cheery Christmas greeting Poems that lift the spirit Because that spirit’s fleeting Soon we’ll rise to celebrate The Lord and Savior’s birth Imagining his kingdom And the chance of peace on earth But everywhere I look I only see the signs of battle The taste of bitter [...]

Seasons Greeting from the White House Happy Holidays as well Dr Jill and I are hoping Your December will be swell   Santa will be coming soon Just hear those jingles ring As he rides along with presents In his… you know, the thing   And thanks to John Forbes Kerry Even naughty kids are [...]

In times of great abundance When we see our blessings mounting It's much easier to take the time For daily blessing counting   The world seems full of riches And we taste them by the plateful As if their mere achievement Is the reason to be grateful   But when the harvest struggles And the [...]

I wake up to a brand new day And for that fact, I’m grateful Then I turn on the morning news And see so much that’s hateful   I want to write some happy verse I don’t want to seem mirthless For poetry, without it’s punch Is clearly, nearly worthless   And so I seek [...]

I didn’t wear a MAGA hat I live in a BLUE state I didn’t want to be accused Of racism and hate   And even though the candidate Of course, didn’t stand for that I thought, “Why be provocative And wear a MAGA hat?”   No stickers on my bumper My Prius didn’t need it [...]