The complete collection

Every poem,
every occasion.

All Politics is Local

I've never told this story And as i was going through it I thought that if I ever did Now was the time to do it   In LA, there are Councils And voters make a choice Of unpaid representatives To give our “hood” its voice   They run for the position Well...

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Yoohoo, Mr. Warner. I’m Back!

I've called the Golden State some names Well, maybe one or two A sorry nest of Vipers Which happens to be true   The roads are paved with promises -- Almost before they’re spoken Just like the failing 405 Those promises are broken   Our leaders measure...

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Erik the Red Meets Donald the Orange

It’s cold and vast and desolate A frigid and a mean land But Erik was a realtor And therefore called it Greenland   The folks he brought in summer They found themselves a nice land At least, by most comparisons To what they left in Iceland   Was it lower...

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To Johanna

If you listened to the Hugh Hewitt Radio Show today, you know I didn’t present the Greenland poem.  Rather, I read this love lyric for The Tantalizing Tarzana Johanna who has a significant birthday next week.  (Boy, did I surprise her!)  Now, if there’s some...

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W & F

When the Biden Stimulus was passed, I wrote this poem in 2021. Schumer's Trillions The Senate says a trillion But the House would like some more They’d want it to be five But could compromise at four Soon they’ll reach agreement But Joe’s signature won’t end it Once...

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Resolutions

I’m known to friends and colleagues As the Grand Procrastinator My flag contains the motto “I think I’ll do it later.”   So if I have a new resolve Or one that is the same I share the thought with no one Cause I couldn’t take the shame   Sure, I need to lose...

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On the Road Again

I went to school in London Back when I was a youth It seems a century ago If you must know the truth Then, coming home for Christmas A journey I should like I got myself to Heathrow And the workers went on strikeIn two days at the airport They soon ran out of food We...

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All Indicators Indicate

On all the money networks Every Tom and Ted and Sally Are saying that the metrics Indicate a Christmas rally   Black Friday was a blowout And Monday had some heft I wonder if consumers Will have any money left   Interest rates are poised to move They call it...

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