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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Two Gifts - A Poem in Eight Lines

Give an unexpected gift And when the other says "Gee, how nice! You didn't have to do that!", You say "That's exactly why I did it." But you THINK "Your delight's the second gift, The one you give to me." NOTE -The sentiment in this poem expresses the idea I often have behind a gift of flowers, or... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Name That Movie #4

To winter-sit an old hotel Is one way to make money. He grabbed an axe, chopped through the door And chortled loud, "Here's Johnny!" Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Starting From Zero, or, We Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

I marvel at where things come from! Straight pins, Chevys, the Queen Mary - All one time were in the dirt of iron ore, Waiting to be cooked free into ingots! Who would even think of doing that! Someone else, not me. This t-shirt on my back came from - A cotton field, you say? I've seen me lots of... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Name That Movie # 2 & 3

Name That Movie #2 Gringo, look, I think you think We talk through our moustaches, So I'll say it one more time: "We Don't need no stinking badges!" NTM #3 The spectacle was over. The excitement now had ceased. "Oh no, it wasn't airplanes - It was Beauty killed the Beast." Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 - first draft

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Hmm...Good start, that!...but... Probably not...you're not that hot...No...wait that's not... Hold on...help me out here...okay... Look, May can get a little windy, but you...er...don't. Besides, summer doesn't last as long as you do, either. Look, everybody... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

It Just Might Be That Simple

A sentence is a language bridge We erect and then abandon Once the idea has crossed over To another waiting mind ("Sure! When it works, that's how it goes.") Each greeting, joke and coffee break Will vanish moments later, A nonce expense of verbal air No longer heeded, needed, just forgotten.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Part Two: Aboard the Royal Princess (There really is no there there either)

There's transportation, Then there's cruising: The one will get you somewhere, The other lets you off where you got on. In fact, do cruise ships move at all? It's hard to tell - For days we don't see headlands, surf or trees. Meanwhile great Pacific maybe tricks us, Slides beneath a maybe moveless... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Part One: The New York State Thruway, or, There is No There There Is There

No matter how far north you go You never seem to move. Even though your cruise control Keeps you at 75, You feel that you are standing still On tidy humming 3-lane thrum Past the green-white nowandthen Of place names that are hard to spell. Faux rustic rest stops promise respite From the mindless... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Hey, Cookie! Seen My Car Keys?

Old age has its advantages (I've forgotten what they are. It's not a thrill to learn I've lost The keys that run my car.) I finish all my sentences, Can pen a verse when asked... (What was that question you just asked? Another word that rhymes with "asked"?) And weren't stairs a snap to climb When I... Sign in to see full entry.

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