Category Archives: Poems

Ready, Set, Go!

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

The news from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Large Hadron Collider near Geneva and the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy that they have measured particles traveling faster than the speed of light is certainly exciting, puzzling news. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, Science | 77 Comments

Ghost Town

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

A few lines of ultra-light verse for the Friday before Labor Day. The Summer’s almost over now. The season slipped away. That’s why I’m leaving poems on my schedule for today. I’m leaving after lunchtime and I won’t be back … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems | 108 Comments

With Smuckers It Has To Be Glue

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

Today’s poetic guest post is by Clyde. This morning I had some orange marmalade, Which I spread on my toast with a kitchen blade. With my tea it was indeed quite grand, But then some stuck to my dominant hand. … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Guest Blogs, Poems | 103 Comments

Heavyweights of Light Verse

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

Since I happily made a big fuss over the birthday of cockroach and cat poet Don Marquis a few weeks ago, it would feel wrong somehow to neglect another towering name in the pantheon of not-really-taken-too-seriously rhymers. Today is Ogden … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems | 60 Comments

Doom, Despair, Disappointment

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

So it looks like the government shutdown / standoff / slapdown is over – for now. Each year our leaders seem to find a way to assure us that we will have another horrible confrontation two years down the road. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, Politics | 75 Comments

Budget Deadlock Haiku

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

So much has already been said about a possible Minnesota government shutdown tomorrow, I hesitate to add even a single word to the flood of opinion. The Commentary River is well over its banks and some good people may lose … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, Politics | 61 Comments

Sun In Your Eyes

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

I see that one of the most e-mailed items on the New York Times website lately is a commentary that makes the argument that spending too much time in weak indoor light has caused more children than ever to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Outer Space, Poems | 83 Comments

Welcome to Slippery Slope, Mr. AutoPresident!

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

There has been some tooth gnashing over President Obama’s authorization of the signing of the Patriot Act extension with an autopen. This machine long ago took the place of the chief executive’s hand in dealing with routine correspondence, but apparently … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, Songs | 107 Comments

One That Got Away

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

It was a blustery fishing opener again this year, but at least Minnesota’s Democratic Governor (Mark Dayton) and the Republican leaders of the House (Kurt Zellers) and Senate (Matt Dean) got together to support the state’s tourism effort by going … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, Politics | 91 Comments

Vast Wasteland

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

Fifty years ago today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton Minow spoke to the National Association of Broadcasters and told them it was time for television to “grow up”. The bigwigs of broadcasting were not delighted by this dressing down from … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, TV, Words | Tagged | 60 Comments