As a journalist I never gave much thought to poetry. Five years into my retirement, I began to play with words the way a child toys with floating letters in a bowl of alphabet soup. Some word-plays ended up as poems. Here they are:
2018
Persistence April 23, 2018
Keys to Brigadoon April 21, 2018
Mist Opportunity April 16, 2018
The Hanging of Rainey Bethea April 13, 2018
Paradise Alley April 5, 2018
Salad Daze Feb. 13, 2018
2017
Pondering Ponds Nov. 29, 2017
Hazards of Spring Mornings Nov. 22, 2017
Peace Off Earth Nov. 17, 2017
Fated fools & stolen jewels Sept. 29, 2017
The Words of Theseus Sept. 28, 2017
Love in-a Cup Sept. 27, 2017
Premeditated Expressions of Like & Love Sept. 26, 2017
Promises Sept. 25, 2017
Professors & Potsherds Sept. 22, 2017
Contrasts & Contradictions Sept. 21, 2017
Olallieberry Pie Sept. 19, 2017
Living in the Land of Unlikeliness Sept. 18, 2017
Chasing Two Rabbits Sept. 8, 2017
l’avenir Sept. 8, 2017
When Poets Turn Violent Sept. 7, 2017
Voices of the people next door Sept. 7, 2017
Bad Slaw, Good Writing, & Ogden Nash Sept. 6, 2017
Cotton Candy, Vanity & Pre-Eternal Rest Sept. 4, 2017
Silly boys Sept. 4, 2017
Resting in the Midst of Mysteries Sept. 4, 2017
Walking With Poets Sept. 2, 2017
il tempo perduto Aug. 30, 2017
Miles, Mingus, Coleman, Dave Aug. 28, 2017
The Treachery of Poems Aug. 28, 2017
Time-Space Stew Aug. 26, 2017
Hygge (HEW-gə /ˈhuːɡə/ HOO-gə) Aug. 23, 2017
Thimbles of Clarity Aug. 22, 2017
To build again Aug 21, 2017
Ponder’n God’s creation Aug. 21, 2017
Suimin akachan Aug. 20, 2017
It’s all coming back to me now . . . Aug. 15, 2017
Teary, Teary Night Aug. 11, 2017
Where is everybody? Aug. 10, 2017
Herding Butterflies Aug. 10, 2017
Exploring Caves of Perpetual Light Aug. 6, 2017
Perfectly Poetic Pets Aug. 6, 2017
Master Mimes & Tap Shoes Aug. 6, 2017
Angst & Liverwurst Aug. 6, 2017
Folly in the Fast Lane Aug. 5, 2017
Lizards in my Shower June 10, 2017
Dipping My Toe Into the River of Time June 4
Music Musings June 2, 2017
Eat, Drink — Sleep, Die (re·dux) May 23
History, Doo-Dads & Wishes May 23
The Mortality of Everything May 22
Eat, Drink — Sleep, Die May 22
Neither Apples Nor Oranges May 16
Diamonds & Roses May 13, 2017
The Ant’s Lament May 13, 2017
Butterin’ up Brené May 11, 2017
The voice that speaks inside May 11, 2017
Jammin’ in the Space-Time Continuum May 5, 2017
He stuck in his thumb & pulled out a bum May 1, 2017
Two-lipped Tulips April 30, 2017
Barking Up Trees — and Other Canards April 30, 2017
Lips, Fingers, Rivers, Green April 9, 2017 (w/video)
Mise en Scène April 4, 2017 (w/video)
Proper Propaganda April 1, 2017 (w/video)
/ˈwän-tän/ March 25, 2017 (w/video)
ma·zel tov March 18, 2017 (w/video)
Collages Are Poems Jan. 20, 2017 (w/video)
Frog Legs in Nashville Jan 19, 2017 (w/video)
Armageddon & Other Recipes Jan. 16, 2017 (w/video)
Gilding Carolyn Forché Jan. 12, 2017 (w/video)
Crowns & Scepters — Dung & Dust Jan. 11, 2017 (w/video)
Dead Man Laughin’ Jan. 9, 2017 (w/video)
Gypsy Gold & All Things Bold Jan. 7, 2017 (w/video)
Where the Sun Don’t Shine Jan. 6, 2017 (w/video)
Chili Today — Grandma Tomorrow Jan. 2, 2017 (w/video)
2016
That Time in Gym Class Dec. 31, 2016 (w/video)
‘Happy Hippo New Year’ Dec. 28 (w/video)
Two Is Better Than One Dec. 27 (w/video)
Flowers, Birds, Knobs & Dreams Dec. 25 (w/video)
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Dec. 23
Ruffling the curtain at dawn Dec, 21
With Apologies to William Carlos Williams, Dec. 19
The Many Questions of Love Dec. 17, 2016
Dr. J’s Music Emporium & Time Machine Dec. 17, 2016
Flowers, Birds, Knobs & Dreams Dec. 12, 2016
When Dopple-Bugs Go Bad at Christmas Dec. 10, 2016
Veggies, Fruit & Grain — Oh My! Dec. 10, 2016
Time-Lion Dec. 9, 2016
Birthing Places & Fresh Faces Dec. 8, 2016
Hankerin’ fer Ophelia on a Friday Night Dec. 4, 2016
With scones, clotted cream & curds Dec. 3, 2016
I Write, Therefore I Am … Dec. 3, 2016
The Nuns of St. Benedict’s Dec. 2, 2016
Pumpkins in Paradise Dec. 1, 2016
Dipping Into the Stream of Lost Memories Nov. 30, 2016
Midnight — More or Less Nov. 28, 2016
Petting Nietzsche’s Pooch Nov. 18, 2016
Remembering Old Joe Nov. 16, 2016
Betrayed Nov. 16, 2016
1134 Nov. 13, 2016
Schrödinger’s Universal Pinball Arcade Nov. 13, 2016
Black Is the New Bread Nov. 12, 2016
The Ongoing Journey of Soliloquy Jones Nov. 12, 2016
Spoon, Tune, June, Soon Nov. 7, 2016
Cubs Win Series — Curse Dispersed Nov. 3, 2016
Oboes & Pink Toes Nov. 2, 2016
Probing Guillaume’s Art & Letters Oct. 29, 2016
Muffins & Moonshine Oct. 25, 2016
Unicorns & Other Legendary Soups Oct. 6, 2016
Lather, Rinse Repeat Oct. 5, 2016
Good Night, Little Pond Oct. 4, 2016
Janis Joplin’s Dead — & That Ain’t All Oct. 3, 2016
Pair o’ Dice Lost Oct. 3, 2016
Pity the Poor Pangolin Sept. 26, 2016
Me, Bad — You? Not so much Sept. 24, 2016
For Hollow Hearts in Quiet Corners Sept. 22, 2016
Escalpelo de la Esperilla Sept. 17, 2016
Love Divided by Zero Sept. 14, 2016
As Summer Rains Say, ‘Goodbye’ Sept. 10, 2016
The Long Sad Tale of the Cat (food) Sept. 6, 2016
Surfin’ USA — and other channels Sept. 6, 2016
Why Angry Birds Hate Me Sept. 5, 2016
Draggin’ Dreams (Little wagon) Sept. 4, 2016
Whiskers, Black & Grey Aug. 29, 2016
If these wallets could talk … Aug. 24, 2016
Lurking ’neath the Reaper’s Shroud Aug. 23, 2016
Dad’s a Cat (With Apologies to Kafka & Cockroaches) Aug. 22, 2016
How to Track Poetry From Space Aug. 22, 2016
Dance, Dance, Dance Aug. 22, 2016
Nothing (And so it begins) Aug. 17, 2016
Unraveling Society’s Swatch Aug. 17, 2016
Sharing the Bounty Aug. 12, 2016
An epic unfolded (Picking Pebbles by the Sea) Aug. 12, 2016
Love’s Last Cup … (Romeo’s Revenge) Aug. 8, 2016
The Poet’s Pen (Shark’s Teeth Stew) Aug. 8, 2016
Chickens in Chinatown Aug. 4, 2016
Windy Boys With Wicked Eyes (The Perpetual “Not Yet”) Aug. 4, 2016
Grandma Cassanese Aug. 3, 2016
Petrichor’s Promise Aug. 2, 2016
Karma & Vine July 29, 2016
Stormy July 29, 2016
Reflections on a Golden Pond July 29, 2016
Phenomenal Squeaks & Squeezies July 28, 2016
Don’t Tell Mama July 27, 2016
Air, Water, Food & Love June 10, 2016
Bug Off! (tales of bites & woes) June 7, 2016
Budapest (Brothers, Blood, Bulls & Corn) June 7, 2016
Juno’s Last Glass (sipping from the cup of crushed dreams & madness)
Ship of Tears (one fine day) June 1, 2016
Fresh! (Milk, Corn, Apples, Eggs) June 1, 2016
Leapin’ Leonids (Lincoln’s Light Show) May 30, 2016
The Writer’s Web (Weaving Worlds From Words) May 30, 2016
Type-cast (You’d think words would like me …) May 25, 2016
Time-flies May 21, 2016
Changing Eyes (change reality) May 19, 2016
Drawing Attention (Crime Scene) May 17, 2016
Seasons May 17, 2016
Neptune’s Ghost May 14, 2016
Broken Boats May 13, 2016
Last Call May 3, 2016
The Anvil’s Revenge March 26, 2016
Prose at the Time; Poetry in Memory March 15, 2016
Everybody’s got a story to tell March 11, 2016
The Sword Speaks March 11, 2016
Never Trust a Superhero Waitin’ for a Bus March 9, 2016
Paradiso March 9, 2016
Caught in a Circle of Muses March 3, 2016
Lyrics to my ‘Wiki’ song Feb. 25, 2016
ox·y·mo·ron Feb. 18, 2016
Gobs of Jibber-Wobby (and other party favors) Feb. 12, 2016
Arrogance! Jan. 21, 2016
Lamb’s Last Lament (Upon being invited out for dinner …) Jan. 13, 2016
2015
Baseball Haiku Dec. 30, 2015
Oh, no . . . (Oatmeal) Dec. 5, 2015
If I were a rich man (or an entrepreneur) Nov. 13, 2015
Medium.com Aug. 26, 2015
L’Absinthe May 20, 2015
Spaghetti, oh May 20, 2015
