(I'm introducing myself to the new afternoon audience and making a serious proposal: Poets have a duty As this poet’s often said To see the world around them From inside another's head   To question all assumptions And to challenge every truth Which helps us do our duty Which you know is saying sooth   [...]

Anticipation’s over This happens (as a rule) We’ve burned the midnight oil And consumed another Yule   We’ve laid the banquet table We’ve turkey-ed and we’ve pheasant-ed We’ve made our wish lists subtly known We’ve shopped and wrapped and presented   Perhaps it has occurred to you Because to me it did I’m one year [...]

Another year has come and gone Snow and hail and rain-full I fell and hurt my leg and back Oy! It was so painful Johanna bought a lovely car Before one bill was paid The dashboard lights were flashing And we needed lemon – aid Joey’s life was going well Hard work about to payoff [...]

At last, I’ve come to understand (A sentence worth the stating) In every aspect of our lives, We are a people, waiting We stand in line to travel And for a cup of Joe We plant a seed and count the weeks To see the seedling grow The game is on at five o’clock And [...]

This is a week for feasting This is a week for thanks Of all the weeks throughout the year The top is where this ranks   With great anticipation We know before it ends We’ll fill the hours with food and talk; With family and friends   We’ll share the ways we’re grateful For how [...]

Now that the dust has settled I think that it’s a must To learn what lessons can be learned From all the settled dust   Pollsters found the outcome Incredibly distressing And did no better than a coin Or simple random guessing   The crying pundits have produced Real shortages of tissues Perhaps instead of [...]

I've visited euphoria On weekends in the past The thing about those visits is The feeling doesn't last   It's never been complete for me This notion of elation Reality sets in Right in the midst of celebration   Someone’s always pointing out Majorities are slim No one wants a vote That's even close to [...]

  The Press have learned their lesson They woke the bear they’re poking They’ll play it down the middle now— Of course, I’m only joking The old dawgs of the media Are people you can’t fix No matter the incentives They will never learn new tricks They’ll push recalibration And call for introspections Then look [...]

I’m puzzled by the LA Times I’m puzzled by The Post I’ve never seen, since Halloween Such giving up the ghost   The Left alleges cruelty In their bill of divorcement All because the publishers Withheld the big endorsement   The Left says they were pressured Their actions spell our doom But if some pressure [...]

Perhaps I'm just too young to know Or too old to remember How issues came in focus As we moved into November Should we be in the businesses Of every foreign nation Or focus on the benefits Of splendid isolation   Should we resist the dominoes As they remake the map Or verify and then [...]