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Once you were the Queen of the fairwaysStriding along ahead of the packClub in hand, eye on the ballAs you with deft stroke played the game.Time..

The Unappreciated Side of Alzheimer'sAs he (or she) slips awayIt is you, who wishes him (or her) to stayBut like sand trickling through fingersThey..

'So round, so firmSo fully packed,So free and easy.(Well maybe not.)The product regulated by bothThe Food and Drug AdministrationAnd the Department..

As I carefully opened the dirty, broken bookLaid aside by one who needless tookIt's place on the shelfAnd put in another pelfThe book's subject, old..

In explaining most anythingAlasdair MacIntyre is certainly boringAs he begins to dissectHis perception of different “facts”.Like Richard who if you..

Archy points out the fallacy of letting the Government take care of everyone in a fable which he called, aesop revised by archy.aesop revised by..

I married a wife of late,The more's my joyful fate;I married her for love as my fancy did me move,And not for a worldly estate as others have.But oh!..

A Word about Vermillion*The Sioux Falls (SD) Argus LeaderOften presents our fair cityWith a large and elaborate editorial bouquet,Albeit one not..

It's hot in the city this time of year.The pavement and buildingsSeem to join togetherTo capture each and every photon of energyFrom the sun and..

Reclamation is the word today,As the conservation movementComes into sway,Permitting reuse of the essential elements.So, when it comes to passThat..

Once was a Moore.Some eleven scoreHas passedSince we saw the lastOf EdwardWho, some thought untowardWith his way with wordsAs one of the bardsWho..

The very worst invention isOne that isn't a whizAt balancing the booksOr even giving them second looks.No this invention of manDoes all that it..

'The old shoebox'A touching reminder of whenLife had greater meaning thenFor sharing pain and joy togetherMeant that they would be 'one' forever.s

Easy to criticizeTill you realizeThat those who are so smartHave no answers for a start!Just trust us they sayThings will be better in our day.(And..

My country, tis of thee,Sweet land of felony,Of thee I sing, -Land where my fathers friedYoung witches and appliedWhips to the Quaker's hideAnd made..

(from the book, by the Candelabra's Glare by Baum)(Writ dejectedly at early dawn.)The rarebit is an elfish impThat wields a deadly power,Though..

words in language to be heardare like feathers on a birdthey cover the carcassprettying it up more or lessas birds of featherflock togetherso does..

Style has its rules, but notions change the mood.We speak or write in prose or poetry,Are eloquent or vulgar as we mean:In verses or in song..

Sometimes one writesFor their own pleasures,Or delightsIn other measures.So it is that VidiTakes the time to writeLike the cicadaThat fills the air..

So said the smart talk back in 1916.For an out-of-work lawyer pickings were lean.For clients; some local fishermenHad their day in court, once..

A Nebraska Cattle Owner Lashed to a Wild Broncho -For a Week He isCarried About the Plains,Without Food or Water. -...When discoveredThe modern..

Silence.The BeginningCommemoratingThe passing.The MockingBirdBegins his preludeJoining the wordsOf solace.M-I rifles, shoulderedThree rounds ring..

Was that a breath of cold airI felt as I drove about in my car,Or was it just the end of summer heatThat soon would be in full retreat?Maybe, just..

In Poe's dark forbidding nightWhen there can be no sightOf the dangers lurking nearOf which there is much to fear.But in the inner peace of PoeWith..

When you’re riding the range for hours without endIt’s time to reflect of how life does beginAnd how it will end, nobody knowsBut you live each day..