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. Thank You Note from an Assisted Living Facility Thank you for the Happy Birthday. Never thought I'd live this...

. I. My body heat is at a modicum: Say, ninety-eight point two or one or so. Foreboding naught particularly...

. Un-Justice Merrick Garland “Garland is a moderate,” Obama swore, We all can see his moderation now--- The Trump raid...

. Chitchat If only I could find a man, I’m lonely since Sebastian, That loser, left me for another. Still,...

. Persistence It seems when flies get in from the outside, They never find how to get out again; Instead...

. My No-Show Foes I whet my blade, anticipating mayhem. My enemies just whet their appetite On what they hope...

. Poems by Théodore de Banville (1823-1891) translated by Margaret Coats The Velocipede Half brain, and half a pair of...

. Deschutes River Reverie The river, swift and shallow, roils its way Beneath the outstretched arms of old-growth pines, Past...

. Don't Laugh at a Christian God looked down on Noah And said "Construct an ark Bigger than a boat,...

. Camena Interrupta The measured words of poetryRise round the mystic sphere,Sift through the dirt or sing divineIn strains that...

. Dog Tired, Cat on Top The cat sat on the mat, Been there, seen that. The cat sat on...

. Online Research For how long grilling planks should soak __I checked the time online. A website that I noticed...

. . Forked   a palindrome poem I’m a toxic-tongued witch with some bitching to weave. No trite tittle-tattle will make...

. Aftertaste Love at first sip was so cloyingly sweet, When I’d have gladly laid all at his feet, Sworn...

. The Spoonerisms Man, or The Moonerisms Span His name was Mr. Spooner and he owned a service station. He...

. Three Literary Smiles . Hemingway’s Oopsy “Up in my room the rain was coming down Heavily outside on the...

. Keep Calm and Carry On! “UK heatwave: Temperatures to rise to 41C amid extreme heat warning” ---BBC News  “The...

. Mistress Within those sheets, my mistress lay, her flawless form with perfect feet. One last embrace; I cannot stay!...

. The Automated Phone System I called up a business But no person answered, I got a phone system With...

. The Drive to Reconcile __We never wish to eat a bug __Or force an unexpected hug, But intimacy doesn’t...

. Back in My Day I tested my courage---well, no, not really. The heroic stuff had been done before. My...

. The Pigeon Once upon a workday morning, sleepy-eyed and loudly yawning, I was splattered without warning by a pigeon...

. Pets and People Do cats and kittens ever wonder Why their owners have no fur? Do dogs think it...

. Abiding Senescence My energy and physical abilities Will not again be limitless as once they were. To those more...

. Advice from the Untalented They smugly said I’d never make much money From playing with my words and making...

. An Open Poem to Evil “Gravity is real... it’s hard to keep a bag of shit in the air...

. A Modernization of “To His Coy Mistress” You say we should some years delay The coming of our wedding...

. In Praise of Bollywood To India! To visit from afar... My journey there would be a dream fulfilled. To...

. Speechless I have smelt the perfect scent of the flower of a rose, Known intoxicated freedom where frangipani grows....

. . My Thoughts Laid Bear  “Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the...

. What Is “Pro-Choice"? If my child were sent to die, Be chopped to pieces like a pig, To spare...

. "Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing" ---Lines On Dreadful Instagram Poetry A halitosis belch of steam Spewed out in words....

. Classical Camouflaged __It begins, like all prose poems today, with a bit of narrated diary, as though it were...

. A Tribune to Mrs. Malaprop My fellow poets, lend me your arrears! Of arms and divan I sing. Let’s...

. A Man’s Retreat A man’s retreat is his garage—a place To keep his vehicle, yes; but also space To...

. More than My Queen My Queen has always been a noble force--- A force for good on chilly English...

. The Twins _Said one foot to the other, _“Please don’t nag, you’re not my mother, I am sick to...

. Karl Barth Platz 1999 Perhaps we walked the same worn cobblestones, Between the same sheer walls, shops clean and...

. Press On, Regardless Conduct a full internal audit, Then throw all caution to the wind. Expect a decent measured...

. Where Your Treasure Is “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and...