Humor

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. The misreporting of great Caesar’s death Errs by one gross omission....

Which Is the Grandest Name of All? Which is the grandest name of all? Churchill, Churchill, Churchill! Winter sere or...

There once was a girl named Shelly. who bought a pet fish by the deli. But to her surprise, with...

Insomnia Many's the night I lie in bed with words to write that fill my head. They twist and turn...

Those Days and These “‘. . . Macbeth does murther sleep.’” —William Shakespeare If only such a villain were __Alone...

Flower of Choice On native Australian flowers The wattle bears her gold in early spring As luminescent beads on woody...

  How wonderful of God to hold us together, When man is prone to tear us part, Said the surgical...

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I wandered, drunk and weary, Over many a quaint and dimlit alley of forgotten...

    Sort of Old I take my senior discount at restaurants and stores. I cover up my gray hairs...

Truman Capote was fired from his job as a copy boy for The New Yorker after he angered Robert Frost....

  Perked Coffee Things today are bad and getting worse, examples always seem to us abound: service for consumers seems...

  On Reading Ginsburg’s “Howl” Once, I possessed an open mind, Which I assure you was my own. I used...

  On President Trump’s First Year in Office An earlier version of this poem was published with an explication in...

We New Yorkers love our real estate. We measure our bliss by the size of our rooms. We all need...

  The Oddity My pen and me set off to sea but washed up feeling useless; the cadent swell invoked...

By James A. Tweedie These days, William Cowper (November 26, 1731 - April 25, 1800) isn’t likely to be found...

  Glacier Sleeping mistress of the land, Whose long repose the ages span, We tread across your fissured gown Until...

  A Great Divide "...to form a more perfect union" I walk to the edge of a great divide and...

. . Winter Wore a Raiment White Winter wore a raiment white, Checkered blue as snow in shade, As he...

  The Exclusive Inclusive I heard about a tender troop, Whose commission was to give Love like a ministry serves...

  Bemused “Polyhymnia would not lift her veil, All my attempts at sacred poetry failed, Calliope did not lend me...

I Keep A Different List My neighbor counts his losses and his gains, but I keep track of raindrops when...

The Morning Muse This time of day the Muses pass As rolling clouds and dewy grass, To see their handouts...

A Slice of Eden A mango tart broke my heart dark one stormy day because it said I'd be dead...

  Another Cakewalk Mark Twain may not be safe to read, at least in public places, Because he gawks with...

Note: Years ago I read an essay by R.P. Blackmur entitled “Lord Tennyson’s Scissors” which cited Tennyson for saying that...

  Progress We fill our landfills That we build sky high With electronic gadgets That we must all buy ......

  Kudzu* Yes, I creep to cover, smother, choking greenery like no other. I am Kudzu taking over places once...

To Dawn by I. Warble Seduce I. Warble Seduce is a poet of Romantic leanings. Dawn is his paramour. 1....

  End Rhyme Send in a poem they pretentiously beckon But they will not read any rhyming of rhymes There's...

She asked, “Is the train on time, Mac?” He replied, “No, luv! It's on the track!” Teacher, “And what is...

Of course, I like to see rainbows, But my heart hasn’t leapt for one; I’ve not wandered like a cloud...

Meritocracy When the Left tries to cow us and trammel our prowess ____We resort to a stiff upper lip, Well...

  Scientists of the world were meeting Stars among them they were feting Challenges new they were seeking Of wine...

  One afternoon, ‘neath forest tall, where Sunlight dons disguise, I saw a sight few people see (unless they’re telling...

The New Explorers See this figure? That’s the Spirit Sent up way back when to scout. She rolls around And...

The best way to understand America is through the lens of football esoterica. If you have no clue where you...

Hero for Hire About myself I feel so good I grabbed my club, I donned my hood I found a...

Cicada and Mantis You are known to us by your choral song, The clicks and buzzes of an insect throng....

I may as well be hired as his maid, the way I’m made to clean his toilet seat. Still worse,...