Satire

. Three Ways of Avoiding Reason . Ambivalence The man who doesn’t want a thing (And then he does) will...

. Dirge of the Dimwits  “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than   sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”  ---Martin Luther...

. Have a Pity for War! Have a pity for war, When its friends are no more. All its chums...

. The Workaholic Takes Time Off Dear Partners: I apologize for having Less than normal time today. I have a...

. On Professionally Hesitant Poets O, for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! —Shakespeare,...

. Covidiocy a rondeau It’s coming back! The tyrants tack From tongues that twist and hearts that lack An honest...

. Broad Brush Art What’s considered great art isn’t static at all. There are always new trends that beguile and...

. Modern Times . I. The Cutting-Edge Misogynist He slams the bland and damned old-fashioned type--- Those tiresome dinosaurs born with...

. Trump and Old Slow Joe Republicans and elephants go back a long, long way. The elephant that’s in the...

. Mosquitoes God designed the darn mosquito, But the reason’s nothing we know. Seems their less than epic purpose Is...

. Crossing the Swamp After about an hour hiking the swamp, I knew. A week’s rains flooded out the trail....

. The Jet Not Owned When climate czar John Kerry was chastised, For flying in his carbon-spewing plane, He angrily...

. The Certainty of Kelly Green My friend and I went to a coffee shop; She read her intricately crafted...

. Snowflakes on the Campus Snowflakes on the campus. Snowflakes in the hall. Snowflakes were insulted. Watch the snowflakes bawl!...

. Some Post-Animated Protestations of Goliath of Gath Firstly, I protest That this protestation Is useless nonetheless. Secondly, I object...

. One Law Away Everyone can agree that we all disagree. __We don’t see what we see quite the same....

. Crackpot Clown a villanelle     “Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung”  ---P. T. Barnum The...

. Formulas for Failure I’ve seen too much of devastating failure, In almost every avenue of life. One might guess...

. To Michael Burch: The Hillbilly Voice of Liberalism Mike Burch hates the stuff we write, Abuses us at his...

. The Emperor's New Chromosomes The Emperor would be remade; He felt if he could be a maid He’d be...

. Poorer by the Day a villanelle They pay in promises they will betray; A scam as cold and ancient...

. Sonnet I Our arms are leaves stretched out; our thoughts can bloom The grandest only when we crowd out...

. Via Appia Beneath the pines of Rome, the wrinkled sibyl will croak your future for eleven cents, and with...

. ***** The Red Hotel has blood on ev’ry floor Where ev’ry room is numbered 666 And blood-greased door knobs...

. On Silicon Avenue The lawns on Silicon Avenue were mowed on Wednesdays. All the hedges, too, were cut. On...

. The Park The Park he’d built, which hovered overhead, Went far beyond the scope of any to That time...

. Me and My Pronouns Pronouns—I’ve gotten rather tired of them. Not quite so tired, though, as of being queried...

. The White House Coke Though Hunter left his laptop at the shop, The Woke deny he lost his White...

. Peace For Our Time "I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet...

. The Billboard a pantoum It’s propped along the route I roll— A squatting square against the sky, Atop a...

. A Poet's Plight I’ll think of a theme for my next little verse, intriguing and witty, though still must...

. Putin That’s, I’m sure, a vampire: Gnaws on bones, bloody-lipped. —A. S. Pushkin. “Vurdalak,” Songs of Western Slavs (Это, верно, кости гложет Красногубый...

. To All Great Eagles Up on High To all great eagles up on high I hope you hear my...

. Psalm 23: King David’s Version When I was just a hungry sheep __and I was lonely, lost and scared,...

. As Orwell Warned The Right now gets censored to silence, While schools and the media teach, That speech from...

. The Adventures of Verb At six, I had a dictionary Where I would meet a man named Verb, Superb...

. Runway Ready An Anorectic at a Playground . Scrawny, lean and teen Miss Annie sat upon her bony fanny,...

. Distant Thoughts from Nearby I need to turn my dog-ears up __and harken to the quietude ____ignored for many...

. Lord, Give Me Serenity Lord, give me serenity To deal with lunatics, Especially the ones Who are found in...

. All That’s Left Is Yours based on I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris The bride walked the aisle...