"End"

Those who create might understand

Sometimes it comes out fully bland

But come out it must if we are to grow

And end up with something we might show.

October 18, 2026

"Gals"

Calliope, Erato,

Euterpe, Polyhymnia

What these gals must understand

I need the freedom to move my hand.

October 18, 2026

"Crime"

A poem that does not rhyme

   is no major crime

Unless you come from 1950

   (when everything was nifty).

October 17, 2026

"Guts"

The Niña the Pinta the Santa Maria

Exhibited enormous guts

Like taking on Abyssinia

With ugly haircuts.

October 15, 2026

"Pain"

When hast thou known privation

What knowest thou of strain

When all of this spoiled Nation

Hardly suffereth pain.

October 15, 2026

"Secrets"

When Pluto goes in retrograde

And all the World’s atilt

Deepest secrets are unsealed

   (and nothing stays as built).

October 15, 2026

"Wiseguy"

The girl in the beauty shop

Caught in the corner of an eye

Of course, she's from Ronkonkoma

   (and married to a wiseguy).

October 14, 2026

"Mistakes"

The way to get good at things

Is to mess things up forever

When you finally come to your senses

Learn from your mistakes.

October 14, 2026

"Wife"

Children keep things going 

Family is Life

Given the foregoing

We all need a Wife.

October 13, 2026

"Foul"

Nothing like a fresh-cleaned towel

To thoroughly transform Life

While quickly refining foul

It reminds us of a Wife.

October 13, 2026

"Nobody"

With all the stories flying

Nobody says, Wait a minute!

With so much falsifying

There's no more truth in it.

October 13, 2026

"Intoxicating"

Evil is afflictive

Bound up in hating

It must be addictive

Intoxicating.

October 10, 2026

"Forgiven"

When they put the Greek guy in

In a town founded by Romans

You're forgiven for overlooking Brits

   (and the colony they founded).

October 4, 2026

"Rome"

I thank Rome for Londinium

Where is a stadium across the sea

Mostly, I thank NFL Premium

For porting the game to me.

October 4, 2026

"Uzi"

Keep your head on a swivel!

Somebody check my six!

Anybody got a shovel?

   (for when the Uzi sticks).

October 2, 2026

"Mysteriously"

If you take women seriously

You're in for a lifetime of Hell

Best to treat them mysteriously

   (and move into a motel).

October 1, 2026

"Cash"

Clive Owen never played Bond

   (is it too late now?)

Must be nice for beau monde

Picking their next cash cow.

October 1, 2026

"Fated"

Everything was going well

The storyteller somberly stated

When everything went to Hell

   (some things just seem fated).

October 1, 2026

"Guns"

When you come in guns a-blazin'

Over some chick named "Goldie"

The setup might seem amazin'

   (until you consider the soldi).

October 1, 2026

"Clash"

My only luxury is Peacock

Bought for FIFA clash

That the games are in Spanglish

Makes it worth the cash.

October 1, 2026