Poem, snippets and essays of my life

Category: Political Commentary

  • Take a Breath

    Take a Breath

    I’m trying very hard to do something that I never learned to do as a child and that is to control my emotions. There are a few programs in schools these days teaching kids how to modulate their emotions. If they feel angry or sad or frustrated they are taught how to take a breath

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  • Highway 101

    Disturbingly, the sun has come up again, and people are taking showers, walking their dogs, eating Raisin Bran, and collecting their things to go to work. As the car departs from the driveway, the house echoes in pain. “Come back, come back inside, it’s not a good plan to go out.” Highway 101 is filled

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  • Retirement

    I like my sister‘s house. I’d like to tell her that I am moving in there. She can just think of me as one of the other farm animals. I could be a baby donkey or maybe a tiny horse, but I wouldn’t want to be a chicken because laying eggs would be exhausting. I

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  • Why I Changed My Mind…

    Why I Changed My Mind...

    “Why I changed my mind about Meghan and Harry” I’ve been looking forward to the Netflix documentary about Meaghan and Harry just like a lot of folks who are British royal family fans. It’s a harmless and pleasant pursuit during this never-ending time of “staying home with Covid” and we are all desperate for things

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  • Charles Simic

    POETRYJanuaryCharles Simic Children’s fingerprintsOn a frozen windowOf a small schoolhouse.An empire, I read somewhere,Maintains itself through The cruelty of its prisons.

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  • Winter Garden

    Winter Garden

    Winter garden Not breathing.

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  • Love and Work

    Love and Work

    Love and Work   Nothing makes me madder than people disrespecting my work. Well, that’s not completely true. Injustice and cruelty and abuse make me really mad. In my personal life, however, nothing makes me madder than someone saying to me “You know if you do this it’s going to require a lot of focus

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  • Desperate Comprimise

    Desperate Compromise To be honest the other night I pretended I didn’t mind this man was a Trump supporter because he was so handsome and I couldn’t take my eyes off of his mostly craggy face. At 80 his arms did not look too bad either. Though I could not see them, I could see

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  • Make Butter

    Make Butter

    How to Make Butter

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  • 5 Things

    Listen to CNN 5 ThingsView in browser Monday 08.09.21 The Tokyo Olympics just ended, but can you believe the Beijing 2022 Winter Games are less than six months away? Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On With Your Day.  By AJ Willingham A medical worker rests last week at a Covid-19 ICU

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