Poems
If you want to read some of my poetry, you've come to the right place.
Contents
She Swallowed All the Cities Up
The shining cities, many-hued…
A Single Tree Among the Wood
Has earned a special place…
Friday
Would someone bring Cassandra back?
My Ideas
Reality checks are useful…
Santa Fe
As I was going to Santa Fe…
High School Play Selection Process
You have to make do with the resources you've got.
A Drive in the Country
A pleasant outing (mostly).
The Big Foot Stomp
Hit the dance floor, no time to lose!
Jack Rood
A nursery rhyme.
Peter Strasheim's Younger Brother
You can't do everything.
The Mulberry Tree
Songs immortal, crystal-cast, melodic bridges to the past…
Little Bee
Sting not anyone but me…
Police Moved Through the Meadow
An Emily Dickinson Fever Dream.
Perhaps from Lands Beyond the Sea
A medieval fantasy quickie.
Life's Mysteries
An enumeration.
Long John Silver's Favorite Poem
(To be read aloud…)
Self-Referential Poem
It is what it is.
The Quiet Moon Shines Bright Above
A poem for Halloween.
Scarborough Fair
Not the Simon and Garfunkel version!
Palindromic Year
Not the same backward as forward.
I Don't Have to Do What You Say
I don't I don't I don't!!
I Miss the Sun
A lament from southeast Michigan.
Far Past the Ordinary
An arrival.
Oh Will You Be My Honey Babe?
A ragtime song.
A Meditation on the Pavilion
What a waste!
Roses Are Red
I'm the Grinch what stole Valentine's Day.
Mighty Weird Possum
Weird indeed…
Out to Lunch
Food and travel, a delicious combination.
Shake Dem Bones
A poetic and anatomical travesty.
Symmetry
It's hard to beat!
Nighattaro
I dreamed this in some weird language. Can you translate it?
Rodeo Blues
My obsession.
Old Ben
An unfinished work.
What Poems Should Do
A post-modernist literary manifesto.
Teddy Bear
O where o where is he?
Anemone, My Enemy
The scourge of my existence!
Night and Day
They pass in fated order.
Dream On
Dreams have power.
Belleville Big Boy
For a meal you'll really enjoy...
Big City
No more small town hick stuff.
I’m So Tired
Shut up so that I can hear my voices!
How I Spent Tuesday Evening
It could have been worse.
Violets Are Blue
A love poem for the 21st century.
Yo Ho Ho
Let's booze it up!
Four
It pays to shop smart!
Jacob's Ladder
Always know when to stop.
So Square
Tradition must be kept at all expense!
Monarch of Night
The moon is king.
Persons of Great Power
Less is more.
In Ancient Times Did Homer Write
Who was Homer anyway?
I Heard of Her from Others' Lips
A great surprise.
Helen
They'd build her a palace.
The Two Moons
I hate them.
Icarus
Nighttime is the right time.
Sidetrack Bar and Grill
They serve the best burgers ever!
Mexican Reverie
It's so romantic.
There Is But One Trumpet
Nothing new under the sun.
Snow Roses
A different sort of flower.
Spam
There's no escape!
Oh Wouldn't It Be Nice
It sure would!
Behold the Sky
A cheerful poem.
We Have Met Our Maker
A pessimistic poem.
The King Was in His Counting House
A sad, sad tale.