Monthly Archives: April 2016

To a powerful politician One day I saw a stranger’s soul When he came riding on a horse. He made it pirouette in gold caparison, Prance out bold deeds, strike sparks for my delight, Brag proclamations of his might, Drum … Continue reading →

Today’s poems is by Robert Michael Oliver. To preserve the formatting, the poem is presented as a PDF. Please click on the link to read. Horn Spotting Robert Michael Oliver is a poet, playwright, theatre artist, and educator living in … Continue reading →

Something I Don’t Usually Look Forward To Doing exercises in the shower. The shower part alone. I can’t not think about waterfalls and waterboarding. But also the exercises. They smack too much of what they call stress positions and of … Continue reading →

Drifting Thinking of Somalia These spring snowflakes agree on nothing.  Most move downward but a few are caught in contrary air and rise on it.  Many travel left to right like print, though some run like thoughts in a helter-skelter … Continue reading →

The Artifice of Politics I wanted to be the new governor….at least I was going to try So  “come into my parlor said the spider to the fly”….. I opened the door to her office, she turned and smiled sweetly … Continue reading →

She Wonders What Will Become Of This City The sky above swells into a bruise over a blood vessel. Swarms of mosquitoes rise from puddles and gutters. It is always about to rain, sometimes about to thunder. Acid rain cannot … Continue reading →

From Wisconsin to Florida Have I dragged the cold from the Midwest to the tropics? Shivering in a winter jacket I look for alligators of years past, babies boarded on their backs. What I see are snout nose turtles shells … Continue reading →

Election Year, 2016 The elephants rage in their musth, stomp through the three-ring circus. The people scatter; the tent-poles collapse, all broadcast live on global TV. Oh, the show of humanity! Watch the statues of bronzer and granite, wearing shoulder … Continue reading →

planking let’s build up high walls and take hard stances let’s pound our plowshares into swords and spears and lances let’s wreck it or wreak havoc let’s drone over sovereign skies let’s publicize what is private and ignore the children’s … Continue reading →

Hammering Nails Everyone knows one needs nails in life to build things and keep them together. Some are long and thin with sharply pointed tips. Others are short, thick, and blunt on the end. Everyone who has used them to … Continue reading →