Press here for audio/visual The year – not an eventful oneIt brought no sense of urgencyClimate fear overdoneBut there were all these birds, you see Sweet swallow songs unsung at dawnOne third gone – no one would saveThree billion trills grown stillBuried deep in David Koch’s grave Do we mourn all who have passedHe funded … Read More
Too many dogs too many ukuleles Too many jog make me feel lazy Too many “Awwww!” Facebook baby Too many dogs too many ukuleles Too many canines, too many chords Too many great times I can’t afford Too much Brooklyn too many beards Too many good lookin’ not enough weird You might say there are … Read More
Winter was gone May an easy chair for us Sunny days a prayer to us You were bouquet and asparagus Our love was young … Read More
If I had a pet I would never be alone How happy I would get To give a pet a home She would jump into my lap Whenever I would call Oh If I had a cat or better yet I had a dog No question that a pet Would be very cute But the … Read More
A Hillside Bare New England November, no longer prey Tourists surrendered overrun by the gray The leaves were lovely and lifted the air But there’s something of comfort in a hillside bare The river’s less wild, an easier ambience Its job for awhile was posing for transients Now it just carries water, no putting on … Read More
November 8 – On this Day It’s lucky we learned from history That a country can be misled And a man cloaked in mystery Can turn the rivers red Montezuma warmly welcomed The Spaniard Hernan Cortes A God as far as they could tell As he marked the Aztecs for death And that is … Read More
Photograph by James L. Snyder That Day by the River That day I fell in love by the river Dusk filtered through cottonwood trees All these years I’ll never forgive her For letting me see how it should be Every marriage by her is measured Every May frays and withers Oh how we lay untaken … Read More
November 4 – On This Day Allende elected free and fair Marx makes a mark in Latin America The CIA gets him out of there Democracy can embarrass us The start of the hostage crisis The logical conclusion We back the Shah and the price is Radical retribution One year later, Reagan’s … Read More