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The Marriage Gift

2012-02-05T10:28:22Z

Just to clarify, my new ebook The Marriage Gift is not available at Amazon. As far as I know. I'm pretty sure. You never can tell really.

Scripton

2012-02-04T10:45:46Z

Isn't that where Superman was from?

Squirrelly

2012-02-02T10:34:35Z

(In Honor of Groundhogs Day)

They Might Be Poets

2012-01-30T11:50:18Z

In a previous post I offered my personal definition of a poem:

My Second Favorite Advice on Writing

2012-01-25T21:46:34Z

'I don't know what you mean by "glory",' Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. 'Of course you don't — till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!"'

What was It I was Going to Write Here?

2012-01-24T12:05:27Z

I'm pretty sure it was really funny.

O.S. 56

2012-01-19T16:35:39Z

Ever wonder what operating system your mind is running? I think mine needs an upgrade. Of course with minds, the higher the version the worse the performance.

A Rose by Any Other Name

2012-01-16T10:19:56Z

What is in a name? The name on Martin Luther King Jr's birth certificate was Michael Luther King, which MLK Sr claimed was a mistake. It certainly doesn't have the ring of Martin Luther King.

A Metaphysical Question

2012-01-13T18:45:05Z

My ginger ale doesn't list ginger as an ingredient. So what is it really?

Doesn't taste like ale either for that matter,

Consider Me Pious

2012-01-08T21:12:41Z

The Epistemology of Socks

2012-01-02T21:06:23Z

And I have another pair just like it.

A New Year's Poem

2012-01-01T14:57:44Z

A New Year's Poem for all to share,

with Alka Seltzer everywhere,

above the fizz and fuzz and fuss,

a joyous wish for all of us.

Nota Bene

2011-12-31T20:43:53Z

Buona Notte.

Top Ten American Literary Genii

2011-12-27T20:32:42Z

1) William Shakespeare

2) Emily Dickinson

3) Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Christmas Poem

2011-12-24T17:55:59Z

I’m trying to write a Christmas poem

But nothing rhymes with poem but Nome.

Or loam. Or foam. Or home. That’s good.

But nothing rhymes with good but wood.

Everyone Dies Alone

2011-12-23T22:15:34Z

Not everyone truly lives alone.

Hmmm.

It sounded more dramatic in my head.

Must be the way I thought it.

Thinkers and Writers

2011-12-21T11:59:51Z

There are writers who think and thinkers who write. I think I am the latter.

Though I suppose those aren't the only options.

The Beating Heart

2011-12-16T21:53:30Z

Somewhere there’s a heart that beats for you.

It isn’t mine. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no.

It isn’t mine. But I can comprehend

Why someone possibly could desperately

I'm Not Afraid of Anything

2011-12-14T22:08:45Z

It's too broad a category.

I Believe in Editors

2011-12-13T19:18:46Z

The writer can only experience the book as written. The reader can only experience the book as read. The editor (if you are lucky) is the bridge between.