Category: Poetry

Indeed, the Honor Flight Chicago has been here a while;And all of us now running it will wear a winning smile.And that is not the only one, for every single vetWho’ve made the flight now wear a smile as big as it can get.There is a lot more going on...

December 7, ’41…Pearl Harbor Day;“A day of infamy’…in every way;But then, our mettle was displayed in full, too findAmericans, in standing tall, were of one mind. Despite the grief, the sense of loss, the battle’s score,As of the 8th, the Japanese had lost the war.And forty-five months later, that became...

All freedoms in the Bill of Rights amount to One.It is the essence of them all, when said and done.Freedom of choice! The giving of your right to choose;And when that right is violated, then…you lose! Your right to vote, therefore, is the essential must;To have it remain valid, counted,...

We’re told to “Count our Blessings” at each turn we take;To be contrite for what we have, for goodness sake.But just what is a blessings—how are we to know?Assumptions of what blessings are don’t make it so. Some blessings may be what they don’t appear to be;And others so disguised...

It’s We, the People who have made this land;With energy and enterprise we stand.Long may our Land be bright,With Freedom’s Holy light,Where pride and Liberty go hand-in-hand! The greatness we’ve achieved, which one can see,Deservedly belongs to that word: We!For what we have achievedCan hardly be believed,Compared to anything in...

You cannot be intrinsically what you are not;So if you find you have been certified a witchYou’ll find it’s you yourself who brought about your lot.You’ll also find, once certified, you cannot switch.You’ve done it to yourself—the person you became—A person who was always crotchety and mean;Who now has no...

I like to think I’m just an average guy;No other likely title may apply.But then, quite often, there will be a shiftWhere I will try to give others a lift.Now why that thought occurs I have no clue,Except I think it’s the right thing to do.Of course, it will be...

This is an honest effort to make voters think;For this is not the time to let our fortunes sink.Americans will fight against all doom and gloom;It’s in our make-up—we give optimism room.No matter what, we will ourselves to forge aheadAnd that mind-set has always stood us in good stead!In fact,...

I’ve wondered what percentage of the human raceFrom childhood goes on to achieve all they can be?As stature, strength, agility all have a place,Desire, coordination, opportunityMust also be there, plus innate encouragement.For few of us will end up totally belowA living standard arguably not sensed or meantTo be…despite not being...

In what may well be called “passive oblivion”Too many choose to live their lives in that as one.They’re much too busy living their own lives to care;What’s going on around them they don’t care to share.They abhor politics, they say—for that, care less;Besides, what can they do? To them it’s...

I have been a lot of placesAnd have seen a lot of facesOf most any kind of person, where, and when.Of them all the most beguilingWould be those who would be smilingWith a smile brought on by seeing you again.Though misfortune may have found themOr poor circumstance surround them,Yet their...

It does not get better than this, I insist;It’s something delightful and not to be missed.Which makes me, of course, entertain thoughts of you,In wishing, and hoping, you find goodness, too.I’d also prefer it to be a surprise;But, with that, be something you’d instantly prize.For life is too short to...

Through history, most governments are formed by forceOr accident—and this has been the normal course,Until, in 1787, came a voiceInsisting it be made through reflection and choice.Not only was this unheard of, but viewed with doubt—In governing, the common citizen was out. Our Constitution brought new concepts into play;But many...

This is an honest effort to make voters think;For this is not the time to let our fortunes sink.Americans will fight against all doom and gloom;It’s in our make-up—we give optimism room.No matter what, we will ourselves to forge aheadAnd that mind-set has always stood us in good stead!In fact,...

There were these three inebriated mice,Where each had been told bluntly, more than twice.To leave that leaking bubbly stuff alone,For, if ignored, then each would surely groan.But they convinced themselves that it was fun,Oblivious to what they’d feel when done.But, what they didn’t know, the farmer’s wife,Already drunk, was wielding...

If anger is allowed to show, then you must work at it.The ease in which that may occur, then other factors fit.When anger, as a form of hatred, gets your mind to seize.What happens next may be an episode not meant to please.But get this: as a human mind-set, it...

What do you know, or think you know, about most slavery?The first term that should come to mind is your dependency.But here is something you’d be smart to really understand;The way our Constitution was delivered to this land.It was released for public viewing, under no dictate;Which meant, for instance, we,...

To those who still are young, with an inquiring mind,I hope that makes you into an inquiring find.Don’t take what science tells you now as the last word;Because, if you inquire at length, that is absurd. Accepted geniuses are geniuses, that’s true!Regardless, there is no eliminating you!There is but one...

One day good, the next day not, and death has come to call.This is what we’re dealing with, and that includes us all.But, when weeks go by with nothing happening to us,We will get our dander up—start mouthing “what’s the fuss!”Then the ‘no one’s going to tell me what to...