Poems

  • Homemade Limericks

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    A lovely young woman named JudyFell in love with the clown Howdy-DoodyShe asked that old clownIf he’d like to go downBut he said right now he’s too moody The old man took his colleague to dineBecause her young body looked fineShe said thanks for the foodBut I’m just not in the moodSo the pleasure tonight…

  • Travels

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    I’ve reviewed the places I have been If I ranked them, which of them would win Paris comes to mind, I’ve gone there again and againStrolling through the boulevards, riding on the Seine A city made for walking, my poor knees will attestIf you are a flaneur, then Paris may be the best Everywhere I’ve been…

  • Hang On

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    What gives me most pleasureAs I reflectTry to selectIs there something I treasure Work out in the gymPretend I likeRiding that bikeTo get a bit trim Too old now to guzzleOr chase after lassesCertainly no tennis Planning’s a puzzleHow did I make passesNo longer a menace

  • Fourth Quarter

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    The Bard was no devotee of growing oldA plethora of deprecating verse he told Suggesting that as one’s muscle disappearsOne is less impressive too between the ears The walking pace of late may be a little slowAs though I’m not sure I really want to go The aged body seems to want to droopA quality…

  • Good Luck

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    If you often are nearly overcome by anxiety about The future of your nation and your own familyand maybe even you, yourself as I frequently am,you might seek help with that, as I did, And perhaps you will be reminded that our planetis just a speck within a speck (and on and on) andthat our human…

  • Navigation

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    Is there a system for using our life, a kind of life courseI use the term using because life’s a limited resource We have it for a while, not long enough we thinkAnd then it’s gone forever like a finger snap or blink Some parents lay out blueprints for their girls and boysHow well are…

  • Ah, San Diego

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    All those years in BuffaloAll those winters in the snow Sold that house and headed westSettling where the weather’s best I woke up and saw no sun todayDon’t worry friend, it’s just May gray Aha, May will end and the sun will bloomNot yet me friend first comes June gloom Any way the May-June marine…

  • Imagine That

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    It is not intuitively obvious that in the vast distances of spacethe shortest distances between two far away objects, planetsperhaps or stars like our sun, is a curved path, not a straight line, as Euclid, the brilliant Greek mathematician, believed. It is not intuitively obvious that the qualities of the animals on Earth, including particularly those in…

  • Charles Hall

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    I was left just a boy when my parents leftNo brothers and no sisters, just a kid bereft I hadn’t any idea of the coming stroke of luckI scarcely new him then, my older cousin, Chuck He became more than brother in the life I ledA rock and a buddy for my tough times ahead…

  • The Heart of Travels

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    From time to time I’ve compared the places I have been If I compared those destinations which of them would win Paris immediately comes to mind, I’ve gone there again and againStrolling through the boulevards, riding along in the Seine A city made for walking, my poor knees will attestIf you are a flaneur, then Paris…