Monthly Archives: April 2016

Elvis Presley performed wearing a chai necklace in the last days of his life. Now he is dead and that necklace has gotta be worth a crapload. God works in strange ways for Jews and other people. Someday I hope … Continue reading →

Charlotte Rae is ninety today. She’s the kind of star that won’t go away. If you see her on the street, go say "Hey," and if you’re of that sort, feel free to pray. From Different Strokes, upon this plane … Continue reading →

For years my father asked me to lead Seder services so that I could become more Jewy and he could get a break. He had me design the Passover prayer books the script we would use and I employed some … Continue reading →

Worship the earth. Treasure the land on which you stand. Become one with the natural world all around you if only in the parks where nature is allowed to roam, caged. Respect the creatures and the plants and the moss … Continue reading →

Thank you for providing me grist for my mill. Thank you very much for inspiring my next poem. You inspire me in many ways on many days. Some of them are good and some decidedly less so. Sometimes you get … Continue reading →

This? This is not what I ordered. This thing? I don’t want it. I chose something else entirely when the options were before me. I selected something to my liking that fit my tastes. I picked something suitable and this … Continue reading →

According to wiki you don’t even exist. According to wiki there never was a paisley holocaust. According to wiki shoulder pads were invented by Jesus. According to wiki they need seven million from you for operating expenses. According to wiki … Continue reading →

You were the hot one in a tight skirt on the bench dabbing delicately into your sundae, darting tongue carefully consuming the creamy white. I was the one to whom you said "Get lost, you freaky freak. Stop following me. … Continue reading →

I guess I dreamed that last poem. I suppose the ideas I thought I put down in rhythm and rhyme with the eloquence the subject demanded was nothing more than a figment as was your reaction when you told me … Continue reading →

Bad poet watches. Bad poet waits. Bad Poet writes checks to causes he believes in. Bad Poet’s checks sometimes bounce. Bad Poet thinks Bad Poet considers. Bad Poet tries to write the great american poem and then goes for the … Continue reading →