“We’re sorry about – Steve King and embarrassed that – he’s from Iowa”
Archive for March, 2017
Haiku, The Love Of Learning
March 31, 2017http://www.thedp.com/article/2017/03/penn-7-hour-class-on-existential-despair-this-fall
“Lots of hyper-bright – students have never learned how – to read for pleasure”
Haiku Duet, Bottom Feeding
March 30, 2017http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/readers/2017/03/25/iowas-race-bottom/99492588/
“Republicans have – prepared Iowa to be – last in everything”
“Koch Brothers have made – the Iowa Statehouse a – puppet theater”
Haiku Duet, The Peoples Manifesto
March 30, 2017“End sexism, end – racism, end hatred, end – white male privilege”
“We make believe we – live in a democracy – but it’s a rigged game”
Happy National Doctors Day; Caffeine PO Q4H PRN
March 30, 2017Especially for you, Puppydoc
It’s time for a setlist; art will overcome tyranny (for all my friends who actually play music: Daniel, Michael, Patresa, Carol, Mary, James, C.W. and anyone I’ve inadvertently omitted)
March 30, 20171. City of New Orleans “This train’s got the disappearin’ railroad blues”, 2. Freight Train “No more good times here I’ll crave”, 3. Will The Circle Be Unbroken “Well I told that undertaker, undertaker, please drive slow”, 4. Pack Up Your Sorrows “And nobody knows where you are”, 5. Changes “One last cup of wine we will pour”, 6. Four Strong Winds “Still I wish you’d change your mind If I asked you one more time”, 7. The Last Thing On My Mind “Well I could have loved you better, didn’t mean to be unkind”, 8. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right, “You just kind-a wasted my precious time”, 9. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere “Strap yourself To the tree with roots”, 10. Suzanne “and she let’s the river answer that you’ve always been her lover”, 11. Colours “In the mornin’ when we rise”, 12. Love Minus Zero/No Limit “Valentines can’t buy her”
Haiku, Trees Instead Of Threats
March 29, 2017“The man who planted – trees turned a desert into – a land of Canaan”
Haiku, Harry Brings It
March 29, 2017“I’m sad to say that – I’m on my way, won’t be back – for many a day”
A Poem With A Haiku For A Title
March 28, 2017“Back in The Good Old – Days, before the EPA, – fucked up was normal”
The Cuyahoga River was burning
The Potomac River smelled like shit
Auto exhaust caused birth defects
Lake Erie’s oxygen was gone
People died from smog in New York and LA
Oil spills slimed beaches and killed shore birds
St. Louis smelled like an old fashioned drug store on fire
Haiku Trilogy, Nepotism Stinks
March 28, 20171. “Trump makes us realize – the worst enemy is the – enemy within”
2. “West Wing Ivanka – worse security threat than – Islamic terror”
3. “If nepotism – is illegal how can Trump – be above the law?”
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