a friend lately led a class to chinasaw many wonders took tons of pixone sight was not so palatable at thezoo you could purchase a live chickenor even an entire cow and feed it tothe lions you could buy just a haunchof meat if you were squeamish orwatch a movie of a tiger tearing intoa […]
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greenpoem #4
a friend tells of her sister whowhen very small recited acatechism with the line “god isthe supreme being who rulesheaven and earth”– for years shethought “supreme being” was a“string bean” entrusted with thisformidable job it seems to mewe could do worse a string beanis upright reliable you can counton a string bean it is humbleunpretentius […]
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enos park poem #1
hey guys hows about some good newshere’s enos park on the humble nearnorth side we have a sculpture gardenacross from susie q’s a pink and bluetuxhorn behemoth swung our firstlarge statue into place and there’s thewest side christian church with itsscores of volunteers come to givemcclernand school a face-lift surelya spirit-lift too (it sure lifts […]
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word poem #6
this babble game on the netsorta like boggle isn’t a completewaste of time yesterday I learned“isohyets” are lines on a map thatconnect areas of equal rainfall Isee that useful in conversation Ialready knew “oriel” a window butit pleasantly recalled st chapelleanother “feces” familiar enoughyet a reminder of our commonhumanity broader though for allcreatures defecate even […]
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estate sale poem #1
one should not feel regretfor the things not boughtat an estate sale after all I gotthe presents for my grandkids’joint birthday bash due that nighta fleet of bright little motorcycleswell-made 50c each and an artsydragon music box that played arather unmagical puff for onlythree bucks but what I reallywanted was the worn pull toyfrom the […]
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earthday-ecopoem # 11
“A major study commissioned by theBritish government concludes in itsyesterday report that rapid andsubstantial spending to combatglobal warming is needed to averta catastrophic reduction in worldwideproductivity on the scale of the GreatDepression that could devastate foodsources, cause widespread deaths andturn hundreds of millions of people in-to refugees.” – Los Angeles Times, Oct. 31, 2006 our […]
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Letters to the Editor 4/25/13
CLEARING CLINTON Jon Gray Noll’s complaint about Bill Clinton being picked for the Lincoln prize left me thinking “really?” (April 18, “Bill Clinton picked for Lincoln prize? Really?”) Specifically, in this forum’s limited space, two things come to mind. First, “… the Monica Lewinsky investigation ….” No such thing. There was the “Independent Counsel In […]
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Letters to the Editor 4/4/13
IN THE KNOW ON SNOW Dave and Jerry do residential snow removal in Springfield. We have one snow blower, and although we started at 4 a.m. on Monday, we had to limit our clients to those we could get to and get done in about an hour, so we had to turn down many calls. […]
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funnybiz poem #6
how about a joke in this spacemy daughter #2 reports shegot a t-shirt for her son had agroup of marshmallows sittingaround a campfire with terroron their faces the marshmallowstoryteller was saying “andthen they took the chocolateand then graham crackers . . . ”
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babblepoem #1
you word lovers out there have youdiscovered babble on the net it’s freefor a bit then continues so withoutstats to help but life membership ispeanuts it’s a combo boggle-scrabble new grid daily it’s challenging but here’s what’s most fascinating the babblechat bar where clever clues are given babblers greet old friends welcome new pepper gridbabble […]
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politico poem #11
the institution where once I soproudly taught has introduced a minorcalled liberty studies partly funded bythe koch brothers urbana turned it downbut not us are we so desperate for dough?in the article a senior student is quoted:“Nobody will be forced to earn a minor inliberty studies, concerns about academicfreedom and critical thinking in theprogram might […]
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downtonabbeypoem #1
well it was a crummy tricknot up to masterpiece standardsI understand the brits got hitwith both childbirth deaths onsuccessive christmas days wewere clobbered in februarymatthew it seems and maybesybil too wanted out though itmust have been making botha mint folks worldwide hangingon this glorified soap opera itreinforces why I prefer printtwo-thirds through mr rochesterdoesn’t decide […]
