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 […]
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inconsequential poem #15
demi said hang on tothat thought whileI empty the hot waterbottle but I don’t knowwhether wonderingwhen and wherebaloney originatedis a thought worthhanging onto
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zen moment poem #1
the next day, in thestillness of the moment,noting the candle’srhythmic flicker I knewthe walls were singing,reverberating from the joyoussounds of forty choir-camp voicesas they raised the roof of my home
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Letter to the Editor 1/17/13
STATE WORKERS NEED LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln’s most striking quality was his commitment to doing what was right, no matter what. As a lawyer, he passionately tried cases he believed in. As president, he fought against all odds for the abolishment of slavery. He didn’t take the easy, safe path. He took the true path, relentlessly […]
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rhyming poem # 22
“It’s no poem without rhymes!”Amaiya, neighbor friend, avowed.“I have learned it now in school,Poems rhyme, and that’s the rule!So none of yours in Illinois TimesAre truly verse, it’s not allowed.Muffet, tuffet, Jill and hill,You can rhyme yours if you will!” Amaiya, love, a gift for you:I’ll try to make a rhyme that’s true.I don’t claim […]
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it’s a strange world poem # 1
had some interesting talk at writers groupt’other night yosh told how a stranger cameinto the flower shop stood by her and recitedichi, ni, san, shi, the japanese numbers to tenyosh has never learned the language she wasnonplussed she recited back at him uno, dos,tres, cuatro, up to ten the man walked outpeg’s story echoed this […]
