Consequences by Tarzana Joe We long have heard that poet’s tale A kingdom lost for want of nail The lesson that should give us pause is We ...

Some folks are very grateful for The country that we’ve got But others see a better way And often dream, “Why not?” For you see there are th...

It started out with evening gowns That couldn’t get much tackier But who’d have thought this week that was Could possibly get wackier Pelosi...

I didn’t believe in miracles The Red Sea never parted And Joshua didn’t stop the sun Oh, please don’t get me started Noah never floated And...

I wish that all those Mayan guys Had been a lot less cryptic So I could make precise-er plans For times apocalyptic Their P.D.A.s were made ...

A Poem for Glen from Texas Let’s get this Rodeo going Just listen to that crowd They’re ready. They’re ready. The bull riders are finally f...

2010 by Tarzana Joe When near next November’s nigh A mad majority disappears In spotless sun Taxes rise As realization settles On a seething...

Growl By Tarzana Joe with a limited borrowing from Allen Ginsberg They say that every Inuit Knows a thousand words for snow What we need in ...

Thanksgiving 2009 By Tarzana Joe While thanking God this week for all our blessings is the norm I say we should be thankful for the calm and...

Twilight of the Senate © 2009 by Tarzana Joe At fashions of Parisians Americans would gape While we all totaled tea leaves The French enjoye...

The cork's been popped The bubble burst The leaky ship has sailed Pelosi's Health proposal Has finally been unveiled It's better...

Bad Calls © 2009 by Tarzana Joe Some teams, they get the garlands And some teams get their lumps And those that take the losses Often blame ...

Night after Night By Tarzana Joe Each and every Autumn Defying rhyme or reason The folks who run the networks Announce a new Fall Season The...

4 Questions Spring will never come again No April without pain Each April the Emancipator's Slain Mothers, will there ever Be a Sunday i...

I PLEDGE to be of service to my community I PLEDGE to oppose anything that threatens the earth I PLEDGE to fight the unseen terrorism of p...

The National Endowment for the Arts organized a conference call of "leading artists" and urged them to be part of the solution. Th...

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Click on the title above to find out how The National Endowment for the Arts is about to become The Department of Propaganda. Let a thousand...

I don't know John Mackey from Adam Sandler. He may have committed as many crimes as John Edwards. The last checker who swiped my Paypa...

The news this weekend is that the Democrat leadership is retreating from the "government option." Whenever I hear that a party wi...

That notion, so delectable That mankind is perfectible Is once again respectable And seems our current goal We used to think divinity Was ou...

By Tarzana Joe 6/1/07 When I was a lad I lived scott-free I only cared about myself And me And I spelled ego with a capital “E” And quite po...