Tarzana Joe

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Jan 18, 2013

Answering the Call

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  Just about the time Joe Flacco’s touchdown pass was thrown My focus was distracted by the ringing of the phone I said, “Please...
Oct 26, 2012

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All the men who’ve medaled Or celebrities who’ve danced Seems to me that every one’s Augmented or enhanced Artists that we idolized A...
Oct 19, 2012

Debate

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I have advice to offer And I hope it’s not too late For anyone who finds himself Involved in a debate These are not the tactics Used ...
Oct 12, 2012

No Debate About It

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There must have been some network payoffs To put a chat on jobs and layoffs Up against the baseball playoffs Then some connivin...
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Oct 5, 2012

SURPRISE

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No matter what smooth strategies Each candidate devises It’s certain that October’s good For one or two surprises The nominees debated ...
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Sep 21, 2012

The Week that Was

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To make sense Of the week’s events I like to do my part But thinking of The week that was I don’t know where to start ...
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Sep 15, 2012

Eleven Years Without Them

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As if we need to be reminded As if our hearts were somehow blinded As if each plane that I see fly Light and faultless in the sky...
Aug 31, 2012

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS

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I sing the lives of working men And working women too A song of celebration for The many things they do The steel, the saw The plow,...
Aug 24, 2012

Long Range Forecast

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Gather round and lend an ear While I explain the reason Everything you’ve seen so far Hasmerely been pre-season   If you ...
Aug 17, 2012

Tarzan (not me) turns 100

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I’m just an average Joe A simple, good hard-working guy I run the daily rat race In a pin-striped suit and tie But like s...
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Jun 15, 2012

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Trust Me on This As the Obama Speech was not well received even by the mainstream media, s trangely, the White House has reached out t...
May 5, 2012

Soldier Statesman

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If you’ve listened to the witnesses At trial for John Edwards And concluded trust, integrity And honor all were dead words If you thi...
Apr 13, 2012

Turning Apple Trees to Kindling

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I’ve made minute inquiries And a score of detailed queries But never put much credence In conspiratorial theories Rather I’ve determin...
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Mar 23, 2012

UN Conventional Wisdom

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As Richard Nixon said one night You win the party on the right And then he said, with no dissenter You win the nation at the center So...
Mar 16, 2012

We will Not Comply

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I’ve railed at least a dozen times And written more than several rhymes Assailing them as frauds and fools Those bureaucrats and all thei...
Mar 9, 2012

Getting there from Here

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I think they lay awake at nights Working on inventing rights And after all the work is done They’ve come up with another one They have ...
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Mar 3, 2012

Prayers for Chardon

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I’ve walked the streets of Chardon And bought maple sugar candy From a girl behind the counter Who went to that High School Like her sis...
Mar 2, 2012

Andrew

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Well, he was no summer soldier Where he fought was hard and cold His manner? …less than gentle His words were always bold Andrew was a ...
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Feb 17, 2012

Randon Rhymes

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When ere I write my poetry I try to have a theme But with this one I think I’ll row My conscious down the stream There’s so much to pr...
Jan 27, 2012

State of the U nion

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Because it’s wise to scrutinize The nation’s apparatus Once a year the president Reports the union’s status He stands before the congre...
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Jan 13, 2012

Fired Up

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The outlook is improving And I hear Home Depot’s hiring However, there are people We must still consider firing There’s several I can ...
Dec 29, 2011

Happy New Year

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New Year 2012 I think you folks will all concur The year gone by has been a blur It seems October pumpkins still Are resting on my wind...
Dec 9, 2011

Is this any way to pick a candidate?

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Some folks think that we’re heading down A freeway to disaster Under the direction of Some evil puppetmaster A hidden hand that seeks t...
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Nov 18, 2011

A Psalm for the Psuper Committee

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When I was young I had this thing I thought that compromise was king And I would go That extra mile To, meet, retreat or reconcile I...
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Nov 10, 2011

Veteran’s Day 2011

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When you stand to pledge allegiance When you hit your knees to pray For our past and for the future Thank a veteran today With a feeli...
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