Tarzana Joe

For all your poetry needs

Aug 15, 2014

Make Love Poems not War Poems

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Poetry is meant for Love And meditations, sage The poetry of anger Might just make me turn the page And only Dylan Thomas E...
Aug 8, 2014

Freedom Tower

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O, to see my city like a mall gone mad Macy’s with no marble And full of flat screens The Museum Store With its reproductions o...
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Aug 2, 2014

Prose and Cons

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Some think that strength is weakness And that borders are for breaching Or that our country’s like a whale That’s set a course for beachi...
Jul 25, 2014

1914-2014 WWIII?

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O, wither thou world? Like a ship, un-helmed Led by the wicked Or the overwhelmed Armies are fighting Of all shapes and siz...
Jul 11, 2014

Cleveland Really Rocks Tonight

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A brand new day has dawned Another era has begun We welcome the return Of Cleveland’s second-favorite son No more will those Ohioans...
Jul 3, 2014

Happy Birthday, America

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Each birthday sees another year We put into our past And we remark, as they approach, “This year’s gone by so fast” We gain a ...
Jun 27, 2014

The Ballad of Big Thunder Mountain (And Duane)

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I'll tell you a tale of a man and a town And the town's tale I'm telling you first But it don't matter much Cause to ...
Jun 20, 2014

Lies and Lessons

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The lies we’ve heard This year, to date Are multiple and myriad There’s not a grain of truth In any sentence, phrase or period...

Retro Poem of the Week - The Fence

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Congresspersons, gals and guys Exalt the art of compromise They sit, they talk, they schmooze, they chat. You give me this. I’ll ...
May 23, 2014

In the News

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When I was young, my father read The Times and The Tribune The Times came in the morning and the Trib, the afternoon   He pour...
May 16, 2014

Poet's Progress

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I sit up nights in my abode Trying hard to pen an ode Praying that the week’s events’ll Find their way down through my pencil ...
Apr 25, 2014

The War on Women (Men)

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They’ll tell you this tomorrow ‘Cause they told you this before All across this country On our women, there’s a war   Men d...
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Apr 3, 2014

Impossibly Good News

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Seven million sign ups Ain’t that swell Baghdad Bob is alive and well He changed his name For just one Day From Baghdad Bob...

Brouhaha

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Reporters all like brouhahas They sure are lots of fun You don’t know what’s a brouhaha Well, Watergate was one Bridgegate i...
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Mar 21, 2014

Ukraine

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The lessons that I’ve learned in life I summarize this way You learn most from what people do And not from what they say. If you hav...
Mar 6, 2014

CPAC

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I’d like to see at CPAC A man or woman proudly Address the delegation And hear them cheering loudly I’d like to see a leader (Wher...
Feb 14, 2014

A Valentine Poem

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You must have heard this one before And if you have, don’t laugh We spend our lifetimes looking for Our other, better half So...
Jan 24, 2014

I Can't Go Home Again

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I’m gonna tell you something Just a few of you might know I come from New York City Though I’m called Tarzana Joe I learned ...
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Jan 17, 2014

The Ballad of Omnibus Bill

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You must have heard and should recall Of “robbing Peter to pay Paul” Which means, for Pittsburg Steeler fans, That money, while it change...
Nov 15, 2013

Buy my book!

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Click here to buy: It Only Hurts When I Rhyme
Nov 8, 2013

It Goes Without Saying

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What we have is so fantastic All we really need is branding As to what was said or promised There was some misunderstanding ...
Nov 6, 2013

In the Aftermath

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We need more men like them We need more women too Who in a time of crisis Do what we all should do I listen to the host An...
Oct 18, 2013

I Love Smokey Bear

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Some say the spirit lingers And its impact never ends Provided that it’s cherished In the memory of friends The first thing t...
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Oct 4, 2013

As Said by Hugh Hewitt

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Hugh Hewitt, on the government This bit of wisdom spun That which it does, you don’t miss much The rest, it can’t get done De...
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