Rhyme Of The Day

Various meanderings with a rhyme in there somewhere.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Calendar Cutover

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 May, you must go away, June is arriving soon, And lacking a Tardis, I’m… Required to live just one month at a time.
Monday, May 30, 2022

Distance

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When running in the USA In contests such as a 5 or 10 K, There are mile markers along the way.  Kilometers set the length of the race, But w...
Sunday, May 29, 2022

The Mystery of Acquired Taste

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 Why does stinky cheese Have the power to please?
Saturday, May 28, 2022

First Sentence of Anna K.

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Happy families are all alike. That’s  what Tolstoy famously said.  I suspect happy families simply bored him, So he wrote about the others, ...
Thursday, May 26, 2022

Track Me

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I try to accept every tracking app that’s sent. So if I disappear, someone will know where I went.
Friday, April 15, 2022

Delayed

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  It’s cold. The train is late. I stand And refrigerate. At last, The train is here. I sit, And thaw my rear.
Monday, April 11, 2022

Purchase Plan

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I'm buying the Brooklyn Bridge -  I have a secret goal:  Once I purchase it,  I'm going to charge a toll.  I'll make it free on ...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

Flashback

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Soviet student of ichthyology Was good at studying sharks But struggled with political philosophy  In which he got low Marx.  
Monday, March 28, 2022

Drama

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A slapology is an apology  That adds to the first offence:  "Sorry for calling you stupid,  It's just that you're horribly dens...
Thursday, March 24, 2022

Fine Dining

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I opened a restaurant on the moon,  But it was a failure, I fear.  I found the reason, rather soon:  It had no atmosphere.
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Dogstacles

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Let sleeping dogs lie  They like to say.  But what if said dog  Is right in your way?  Then you just might  Be required to wake  That snorin...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Midmonth

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Under an arch  On the Ides of March  Poor Caesar met his doom.  A really smart guy  Not ready to die  But he failed to read the room.
Tuesday, March 08, 2022

Origin by Dan Brown, and the Origin of a Saying

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I finished this book yesterday and I am here to complain about it, or at least about part of it. Dan Brown is the guy who wrote the Da Vinc...
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Taking Off From Phoenix

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Sitting in the airport on a jet,  I sometimes find I viscerally forget  Just where I am. It’s like a movie set -  A space apart - but then t...
Tuesday, March 01, 2022

Reading Rilke

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When reading through Rilke I go on a difficult journey,  And twist in my core over things that I love and detest.  He freely associates like...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Phillis Wheatley

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I'm a Words With Friends player. They have themed robot games, with a new roster of robots on a weekly basis.  This week the theme is Bl...
Friday, February 11, 2022

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"Today's the day for an online play."
Tuesday, February 08, 2022

Escape

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If you want to escape the fact checkers,  Stay away from facts!  Ever since giving them up,  I feel much more relaxed.

Meaning to be Found

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Many meaningless jobs  Are more meaningful than we think.  The person who flips a burger,  The person who cleans a sink,  Perform in the gre...
Monday, January 31, 2022

Addictive

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I like pre-shriveled raisins, Otherwise known as grapes.  They come in various colors, And a number of curious shapes.  I’m not sure why I l...
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