Let us raise ein bier
B 16’s birthday is here
Prayers for many more
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It was Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s 88th Birthday, so I had an Oktoberfest in his honor.
Category: Poems
Indians Win Without Me
Indians day game.
I missed a sweet victory.
Go Tribe! #Windians!
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My beloved Cleveland Indians have stumbled a bit in the early part of the season. Today the game was at noon and I was unable to watch it. Of course, they won.
A Tax Day Poem
Tax us to death
Make us all blue
Fork it all over
Or they WILL arrest you!
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You must know this was written on the day US residents must file tax returns. This is part of my project to write a poem a day for 365 days. Most of my poems have been haiku or at least imitations of a haiku. This is a good old-fashioned rhyme with no syllabic restrictions.
Browns New Uniforms – A Haiku
Browns have new unis
Half an hour to reveal
Seems like a bit much
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I wrote this Browns haiku as I watched the live local TV coverage of new sporting apparel being cheered by grown men and children alike.
I liked the uniforms, basically because they remind me of BGSU.
A poem for fair-skinned baseball fans
‘Twas a sunny day
I watched baseball from the stands
Should have worn sunscreen.
#NationalPoetryMonth
#haiku
#SPF30
#helmetnachos
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I preserved the hashtags for this poem as it appeared on Twitter. I did eat nachos from a souvenir helmet that is in no way to be mistaken for a protective headgear. The imprint in the crown is very clear on this matter, once you get past the tortilla and cheese.
By the way, I didn’t really get sunburned. The Lake County Captains won. I had nachos from a helmet. I feel pretty good about life right now.
A Short Poem For Cleveland Weather In the Spring
Cleveland weather day
Sunshine and 80s, then rain
Fog and 50 now
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I repeatedly remind local folk that America is a free country and if you really don’t like the weather where you live you are perfectly free to move to Arizona. That is, unless you already live in Arizona. In that case you would still be where you didn’t like the weather. I suppose you could move from Phoenix to Flagstaff, the weather in those two cities is really different. Flagstaff is beautiful. So is Phoenix. I don’t want to offend anyone. Beautiful weather and beautiful people. Just like in Cleveland.
A Poem Too Long To Tweet
A Poem Too Long To Tweet
Saturday morning splashed with sun.
Were I ambitious, I’d go for a run.
But my legs still ache from a spin class. Ouch!
So instead I’ll just tweet from my couch.
Haiku recalling how a yellow school bus almost crushed me
Almost wrecked today.
Nearly crushed by a school bus
That was a close one!
#NationalPoetryMonth
#haiku
#GuardianAngel
#CheckYourMirrors
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There I was. Just minding my own business motoring my little Honda Civic down I-77 South. The driver of the big yellow school bus decided the lane I was in, right next to her, looked like a nice place to drive. I used a combination of a horn and accelerator to escape.
Poem for a neglected timepiece
I forgot my watch.
It is the self-winding kind.
Time stands still today.
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My dear wife wore the watch so it did not stop. She is very pretty and her face is the total opposite of one that would stop a clock!
Baseball birthday blast
The Real Slamtana
Carlos Santana homers
Thank you, birthday boy!
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Carlos Santana is the Cleveland Indians’ first baseman. He hit a home run on his birthday, as he has done several times.
His twitter name is @TheRealSlamtana. You should follow him. He is a very funny guy and interacts with the fans.
I would also like to think that I helped him pick is new Twitter handle. He was looking to his followers for suggestions because Slamtana was already taken. I suggested RealSlamtana, the other account being an imposter.