Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 03:33 pm
catalpaforest story part 1near the wisconsin farm we lived onwe kids at exploratory age followedthe crick discovered upstream a groveof trees planted incongruously in rowsstrange trees catalpa trees w...
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 05:27 am
phonepoem #1the phone just rang it was newt gingrich without preamble the voice said “this is newt gingrich – as someone who loves america” – at which I hung up I can think of ...
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 03:32 pm
chickenfeedpoem #3and then there’s the rooster in thebackyard hedge between us and the neighbors he ate from the dogdishes at their backdoor and oursgrew into a bold and brassy chapwho dashed ou...
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 05:23 pm
today we crossed the lindsay bridgetoday we crossed the lindsay bridgetoday we crossed the lindsay bridgewe were among the firstthe streetlamps are so sleek and blackthe streetlamps are so sleek and b...
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011 11:19 am
that story I told a few weeks ago aboutchickens eating meat well I’ve beenswamped with chicken stories they are good press my friend jack knows a farmer east of town whose chicken coop is anold ...
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 03:31 pm
a guy was interviewed on NPR who’dbuilt a full-size wooden bicycle one thatreally works he said the chain was thehardest part why’d he do it? a friend bet hecouldn’t now I’d li...
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 03:31 pm
chickenfeed poem #1friends a chicken is an omnivore needsprotein that’s why so many kids’ books of earlier centuries are heavy on boys hunting and trapping – pitch that deadbunny in ...
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 10:33 pm
This week’s poem is byguest poet Lola Lucaswho has written about myThe Round Barn, Volume I,soon to be published.Thank you, Lola! JJThe New Onefor Jackie JacksonSeptember 2011Jackie brings her n...
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 10:33 pm
canalpoem #1 if you need a stressfree interlude trya french canal trip our little craft with just our family is self sufficient we glide along the quiet waters four miles an hour green ban...
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 10:35 pm
foodpoem #5 the peanut butter jar is emptyhow can anyone living alonesurvive without peanut butterpeanut butter and milk the writersof the pentateuch (plural becausemoses must have had help with thesp...
