Category Archives: Today’s News



Los Angeles Times (August 30, 2010)

I’ll tell you what the News is
A headline at a time—
The Emmys lead the day’s events—
Pimp TV shows that shine. Continue reading →

Posted in Greed, Today's News, Vanity, War

Memorial Day: 2010

Seventy teen-agers
Rumbled last night
On Windward Avenue
Just two blocks away. Continue reading →

Posted in Local Color, Today's News, War

Life—The Tragedy

When you’ve grown too old
For movies and TV—
When the BBC News at Five
And the promise of a ballgame Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Sports, Today's News

April, 2010: Current Events

T. S. Eliot
Famously accused April—
Guilty I. R. S.?

Those Bangkok red-shirts— Continue reading →

Posted in Several Short Poems, Today's News

Berserker

Berserk—interesting word—from Old Norse.
A warrior with insufficient zeal
Would don a bearskin robe, kill all remorse,
Abandon his humanity, reveal Continue reading →

Posted in Lust, Today's News, Words

God Help Us (Please!)

“Palestinians,” the headline read,
“Try to stop a Jewish prayer event. . . .”
Right there, in Jerusalem—hotbed
Of god. Passing strange! Those tempers bent, Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, Today's News