Day: December 12, 2019

My snow-blower breaks down
Not used to 24 inches of snow
Time to replace it because it is of no use
A new more powerful one will put on a show
Admired by everyone taking a look
Snow again, jump up and down
People wanting to run it
Takes me off the hook

Some will say I planned it this way
I suppose they can have their say
But am I the kind of fellow who
Would be having a Tom Sawyer day
Betting everyone they couldn’t
Do the work as well as me
Then watch them take turns
Even against my weak plea

Oh, they are out there showing off
The wind is blowing; this is tough stuff
No matter what I say or do
They keep up with their huff and puff
Snow keeps falling; the wind doesn’t die
I look out from the warm inside
When they look with hope at the window
I duck behind a curtain and hide

Another hour the drive is clear
Of the first half of the blizzard
Players are tired; looking gray
They slide along like a lizard
I know that soon it will be my turn
And shake my head and shudder
But then step up like heroes do
Knowing a good boat needs a rudder

Stanski
December 12, 2019 ^

The story is one, like many, in
the sense that it is hard to believe.
Someone new comes into my life,
presents her thoughts, dreams and poetic art.
Tells me how she would like to use it in
the oncoming days to inspire, challenge and affect lives.
After a while she leaves.

Her spirit is about me as I watch her walk away.
Somehow a little jealousy touches me
because she is such a beautiful person.
I look at her drawings, masterful renditions and
I think I am treading with angels.

The light feeling of envy leaves me.
I have been honored by her and
my being is filled with excitement.
Her ideas are immense and filled with possibilities.
I have been blessed.
Where has this wonderful person been?
Out of the blue, like a vision,
she appears to me.
I think of Cherubim and Seraphim and
am lifted to a new height.
I am full of anticipation and
consider all of the new potentials
her exhibition has brought.

I would never see her again.
My soul doth weep.
She suffers an untimely death.
An aneurism bursts in her brain and
the angels have taken her away.

My life will go on, but it will never be the same.
I know that being with her for just
the brief period has made me a better person.
I am fractured now, but will mend. My work will continue.
There are things to do and as I proceed
I will be talking with her,
knowing that she is standing by,
an angel in her own right.

Stansberry McKricken
November 30, 2015^

The denier was wrong and
acknowledged this to
anyone who wanted to listen.
There was no line up of interest so
I was left to bore people on my own.
The great maharaja was wrong.
Snow had fallen as predicted and
in the amount forecasted.
Ten inches is a lot of white
especially when packed by the wind.
My body was shaken.
The vibration of the snow-blower,
the stopping, changing gears,
changing direction of the snow flow,
running out of gas, and fixing breakdowns
plus the hand shoveling necessary
took the starch out of me.
I bought bird seed as
I went on about being wrong.
It happens so seldom that
I let people know when it happens so
they will believe I am human.
Buying seed helps this cause.
They know I am not bitter.
People will say that a storm is coming and
I reply, “There will be no snow, until its time.”
Most times I am right, but when
they point out all the drifts and accumulation,
I merely say, “It is time.”
I call that making a right out of a wrong.
Why not? It is just another blow,
and spring is on the horizon.

Stanislaus Kuperski
December 29, 2015^

This isn’t costing me a nickel
Just my time
a little paper
and this very nice pen
It’s a lot of fun.
jotting down thoughts
you can fail
and fail again
in coming up
with a good one
Nobody is out
one thin dime
I’ll keep writing
What can you lose
People keep coming by
They keep drinking my booze
They tell my I’m good
and I keep pouring
They wonder what I’m working on
I tell them a short story
about a friend
Then they wonder
if it’s about them
I say no
Then they go
It’s the end of the show
I think the total cost
was $7.40
but I still have
my pen
and paper
By Steve Haarman
on July 16, 2011

WAKE UP
NEVER TOO LATE
FIND THE JOY
PARTICIPATE

LIFE’S IMPORTANT
NOT ABOUT YOU
BUT RATHER ABOUT
WHAT YOU DO

DREAMS ARE SAFE
NOT ALL BAD
A WASTED LIFE
NOW THAT IS SAD

SO TAKE THE STEPS
ONE BY ONE
GOALS ARE REACHED
YOU HAVE WON

BY STEVE HAARMAN
11/27/11

There is truth to be found

One must look for it

It is not given

Not by the fake news

Only we do not call it the fake news

We call it the really fake news

Everything repeated verbatim

By anchor to anchor on

Every news station

Maybe an exception

A few of the shows on Fox News

Or Fox Business News

And One American News

A station which explodes with the truth

And points out the lies

More people are beginning to believe

In the President of the Country, who

Has done so much to move us forward

Accomplished more in three years

Than any man in history

He is an outsider, which is why he is detested

And assigned to impeachment on the day of his victory

Higher wages

Lower taxes

More jobs

Minorities lifted

Soldiers given relief

NATO paying up

Iran contract nullified

Regulations voided

USMCA

China recognized for what they are and challenged

Record Stock Market

Record revenue

Exposure of corrupt FBI and CIA at the top levels

Much more to do

Dealing with dictators

Completing the wall on the border

A five billion dollar request, denied

Which has cost us over $250 billion for

Feeding, housing and health care illegals

Removal of sanctuary cities

Removal of MS13 gangs

Defeat of ISIS

Rebuilding inner-cities

Draining the swamp

Removing troops where not needed

Charging for services rendered

Shrink government

Get the education department closed

As millions of tax dollars thrown at it

And the results are the same at 20 years ago

It is sad that so many believe that their party

The Party they support is the same party

That their grandpa and father supported

They are mistaken but cannot change

John Kennedy would be a conservative

Once entrenched and indoctrinated

It is difficult to come to reality and change

It is not Republican versus Democrat

It is the swamp versus us

The Statists versus the country

The millionaires versus the wage earners

The word is out

Time to listen

Stanski

December 11, 2019 ^