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Anything Goes

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Perhaps he's crackers
to embrace glitz
(to paraphrase Irving Berlin)
'Putin on the Ritz'
tho'
'Sometimes something is better than nothing'
went the writing on the wall
y...

Michael vs LeBron

...Why is that even a discussion?
Why everything gotta be a competition, a comparison or even a debate?
Michael Jordan was the “GOAT” of his time and generation. LeBron is the “GOAT” of this time and ...

Mum

..." I'll be loving you Always. When the things you've planned, need a helping hand,       I will understand Always"  Irving Berlin    "Our Song" ~~ The Poet~~


Last night you held my hand a...

Through the eyes of grief, Anacreontic couplets

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"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of...

EMAGI tea for two

...emagi=a digital reverse ekphrasis

Tea for two  by Irving Caesar


 T 4  2...

Sandy Beaches - a Parody

...I'm dreaming of the sandy beaches
Just like the ones I’ve seen before,
Where the surf is rising,
With lovers surmising,
While kayakers skim along the shore.

I’m dreaming of the san...

Where Rivers Lazily Roam

..."The streams are my veins."
                 --Constance La France

Along the shores of the Ohio, I now call my home
My heart rests in its origins, for there I was born...

Caveat Scriptor

...It's not a prerequisite, of course, but if a piece of writing is any good, chances are it's probably offensive to someone. (Paraphrasing John Irving-A Widow for One Year) So, writer beware...


Wo...

The New World Order

...It is not new. The thirteen families, and Freemasons have been plotting for hundreds of years. Here are the thirteen families that make up the list. Rothchild, Bundy, Collins, Ayers, Kennedy, Rockefe...

Keola - Kyrielle

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Quote by IRVING BERLIN



I knew you as a brilliant light
Shimmering joy, hope and insight
Laughing with wonder at the stars
Breathing a smile through our memoirs

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Curly and Shemp

...*Image of Presentation on Three Stooges by Coshocton Tribune.

Curly and Shemp

*Jerome Lester Horwitz,
often dimmer than your wits,
famously known as Curly Howard, one of the three...

Alone Living In a Cardboard Box Home-

...Lofty sorts tenement;
Residential entitlements;
Homeward bound ;
Lost in town,
Logistics Irving bound;
 Summers call;
Legitimate hall;
Tournament crawl;
No mortgage though;
No rent t...

Love Is Eternal

...LOVE IS ETERNAL


          On his First Date He gifted Her a Book
                                              and She took
                                with love and honor
               ...

True Story

...asking for a sign
       a wild peculiar joy~
    
      with my name on it




*Irving Layton, A Wild Peculiar Joy
  Selected Poems 1945-89
  Signed by the Author, To Maureen...

Look Out Below

...The sign he reads out loud, “There’s holes ahead.”
The Rip Van Winkle Bridge quite disturbs me.
A story book that’s come to life — with head
To lose. My dad inches along bravely.

The c...

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