Monthly Archives: December 2016

Stevieslaw: Poetry Composition 101

Posted on December 31, 2016 by stevieslaw

Have a New Year’s laugh or two. Poetry Composition 101 Start with a first line as glorious as something out of Dickens. In fact, perhaps it is. Who would be the wiser? Has anyone the leisure to leaf through “Hard … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Ten things I’d Do Ahead of Watching the Trump Inauguration.

Posted on December 26, 2016 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw: Some things I’d do rather than watch the Trump Inaugural 1. Supervise a dodge ball game for 13 year old boys on sugar highs 2. Volunteer at the Holland Tunnel for 5 PM Friday on a Holiday weekend. 3. … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Bert the Turtle

Posted on December 23, 2016 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw: Bert the Turtle Those of us of a certain age remember “Duck and Cover.” In my case, I learned it at PS 165, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, NY—less than ten miles from a projected ground zero. We … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Cabin Fever

Posted on December 19, 2016 by stevieslaw

Cabin Fever Smokey, that old gray cat with the disposition of my grandma Vlad, is buried in the backyard in an old shoe box meant for high tops. She lived to seventeen— a grand old age for cats, and by … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: why aren’t you digging?

Posted on December 15, 2016 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw: why aren’t you digging? Of course your remember Rick Perry. Once upon the time, he ran for President and when the American people decided pretty unanimously that the guy was “dumb as a rock,” Ricky responded by finding a … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: The Way We Are Now

Posted on December 14, 2016 by stevieslaw

The Way We Are Now My neighbor, Mike, will build a fence this spring. I watch as landscapers pace the boundary between our quarter acres, penciling distances and slopes, in hope of a winning bid. Frost wrote, “Good fences make … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: DNC to open office in Moscow

Posted on December 12, 2016 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw: Democratic National Committee to Open Office in Moscow With the CIA, the NSA, both houses of Congress and anyone with an IQ over 8 agreeing that the Russians hacked the 2016 Presidential Election to assure Donald Trump’s victory, the … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

Posted on December 11, 2016 by stevieslaw

Performed by Patti Smith for Bob Dylan at the Nobel Prize Ceremony. More vital today, in the age of Trump and his thugs,than it was when he wrote it in 1963. The last stanza always tears me up (in both … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Rudy We Hardly Knew Ye

Posted on December 10, 2016 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw: Rudy We Hardly Knew Ye. Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of NYC, is no longer being considered as a candidate for Secretary of State. According to an anonymous source in the Trump transition team, Mr. Giuliani has tested positive … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Union of American Satirists Blasts Trump

Posted on December 8, 2016 by stevieslaw

Stevieslaw: Union of American Satirists Blasts Trump The Union of American Satirists today took Trump to task today for appointing Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma Attorney General and Climate-change denier, to head the Environmental Protection Agency. The UAS claimed that the … Continue reading →

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