Monthly Archives: November 2021

LUCID

Posted on 11/29/2021 by Jorge Medico

This Monday’s Poem of the Week highlights the Faustian bargain of our most potent opioid drugs – assuaging pain at the price of obliterating consciousness and memory. LUCID You turn the knob of the old radio looking for a signal … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving and Friendship

Posted on 11/25/2021 by Jorge Medico

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And A Helmet

Posted on 11/22/2021 by Jorge Medico

We’re approaching (can you believe it!) Thanksgiving this Thursday, a time traditionally filled with an abundance of food, family, and of course, football. My gratitude to Dave for allowing me to post the following poem from his wonderful collection. Please … Continue reading →

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Poem by Nikki Giovanni

Posted on 11/15/2021 by Jorge Medico

Welcome back to Poetry Monday. For those of us who are still in search of the meaning in our lives, this poem speaks volumes. in youth our ignorance gives us courage with age our courage gives us hope with hope … Continue reading →

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Application For Permission To Date My Daughter

Posted on 11/12/2021 by Jorge Medico

For those of you who have daughters of the age where dating is a current or future possibility, this piece from the Archives is for you. APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO DATE MY DAUGHTER ~ This application will be Incomplete and … Continue reading →

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Gone Today

Posted on 11/08/2021 by Jorge Medico

For the upcoming months, I’m delighted to intermittently share with you the poetry of a creative writer and friend, all of whose work can be found on his website, http://www.phrenopolis.com Gone Today O, fickle firmamentYour vexing impermanenceHas somehow deleted my … Continue reading →

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A Good Plan for Thanksgiving

Posted on 11/05/2021 by Jorge Medico

This sounds like a good plan! An elderly man in Phoenix calls his son in New York and says, “I hate toruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I aredivorcing; forty-five years of misery … Continue reading →

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Paris Poem

Posted on 11/01/2021 by Jorge Medico

It’s Monday, so it must be time for another Poem of the Week. Enjoy a little travel nostalgia. paris poem sitting in a café pretending I’m Hemingway sipping and stretching out my café au lait, acting like I’m scribbling away … Continue reading →

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