Editor

Editor

Every writer needs another set of eyes,

someone with good judgement, somebody wise.

Someone with the guts 

to tell him when he's nuts,

and to help him win a Pulitzer prize.

Even a lowly limerick writer could benefit from a good editor.  Unfortunately for you dear readers, I do not have one.  I am running open loop.  That is control system terminology for a system with no feedback that tends to go out of control.

Moral Compass

 

Moral Compass

On my way from here to there
I ended up on the brink of despair.
My moral compass
has gone cattywampus.
I hope it is not beyond repair.

Like when driving in the fog, I hope no one is following!

Harris & Neveln Revisited - a guest limeric pair by James Harris

Harris & Neveln Revisited

 by James Harris

I'm not sure I deserve the positive attention
As my faults are too many to mention
I sometimes don't rhyme
And poorly manage my time
Seldom do I follow convention

The problem is this whole facebook creation
We seem to be in touch with the entire nation
With acquaintances from the past
And verbal exchanges so fast
Gives cause for incessant elation

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Thank you Jim for another guest limerick.  They are the kind that don't make my dear readers sick!

Kathy & Jane in The Roosevelt Hall of Fame

Kathy & Jane in The Roosevelt Hall of Fame

I didn't think that I'd ever see
a Roosevelt girl any cleverer than me
(except Marilyn Schakel).
What a debacle!
I'm aghast! How could such a thing be?

Two of my classmates Kathy Collins Reilly (that is Kathy on the left) and Jane Skiles O'Dea are in the Des Moines Roosevelt High School Hall of Fame.  They are in distinguished company.

Inaugural Limerick

Election Eve 2012 Photo courtesy of Susan Burns McCoy.

Inaugural Limerick

The ceremony was moving nicely along

then the poet started droning on and on.

A limerick I think

would have been more succinct

and left time for another Beyonce song.

Congratulations President Obama!

RIP Chris Eckhardt

RIP Chris Eckhardt 

Chris Eckhardt took an antiwar stand
and came to school wearing a black arm band.
He won a Supreme Court fight
for a student's free speech right
which brought more freedom to our land!

Christopher Eckhardt Obituary

My high school class lost a classmate and friend to cancer.  Chris was involved in winning a US Supreme Court decision in 1969; Tinker vs Des Moines School Board, that was a landmark case for the rights of students.  

I remember Chris best from junior high.  Several  of us were wrestling around outside during lunch and Chris landed on some broken glass cutting his arm.  Usually blood brings blame and trouble but Chris did not blame anyone and calmly went to get stitched up. 

Remembering that mishaps, when I later became a boys club and little league baseball coach, I always policed the schoolyard fields where we practiced to remove any broken glass or sharp rocks that might cause injury.

Gary's Guide to Trickle Down Economics

Gary's Guide to Trickle Down Economics

If you hope that green cash will come trickling down
from the rich folks who happen to live in your town
I'm telling you poor fellow
it will be something yellow
unless you're unlucky and it's colored brown.

As always when I give out advice dear readers remember to read the disclaimer!

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