Author Archives: jackpelham

I knew a good manAnd if I’m right about that,And accounting for the fact that Most of us are rather messy and pricklyAnd inconsistent in various ways,He was a good man indeed. And you could tell it by the way … Continue reading →

She poses and posturesAnd prances aboutAs if on grand paradeFor the very purpose of makingHer acrimonious case against you —The point of it all being inConvincing a certain audienceThat she is in the rightAnd you are in the wrongAnd that … Continue reading →

I’ve recently decided to leave Facebook as I’m plenty tired of Zuckerberg’s corruption and cannot support it in good conscience, and as participation in the social network is simply not the best use of my time. And like so many … Continue reading →

I suppose the moment at which we realizedThat we would be walking togetherWas that day on the farmWhen you giddily picked me the Black-eyed Susan and presented itLike a doe-eyed school girl, singing me:“I’ll bring you a daisy a day, … Continue reading →

What you want to know about says a great deal about it.So does what you do not want to know about.And so does what you’ve been urged to look into by others, but haven’t yet done. Somebody somewhere can see … Continue reading →

Let us observe some things about ourselves in how various people among us might answer an overarching question about how to fix a society that most would agree is seriously ailing. QUESTION “What should be done about the mess we’re … Continue reading →

I am wearied by this world,Its endless waves washing ashoreDay after weary day,And filled as they are with the rubbishOf what might have been fixed already—Each filthy rush a testimonyTo how few really care to make things right—Or know how. … Continue reading →

Many of the people I knowAre safer than they think.In one way or another, They shy away from dangers That are barely real — If they are real at all—Or from a past that can beNeither present nor future But … Continue reading →

It is the grandest irony,I think,That Herr Hitler—Wicked narcissist that he was—Was eventually brought down by the decreeThat all communiques of the ReichShould bear the salute, “Heil Hitler”. It was discovered to be the one thingEvery dispatch would have in … Continue reading →

They come together, These people,Each beautiful in their various ways,Offering up their strengthsAs gifts to us all—Having received themAs gifts themselves. One is the bearer of a grand fact, And the other of a great skill.One of a kind heart,And … Continue reading →