Shakespeare vs. John Hollander One step foward Two steps back Oh come on Hollander... You can do better than that! If I wrote like a monkey Or, goofed on a spell Would credence support Your insultuous tales? I challenge you pen against pen Our minds engaged The world the witness The New Yorker the stage! Will you prove your points And, graciously accept? Or, do you fear this challenge... Honorably left. Poetry fairs the sword Our skill bares the shield The world will determine Which writ...

Here comes the "U" ! Here comes the "S" !   Here comes the "C" ! Here comes the BEST !   Here comes the HEART ! Here come the SOUL !   Here comes the BOOM ! Baby let's GO !  Let's GO !  Let's GO!

Substitute "Cultural Blinders" for "Humane Bifocals".

Substitute "Cultural Blinders" for "Humane Bifocals."

I will not be a statistic I will not be afraid To advance above the masses And become a household name I will fight my way through misery I will figure my life out My writings will become history And leave very little doubt Because I endured and I stuggled Because I sacrificed and I achieved Statues and other dedications Will be made in honor of me...

Our little girl needs a Heart today That's what the Doctor said But our Insurance doesn't cover it and we're too far in Debt We sold the house, the cars, and the van We sold everything we could for an Organ Transplant That's why we're absolutely pissed We can't believe our daughters name didn't make the Donor's List Our little girl needs a Heart today That's what the Doctor said But that was early in the morning This afternoon she's dead.

There is no curse Possibly worse Than that of the childless father There is no pain Suffered in vain More outstanding than mine To be denied My other life The one I seeded fair To have taken away My other self The one I loved and cared What in life can be as hard Surely, You do not know For I am a childless father The saddened tortured soul

A kidnapped child cries in anguish Look for me, I am comfort A loved one has succumbed to death I am with you, I am peace You pray to God in desperation To me, it's no wonder Your weary heart grows depressed I shall carry thee I brace life's weight Placed upon your troubled soul My brother's names are Love and Faith My name is called Hope

A kidnapped child cries in anguish Look for me, I am comfort A loved one has succumbed to death I am with you, I am peace You pray to God in desperation To me, it's no wonder Your weary heart grows depressed I shall carry thee I brace life's weight Placed upon your troubled soul My brother's names are Love and Faith My name is called Hope

All is and all isn't In order for all to be Time is sentient And not fallacy Humanity can not comprehend The great expanse of time However, Existence may be conceptualized With a proper mind To be or not to be Wasn't the question meant It was the secret answer Hidden in riddled defense