Malarkey is the Capital of France

What if all your poems were about aluminum?

Another Limerick for National Poetry Month

Are the poems you write mediocre?
Have you mistaken the pen for the poker?
Then they'll give you a month
And they'll praise the whole bunch
of the green leaves you wilt into ochre.

A Limerick for National Poetry Month

There once was a poem from Nantucket
Whose feet put each foot in a bucket.
And when April came 'round
We all heard the sound
Of that tin-footed poem from Nantucket.

A Limerick Regarding Certain Reactions to Recent Health-Care Legislation

The heads talked like infants with colic,
Put the hype into bald hyperbolic,
And longed for the days
When our every malaise
Was cured with leaches so warm and bucolic.

A New Poem

My poem "Lizzie Borden, What's All the Fuss About?" has been electrically published by So & So.

Click HERE to read it.

Postcard 73: Unposted, circa 1965

Japan Air Lines

.
"Kinu-No-Ma" Lounge
of Dc-8 Jet Courier

Photo: The Spirit of '76

Photo: Dogs with Bows and Beers

Old
Milwaukee
Beer

Postcard 72: Postmarked January 8th, 1896, Fort Madison, Iowa

Fort Madison, Iowa
.
Dear Bro. R
...........Did you
receive my letter
inquiring whether
you could do
what I suggested
in regard to that
business matter?
.....We are writing
to hear, so please
reply soon as
convenient, &
oblige Yours truly
Mrs. W

Postcard 71: Postmarked July 5th, 1917, Gettysburg, PA

Pennsylvania State Monument, Gettysburg, Pa.

,

7-5-17 A second trip to

Gettysburg, this time

with Mrs De Forrer as

guests of Mrs Whitman.

I wish you might have

seen it. We have conference

tomorrow.....Eva B.

Postcard 70: Postmarked Jan. 11th, 1911, Chicago, Illinois

New Year Greetings

,

Best wishes for

a Happy New Year

from Jen

Postcard 69: Postmarked Dec. 31st, 1908, Chicago, Illinois

A Happy New Year

.

From Papa to Eldon

Red Cloud is so

fat he can't move

You will half to

ride him lots when

you come home

Papa

Postcard 68: Postmarked Nov. 13th, 1951, Lebanon, MO

Highway 66, between Wayneville and Rolla, Missouri in the beautiful Ozarks

,

Dear Roy,

Is the valley alive

yet? We rode over

this place in the pic-

ture today, a fine

road but very windy.

Papa

Postcard 67: Postmarked Dec 21st, Early in the 20th Century, Somewhere in Iowa

Merry Christmas

m

I'm just a Christmas post-card

But I bring a greeting true

From a friend who wants this Christmas

To mean Everything to You.

;

Merry Christmas

to you all

from

Joe, Mary & Alice

Postcard 66: Embroidered Christmas Card, Dated 12/19/65

The Last Supper

.

Dear Friend,

Wishing you a very

Merry Christmas and a blessed

New Year with good Health.

.

Love,

The Schott's

Postcard 65: Postmarked Dec. 17th, 1925, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton .O. 12/16/25

f

Three words only but they sell

My Christmas message very well:

A Merry Christmas

.

Dear Classmate;

This is to

remind you that

olden times are not forgotten.

Best wishes to you & yours

"Brube"

Postcard 64: Postmarked April 21st, 1952 Chicago, Il.

Super Circus

l

Thought we might be in

Iowa last summer but

did not make it. Our

act Valentine's Pet

Parade is on Super

Circus Sunday May 4

Helen & Nevin

Postcard 63: Unposted, 1909 Poem by Arthur Capper of Topeka, Kansas

Sweetheart Series

s

The Silver stars of a summer night

Grow pale 'neath your eyes' soft gleam--

And the lightest summer winds, sweetheart,

Oh, harsh by your voice they seem!

Postcard 62: Postmarked June 2nd, 1952, El Paso, TX

Giant Dome Carlsbad Cavern New Mexico

m

Dear Patsy, Well, I

passed the test on

100 & here I am in

El Paso. We're going

to Old Mexico tomorrow.

We went through the

cavern today & it's

just wonderful.

We've been traveling

quite a bit & I like

it lots. Well, I'll

write when I get home.

Love, Bettie

Postcard 61: Postmarked March 21st, 1912, Alden, Iowa

Best Wishes

.

Dear Aunt,

.

I received your letter

and was sorry to here of

your being sick. They are going

to have a post card shower on

Pa his birthday the 31 of March.

You might tell the Irvin girls

and anyone you thought would

like to send a card. I hope you

are better now. With Love

Write soon Maggie Bisbee

Postcard 60: Postmark August 29th, 1912, Hancock, Minn.

Best Wishes From

.

Good luck and joy attend thee

On this thy natal day

All blessings to befriend thee

..........................Alway

.

Dear bro sis & Gerald

we are all well George

is plowing

Pa's folks are going

to stack millet Chas

Grace and Children

will be up we have

been awful busy

I have been plowing

some we got a lot

to do this fall Ma

and I have been

putting up some

.....fruit Alice

Photo: Damaged Victorian Portrait

From

Spink & Horton's

Uptown Gallery

Oshkosh, Wis.

Me, Reading Poems on the Radio

Below is a link to a radio program featuring a reading of poems (by me) about Frankenstein's monster, axe murderers, ghosts, post-apocalyptic space travel and so forth. I start reading about 45 minutes into the show. Listen and enjoy!

http://shows.wuog.org/purple-cow/2009/10/28/spooky-ghosty-halloween-poems-wuog-birthoween/

Postmodern Melville: Found in a used copy of Moby Dick, filled in by the star spangled banana staff

Postcard 59: Postmarked July 31st, 1905, Lubec, ME

"Comin' Thro' The Rye"

..

Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye

Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye Rye

...................................................................ASG

Postcard 58: Postmarked August 16th, 1907, Addison, ME

State House. Boston, Mass.

.

I am still alive

and kicking

hope you

the same

are you going

back this fall.

...Carl

Postcard 57: Postmarked Oct. 3rd, 1906 (6:30 AM) Orono ME & Oct 3rd, 1906 (7:00 PM) East Machias, ME

Alumni Hall, University of Maine

.
Will write

soon or sooner

.

Here is where

we play basketball

largest gymnasium

...................Leroy

Postcard 56: Postmarked Oct 6th, 1906 Dennysville ME (6:00 PM) & Oct 6th, 1906, East Machias ME (8:00 PM)

Portland, ME. Rustic Bridge, Riverton Park.

;

We are all well.

Probably someone will meet you

....................tomorrow night. Mother

.

Told you I should not

write if you were coming

home. Letter received today.

Postcard 55: Postmarked June 16th, 1906, Andover, MA

B & M Railway Station, Andover Mass

.

Dear Max, I have been wanting to write you for a long

time. That letter you wrote me was just fine. Just think I will

be home next Wed. Give my love to all you family and

I hope you will excuse me for not writing. With love

.................................................................your cousin Edith

NUMER NINE

FROM NOW ON THERE ARE ONLY NINE LETTERS IN THE ALPHABET

Postcard 54: Postmarked April 20th, 1906, Boston Mass

Does this

Look natural? Or don't you remember ? Mabel

Fortune Cookie: Nap Time

Overheard at the University of New Orleans

"You hated that book? Well I hate you."

Postcard 53: Unposted, Mid-20th Century Linen Souvenir Card

The National Gallery of Art

.

We wasn't

in here but

we went and

looked it over

We also had a

room up just

a ways We were

on 9th St.