Ringling Bros. Circus is closing down after 146 years. I feel like my parents just told me I’m too old to go trick-or-treating. I try to express this in 2 poems. Continue reading
Category Archives: poetry
Michael Erdelen – Immortality for Poets
The Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs (recently renamed Poetry Society of Indiana) gathered at McCormick’s Creek State Park a couple weeks ago for fellowship and poems, poems, poems. Here’s a presentation by Lowell, IN, poet, Michael Erdelen, called “Immortality for Poets.” Shown with permission. It was the 37th such gathering for ISFPC, but my … Continue reading
Poem: Another Good Friday
Been there, heard that? Does your heart grow softer or harder to the Crucifixion over time? Continue reading
A very short Good Friday poem
A very short Good Friday poem Continue reading
An Unsentimental Spring Poem
What do you think of when you think of Spring? Bike tires? Hairy legs? Here’s what I picture. Continue reading
Gaze at Me Over the Piano Again, Mr. Darcy
A Limerick for Pride and Prejudice Continue reading
Love stories! See us Feb 14.
Some of my local poet and writer friends will be reading our works this Valentine’s Day!
Open mic 7-8pm.
Nickel Plate Arts Continue reading
MLKJD
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job … Continue reading
Grocery Store Etiquette
A poem about those little bars that separate orders on the conveyor belt at the checkout. Would Miss Manners approve?
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Cheating on the Eye Exam
A VISIT TO THE OPTOMETRIST Or WHAT’S THE OTHER ONE FOR? Went to the eye doctor yesterday, and though my new glasses are tops, I really wanted a monocle. I’m a nearsighted cyclops. Well, I’m no cyclops, but I really did go to the optometrist yesterday. My optometrist cracks me up, because after … Continue reading
Sarah E. Morin 