Monthly Archives: February 2020

Yet another update   Just spent the weekend working on an article about Malcolm Jenkins talk at Swarthmore’s Cooper Series, sending it out.  Monday Night was the huge crowd (well, fifteen) at Swarthmore Public Safety Committee Meeting.  More about that … Continue reading →

Walking into Swarthmoretown on Monday, March 25th an undated Poem The last snowtime of this long sad winter not a joyous snow, nor heaving winds we had that not this snow season but a messy slightly disreputable snow messy and … Continue reading →

Used to be used to be I went to sleep last night with used to be on my mind- Gladys Knight and the Pips For Lamont B. Steptoe. There used to be a bar called Bacchanal 1320 South Street art … Continue reading →

The following is excerpted from a 1950s high school home economics textbook HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE Have dinner ready. Plan ahead even the night before to have a delicious meal -on time. This is a way of letting … Continue reading →

To all   I worked on this at a workshop with the Ridley Writers Circle. Thanks to Rich and everyone.   Took me a while to find time and get the scanner(s) working again. More old Poems to follow.   … Continue reading →

Leccia Octavia 7-20-99 Artpiece Seen in the Helen Druitt Gallery Created by Rudoph Stiffel at age of 68 (still creating 20 years later)   Needles through a Venus De Milo all pain all white what does it mean ‘what does … Continue reading →

What I don’t believe   I don’t believe that they didn’t have the results of that damn Iowa dem Caucus I don’t believe that   I don’t believe that we’ll ever know the Kennedy Truth the Jack the Ripper truth … Continue reading →

Curfew 1961 1 I was 12 then it’s my story and I’m telling my truth I was 12 then and walking down Academy on the way to Tree mont  when there  was a cop stop 2 I was looking forward … Continue reading →