April, 2009

Pennsylvania’s Signs of Spring

While we support President Obama’s stimulus program, and we hope every American who wants a job gets one, there’s one phrase being used which causes us to shudder-”shovel ready.” This, of course, lends itself to highway, bridge, and overpass work and, with that, more of those blooming pylons.



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Resurrection of Intolerance

The fanatic right-wing, after taking a few days off to catch their breath, is back again with vengeance.



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Pennsylvania Dreamin’

Channeling John Lennon more than The Mamas and the Papas, Ron invited the audience to do some Pennsylvania Dreamin’. He asked them to Imagine a Pennsylvania where…



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“Tweet” As In Sweet

We ask that all of you leave your memories of Tweet here to share with us. Thanks.

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Apollinaire and Lowenfels, A Death And A Beginning

The poet admits that all his journeys are toward death, yet it is the “eye/that lives in the lamppost” which attracts his mind. It is the x-mark, the unknown quantity in life which is constantly moving on the horizon. The ducks that rise into the sky at night in North Dakota to blot out the moon are symbols of life’s persistence. The brain itself whenever any thinking is done performs an act that becomes an unmistakable sign of life.

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You Can Tell

A view of a part of life many of us are now addressing.



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Phil and Betsy: Illinois Farmers

A resonant Midwestern vignette.



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The White Noise Machine

A new poem by the poetry editor of CommonSense2.



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Chapters 16 thru 20

In the previous installment: Darnell lost Leesa, the love of his life, to a quarry accident. Now he must find a way to carry on. He begins a new relationship…



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Palling Around With Palin

Before Dorothy, they were an immigration lawyer, a schoolteacher and an artist. After Dorothy, they were three hell-hounds from the Netherworld— putrescent blobs of gelatinous goop!

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