All poems and stories

  • Free, a poem

    Freedom is not free. This is often said by politicians to defend their shameful sacrifice of young lives in wars. Any politician that engages in war is a failed politician in my book! I see that statement differently. To be free is not the same thing as having freedom! The freedom offered in society does…

  • Hans and Sabine, inventions, adventures, contraptions and even a latrine

  • Rip, a short story

    Ben was about to start the second season of Dexter when the dinosaur walked past his house. It had a huge teeth-filled head and looked like a T-Rex. It had to be a T-Rex. Ben was in his home office on the second floor of his house when he saw the giant head bob past…

  • Bored, a poem

    I told someone earlier this week that once I was a crastinator, but have since become a pro. I have things to do, but I am also very fortunate to have time to waste. Of course wasting time is not good, but it is good when you can! Having downtime to kick back and relax,…

  • Pendulum, a poem

    I see this phenomenon everywhere. Opinions and direction swings like a pendulum, from one end of the spectrum to the other, only passing the middle ground, but lingering at the extremes. The saying ‘Two wrongs don’t make a right!’ applies here. These swings are much more common and prominent due to media programming. And here…