I knew an old lady who use to say
“Ain’t it grand?“
Every day
about subjects big and small
on local people
and the town hall
her positive attitude
on all subjects
earned everyone’s gratitude
and the local newspaper ran
her column about the community
and her love for this land
readers looked forward every week
to read about their town’s activities
that were so unique
alas!
all good things come to an end
but she’ll always be remembered
as a godsend
all aboard the pot train my friend
your time is here
the demonization has come to an end
it’s really mind blowing seeing marijuana legit
to an old hippie like me
that’s as good as it can get
back in the day pot was a crime
no such thing as legal weed
with arrests going on all the time
those who smoked Mary Jane
risked their very freedom
running in the fast lane
more than half of the USA
has legalized marijuana
and more states are on the way
I really didn’t think
I’d live to see the day
who are poems for?
the wealthy or the poor?
or is it possible
there’s more?
emphatically, yes!
they’re for everyone
to access
poems are gifts to share
with the rest of us
anywhere
who enjoy a poetic flair
watching words take wing
rhyming with everything
flights of imagination
with every narration
comes from poetry
like leaves from a tree
we gather them up
into our memory
he stood amidst the ruins of the city
a warrior raised with no pity
when no one was looking
a tear welled up in his eye
for all the men who had to die
she was as tough as could be
a corporate climber making money
but when no one was looking
she would cry
tired of being the bad “guy”
he was a professional fighter
who wanted to be a writer
when no one was looking
he proved he had what it took
and wrote a book
Controversial columns by Dave Stancliff
Hello everyone!
I thought I’d share some of my columns that ran in The Times-Standard in Eureka, California. My column, As It Stands, kicked off in 2008 and ran through 2014.
A Look Back
As It Stands: This column’s genesis, anniversary and gnarly toes Good for a few laughs.
As It Stands, by now I’m sure you figured out that I’m keeping that column alive by morphing it into this blog. Hence, The Return of As It Stands.
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I want to be rich. Rich in love, rich in health, rich in laughter, rich in adventure and rich in knowledge. You?
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