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Serenading You

April 21, 2025 Earl Yarington

Slowly searching in the sea of life, The sound of birth echoes within me that night; I search for passion,

Poetry

Before

September 17, 2024 Len Shindel

Before our opinions, you were as confident and brash as I was tentative and timid.

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“Birthday Party At My House (If I Had a House)”

September 6, 2024September 2, 2024 Sam Hendrian

Couldn’t remember the day he was born So he couldn’t blame others for not knowing Except there weren’t any others

Poetry

Walking

November 26, 2023 Sid Gold

Fortunately, you can go out walking. You expect very little, only dusk foreshadowing night, the murmur of animal life at

Len Shindel Poetry

Small Town

November 3, 2023 Len Shindel

So you think our small town’s

so damn pretty

while you get on your soapbox

‘bout crime in the city.

Anthony C. Hayes Poetry

She’s Almost Dorothy Parker

April 1, 2023February 2, 2026 Anthony C. Hayes

A Chesterfield fast upon her lips (She’s almost Dorothy Parker) A whiskey neat at her fingertips (She’s almost Dorothy Parker)

Poetry

Uncomfortable Truths

December 18, 2022 Earl Yarington

Maybe the perfect world we seek Is not meant to be; Maybe the bliss of heaven Becomes hell for eternity;

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Notebook: National Road musical; Rick Vatz lecture hall; Gary Alexander poems

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Len Lazarick

Probably more State House folks will remember Gary Alexander as the lead named partner of Alexander & Cleaver, once one of the major law and lobbying firms in Annapolis, rather than his three terms in the House of Delegates. The Prince George’s County Democrat ended his political career in 1994 as speaker-pro tem of the House.