PNC connection In MI, we have PNC bankBanks are warm and fuzzy ifyou’re a billionaire or you’re in,“It’s a Wonderful Life.”PNC is not an acronym for bankspart of a larger financial empire. In court lingo, PNC is code for,“pleads no contest” to a crime,meaning one is not guilty butis not innocent either.Gouging, threatening, fee-ingare not…
Category: 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest
POPO 2026 Day 16
As gardener & bird feeder,even when livingalone, I am taking oncultivating community.This philosophy also goesfor folks with fur babiesand aquariums; a willingnessto do the work, with no otherexpectation of thanksthan observing & appreciatingmy & their health blossoming.
POPO 2026 Day 15
Rally July 19 Five yessed to start; now three,we’re going to listen toBernie, El-Sayed, and AOC.A gathering so largebeyond any so far for me.I long to merge with swelling sea,shoulder to shoulder,kindred believers inwe, the peoples’ rightto have and speak outfor democracy.
POPO 2026 Day 14
Ground-cover along drivewayresists heat of boulders ’roundwhich they curve.Sedum and woolly thymeride surface of powdery earthlike blooming toupeeon octogenarian’s head.I hear them sigh as hoseshowers cool them in last of day.
POPO 2026 Day 13
Should I go back to work? Home maintenance cries for attentionbut so do Mlady & Dotty, my cats.Monks live in caves, at peace.Does monk peace energy improvethe world? Although not a monk,if I leave my cave, my work mayimprove the world; and definitelywould refresh-renovate my home. note: poem was writtenJuly 13, when Dotty was still…
POPO 2026 Day 12
Fires across MN and Canadasend smoke to blanket MI.Hazy heavy heat holds usand every lifehealth hostage.Through A/C it cools home airas it enters, but particulates invade.Tired Trees work overtime,guzzling aerial CO2 residueof distant dying brethren,pumping out respitemana for our lungs. written July 12, 2026
POPO 2026 Day 11
At a friend’s annual work evalher supervisor gave her a “5”and sent the eval to adminfor signature. Admin sent itback, unsigned, and saidnobody’s perfect. Always roomfor improvement. That sentimentmost certainly applies to admin.
