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Verse – The Male
When I am mowing grass between the growing Christmas trees, I often see the red-winged bird perched high observing me. If I turn the loud mower off I’ll hear his scolding cry a Konk-la-ree, a...
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Verse – Sweep, vacuum, dust
Sweep, Vacuum, Dust (with presbyopia) We’re not in a health club–we have no cool shirt. We don’t go to yoga–nor live in a yurt. In our house, we clean, And try to stay lean, But now with our old eyes,...
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Black Beatings – White Policemen
How do you explain this? Watch and read Steve’s explanation. Verse – We Serve & Protect Sadly, some white policemen serve themselves, their deepest fears, on the streets American, by protecting...
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The Socialist Jew
This tweet caught Steve’s attention, as well it should! Socialist Jew QuoteFiled under: America, Politics, Religion, Steve Shoemaker Tagged: Bernie Sanders, Christmas, December 25, SenSanders,...
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Verse by inveterate Cubs fan
(The Bus Has A Restroom) Seniors on the bus The bus carries seniors, yes, 50 or more. To see the Cubs play, to see the Cubs score! We ride for 3 hours, But then come the showers, And thunder and...
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Verse – Flooded Former Bean Field
Champaign County, Illinois. June 29, 2015, A.D. Climate Change is still my tune, Everyone will know it soon; It’s rained just twice, And that is nice: Once all May, and once all June… [“LIKE” if you...
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Verse – Tour Guides
Verse — Tour Guides in 1962 at the Mansion of the late Col. Robert R. McCormick, former Editor/Publisher of the Chicago Tribune We said “Cantigny” like “Cubs-Wrigley.” “Can-TIG-knee,” after all, was...
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Medical Marijuana
Steve (Shoemaker) and Alexander Sharp, ordained clergy advocates for the medical use of marijuana, wrote a guest commentary published by the News-Gazette to set the record straight on medical...
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Verse – Lillian Weaver
Lillian Weaver’s College Class Her eyes would glint below grey hair, she’d lift the book so we could see the Fine Art illustration. Her gold wedding ring was a ruby, even though her spouse ran a bank....
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Verse – Wisteria
Wisteria around post How does the tendril sense a post is near? How does it know to wrap clockwise? A plant knows more than we and we can even see! We close our eyes, we’re lost– we’ll run into the...
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Cooperative Success
Cooperative Scrabble Say YES to socialism! Fight Corporate Power! Play COOPERATIVE on-line Scrabble: Make symmetrical patterns, Ignore the score! Work together, mutual satisfaction– Down with...
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Verse – a New Inscription
A New Inscription For The Statue of Liberty The lamp once was a beacon. Now the hand holds high a searchlight, torch, a burning flame exposing all the exiles, all who came unasked in search of liberty....
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Verse – Wasp Leg
WASP LEG (How to remember the 7 Deadly Sins) Wrath is unrighteous indignation Avarice is wanting more than enough Sloth kept me from doing what I should Pride has I in the middle Lust will do it no...
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Verse – I’m Still a Presbyterian
I have made a new “Friend” on my FaceBook: It is Francis, the Pope–you can look; But he never will “Comment”, Or will “Like” what I present, He just Pronounces and quotes the Good Book. – Steve...
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Verse on Another Tower
The Kingdom Tower, Saudi Arabia Meeting an engineer helping design and build what will be the world’s tallest building at over 3,250 feet, the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia, reminds Steve of his first...
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Verse – SpEcTaToRs
Is there a day without a sport? Remember when ABC’s Wide World of Sports was just on TV Saturdays… and for only 90 minutes? Baseball games were on the radio. Now ESPN Channels 1-348 are on 24-7. Just...
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Verse – The Assignation
What could be more secure? He gave the combination of his PO Box to her, Left to C, Right twice to G, Left to B, then open. She’d find his note, know when & where to meet, and no one in town would...
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Verse – Eclipsed
Our son called with the news of his son’s birth. It was before cell phones– I took the call while sitting down behind my own grandfather’s desk now in my office at the Y. The news caused both of us to...
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Verse – Mutual Attraction
She may have been my father’s mistress, but I’ll never know. “I’ve given all that up,” was all he’d ever say until we put him in the ground. He helped our mother up and down the stairs for years with...
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Verse – The Cavity
The broken tooth hurt only when I would breathe in. The air across the exposed nerve sent electricity up to my head. My wife of fifty years asked, “Do you have some chewing gum? Use it to cover up the...
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