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Tarzana Joe: Say it Ain't So

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For all your poetry needs. Jan 26, 2015. Say it Ain't So. The cast of Downton Abbey wins the SAG Award for best acting. The announcement was made the same night History Channel debuted “Sons of Liberty” which is all about taxation without representation. Well, I’ve got news for you SAG members. Your tax dollars are going to pay for the salaries of the non-SAG actors, writers, directors and crew of Downton. Do you think that the UK’s Carnival Film and Television lets PBS broadcast it for free? Allow me to...

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Tarzana Joe: RUN JOE RUN !

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For all your poetry needs. Apr 17, 2015. Our country’s favorite son. The nation needs your leadership. The also-rans have all begun assembling their staffs. We love our crazy uncle and we sure could use some laughs. And what’s a campaign season without attitude and gaffs. So tell us you’re a candidate before the day is done. Your countrymen are calling for you. Without you it’s no fun. Say it with me everybody. Just think of the attention your announcing it will bring. Now much more than ever baby. Tarza...

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Tarzana Joe: 2Poems 2Day

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For all your poetry needs. Feb 13, 2015. It just won’t fit inside my brain. Who goes to war to just contain? It’s such an old familiar song. Let’s move on in; but not for long. Let’s go and give this thing a shot. And give it half of what we’ve got. Strategies that I’ve devised are cooler now, and hipper. So follow me, America. Let’s tie one for the Gipper. The Language of Flowers. Once a year, like clockwork. For 24 Sweet Hours. The whole world speaks one language. They say it all with flowers. Promote ...

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Tarzana Joe: A Preview of this Week's Poem

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For all your poetry needs. Jan 14, 2015. A Preview of this Week's Poem. Welcome to our world. You now have to choose. Of two evils,. Ignore all the facts. And keep singing your song. Or step up to the mike. And admit you were wrong. You wrote, at the time. That high costs should be shared. But hoped, way back when. That somehow you’d be spared. I know what you’re thinking. You don’t have to say it. A tax is regressive. If you have to pay it. But sorry to tell you. Ye Brahmins and solons. Say it Aint So.

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Tarzana Joe: Thanksgiving 2014

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For all your poetry needs. Nov 26, 2014. Recently, I’ve pondered on. As we acquire more and more. We find less to be thankful for. My iPhone 5 is really great. I wish that it was up to date. Somehow I feel that I deserve. To own a flat-screen with a curve. Or get what’s bigger, faster, better. Oh how I need another sweater! That’s why I think in each November. We pause a moment to remember. How, with each breath our blessings mount. And how we should our blessings count. And in that moment of reflection.

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Tarzana Joe: A Tapestry of Contradictions

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For all your poetry needs. Nov 21, 2014. A Tapestry of Contradictions. I didn’t think it’d get this bad. I’d laugh, except it’s all so sad. In fact, I think it’s quite as bad as it could ever get. A promise is no promise. And a threat is not a threat. Instead it’s gloom that’s spreading. When he swore he’d spread the wealth. And now it’s gone so far,. He’s even lying to himself. He told us we could keep the plan and doctor that we liked. But soon it was the promise not a football that got spiked. I&#8217...

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Tarzana Joe: Why is this Week Different?

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For all your poetry needs. Dec 25, 2014. Why is this Week Different? I’d like to take my pen in hand. And write a little rant. I’d like to vent invective. But it’s Christmas, and I can’t. I’d like to raise my voice. And say the words mom said I couldn’t. I’d like to bruise the language. But it’s Christmas, and I shouldn’t. I’d like to lose my temper. Though my friends all tell me, “Don’t! I need an angry outburst. But it’s Christmas, and I won’t. We find a world that’s fallen. He came for all the nations.

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Tarzana Joe: How to Get Away With....

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For all your poetry needs. Mar 6, 2015. How to Get Away With. It’s happening all over. Just like you remember when. The vast right wing conspiracy. Is on the move again. They’ve got their pitchforks sharpened. And their banners all unfurled. To see if they can stop. The smartest woman in the world. Their motives may be many. But their tactics are revealing. They just don’t want a woman. Crashing through that Crystal Ceiling. The campaign clouds have gathered. And when it pours, it’s rainin’. Tarzana Joe ...

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Tarzana Joe: CH CH CH Changes

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For all your poetry needs. Jul 2, 2015. CH CH CH Changes. Every day the world is changing. In some ways quite hard to notice. Which has not a thin to do with. Who’s the POTUS or the SCOTUS. From the levels of the oceans. To the heights of mountain ranges. For a hundred million seasons. And a thousand climate changes. From the way the birds are singing. To the way the corn is growing. Either shockingly or subtly. Without you even knowing. So it shouldn’t be surprising. Take a look at ancient history.

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Tarzana Joe: Poem 529

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For all your poetry needs. Jan 30, 2015. Every year, the Beltway crowd. All get a little thrill. As they take the White House budget. On its journey to The Hill. You’ll hear familiar phrases like,. 8220;Well, this will never fly.”. While others, with annoyance say,. 8220;The ink’s not even dry.”. The most familiar phrasing? According to the vets here. The folks who say, “That’s D.O.A.”. Before it even gets here! But what we saw this week. Is really quite unprecedented. The people rose in outrage. A Previ...