Yo Don't Say

Two New Yorkers -- And some other fella -- "Excuse us, but did you say something, stranger..."

Straight Shooter

V -- Like a Zorro -- Except a rosey -- Bow & arrow -- Right at your -- Heart -- The day accepts a -- Scarlet letter...

"You Don't Lie"

The state of -- The Union -- It stinks -- Thank you all-- For coming..

Debit

When all your wealth -- Is owned -- By doubt --Take from it-- In small amounts -- The golden ring --Cannot be reached -- If you strive for such-- In one complete -- The lock to here -- Has  many turns-- Before self is held-- Within sure hands...

The King's Reach

The Royal Family -- While waiting on Hitler's Germany -- They were in India -- Doing Gandhi....

Oscar Predictions

Best Actor: Colin Firth -- Best Actress:Natalie Portman -- Best Supporting Actor: Geoffery Rush -- Best Supporting  Actress:Hailee Steinfeld -- Best Director:David Fincher -- Best Film:The King's Speech

Sherwood Forest

Only the trees -- Give up -- Their gold -- Must be showing off -- For Thoreau...

Light Makes Might

Men -- Once again -- Are setting themselves -- On fire -- Ahh, the warm glow -- Of the -- Human body...

The Way We Are

Bombings -- Without them -- The news -- Would have no -- Evenings...

Tommy Guns

The Hmong -- Their wicked -- Uncle Sam -- Just shrugged...

Man Of War

Camouflage -- Even a mother's -- Nature -- Gets shanghied...

Maya Con Dios

Bishop Samuel Ruiz -- Of Chiapas -- God itself-- Went to the Pearly Gate -- To unlock it...

Rumble In The Amazon . Jungle

Shelving your books -- Together -- I wonder if -- You have to be -- Careful -- Of the writer's -- Who despised -- Each other...

NFL Prediction

Thought it would be Ray Lewis of the Ravens eating everyone alive -- But now it's got to be Pittsburgh over the Packers... No, wait, the game is indoors -- Packers...

Soldier Of Fortune Telling

The future of -- Warfare -- I see robots -- Will kill  -- A tall dark -- Handsome lad...

Here's Looking At You Comrade

Rick -- Helped supply -- Spain -- He then retreated -- To Casablanca -- And opened a cafe...

Outrageous Fortune

"To be or not to be/that is the question..." -- Edwin Booth -- After his brother -- Shot Lincoln...

Formula I & II

Updike -- The station wagon - John Cheever -- Side swiped...

Lifetime Lost Achievement Award

Let's do Hollywood -- Anyone you choose -- But not too far back -- To Holden,Mitchum, Liz -- And a red carpet -- With all eyes glued -- Because here comes -- Him -- James Dean -- If  a reality -- Had come true...

Possible Dream

Lined up bikes -- Cervantes knights...

Shake-Rattle-Et Al

Since perfection is -- When it works -- Like a charm -- Then all we need is -- One pagan god...

Belmont Steaks

Down the stretch -- Comes -- Horseradish..

Putin It To Us

In the former -- Soviet Union -- I wonder if -- They have a -- Charlie Wilson...

Butter Knife

I just assumed -- He had a buck -- In his leather scabbard -- But -- Send me cell phones -- To match my mountains...

The Great Right Way

"Hair" - Too bad -- It couldn't end -- In a Mel Brooks -- Blaze..

Bringing It All Back Home

Refer to midtownmonthly.net to reference a profile article of William J. Hughes...

Oscar Meyer

The streets run red -- With carpets -- The onslaught of -- Nonsense...

Movie Review

Somewhere -- Ms Sofia's Edward Hopper does L.A. -- Interesting to see inside the Chateau Marmont -- But  the lead character doesn't  feel quite Johnny Depp enough -- not movie star striking enough to carry it off -- could this Johnny Marco be that big enough for all the stuff?The daughter is nice, but seems & scenes familiar ,almost sitcom noir. And the ending -- well, seems like you've seen it before?  That's Stephen Dorf & Elle Fanning...staring...

Born To Be Somewhat

Jeff Bridges -- If in Easy Rider -- It all turned out -- Successful...

War Of Words

Be careful what you say to other Vietnam vets-- they may get very upset --nonfiction...

Trouble Of Arabia

Arizona -- There must be -- Something -- In the -- Desert water...

Gospel

Rape -- Thy name is -- Man...

Freak Show

If you go to Wrigley Field, make sure to take in pregame Waveland Ave. -- where the guys gather to shag the batting practice and game balls. Brace yourself -- crazed , guys with 3,000 balls under their belt...

Rag To Riches

Got the New Yorker -- Rolled up in -- My back pocket -- Like a workin' stiff -- On Nantucket...

Yelling "Live" In A Crowded Theatre

The studio was -- Certainly good -- But unfortunately -- It wasn't -- Norwegian wood...

Powder Room

The need for guns -- I am empty to figure -- Never content to -- Point and pull trigger -- A trait of -- Their clubs is -- They always stop -- Niggers...

Flaming Hoops

The ways of war -- Old tricks -- To new dogs...

Wounded

A time ago -- In a land called -- Idaho -- Some written that was -- Time To check out -- The shells make two shouts -- Blood and bone splatter -- The walls and the floor -- In a pool of himself  -- Lies the crippled matador...

I Accept

Outside the norm -- Perhaps to wear -- The hunchback's crown -- Fool perhaps -- Be a part -- To stay stiff against no -- When public your heart...

National Anthem

My country -- Tis of thee -- You didn't do enough -- Your legacy...

Hair Raising

   The trees -- Side Show Bob -- With thorns -- The trees --Side Show Bob -- Winter shorn...

Dr. Parking Lot I Presume

Rain soaked moss -- In the cracks -- Of the pavement -- River deltas and maps -- Into the interior...

Pillow Talk

I'd like to take -- A Catskill nap -- In luxury's -- Lap...

Bowl Games

Too bad the Rose Bowl lost its Pac 10 -- Big 10 historical content..But other than that I now have no problem with 1,00 Bowl Games. If someone wants to sponsor,why not. Let the kids play. I went to the Silicon Bowl awhile ago -- Michigan State vs Fresno State with David Carr & the Michigan State marching band -- wow. And, for all the critics -- how about your son playing in the Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium. Just say play...

Whether Or Not

They speak of the weather -- As if it was -- News -- The seasons and their faces -- Just do -- The hell with their -- Views...

Bodily Fluid

If I could turn writers -- Into one decent human -- I'd take a fella named Twain -- And make him its humor -- One named Steinbeck would make for -- The spine -- Another named London would fill up -- The mind -- I then would take body -- From the bullrings of Spain -- And let Papa of Ketchum -- Author its brain...

Word

Silence isn't golden -- It's silver -- Shhh -- Whisper...

I'll Take Beauty & Thought For

Maureen Dowd -- Come on down...