Category Archives: Poetry

Knock Knock, Who’s There?

Posted on April 2, 2025 by mitchteemley

A little owl lived in an oak The more he saw the less he spoke The less he spoke the more he heard Why can’t we be like that wise little bird? ~Mid-19th Century (Author Unknown) “Therefore, beloved, let us … Continue reading →

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Blessed Are the Weird People!

Posted on February 19, 2025 by mitchteemley

It was 1999 (as in “party like it’s…”). I was wearing khakis and a polo shirt, and was about to do a reading of my autobiographical poem Fool’s Odyssey for a room full of clove cigarette-smoking hipsters, identically clad in … Continue reading →

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A Poem About the Day I Was Conceived

Posted on February 12, 2025 by mitchteemley

As I stare at my computer, contemplating what to write, noting several “Must-Read Celebrity Stories!” on my home page and tracking the labored progression of a particularly fat squirrel up the ornamental beech tree outside my window… …while obsessing over … Continue reading →

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The Identity of “They” Finally Revealed!

Posted on January 9, 2025 by mitchteemley

“You know what they say…” I’ve heard all my life, and I’ve often wondered just who “They” is, to know so little and stir up such strife– without them the world would be in such bliss. Then it happened one … Continue reading →

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Have a Wonderfullish Week!

Posted on December 11, 2024 by mitchteemley

Have a wonderfullish week, and then a perfecticle weekend, and then an even wonderfuller nextish week, and then suddenly it’ll be Christmas! So just keep on going, and before you know it, it’ll be Christmas again! ζ       … Continue reading →

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This Is My Thanksgiving Prayer

Posted on November 28, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Thanksgiving prayer is for perfect peace, for atheists, Christians, Muslims, Jews… for all to sit down at a glorious feast upon hearing the most incomparable news of a king who can make us sisters and brothers, forgiving our foolish, desperate paths, … Continue reading →

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This Is My Essay Abowt Rokz

Posted on November 27, 2024 by mitchteemley

Our class had to rite abowt what we ar greatfull for for Thanzgiving. I am rilly greatfull for rokz, ezpeshully ar planit which is a rilly big rok, cuz thay hold everthing up. So I rote abowt rokz. Mitchell T. … Continue reading →

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An Ode to Raking Leaves in Early November

Posted on November 6, 2024 by mitchteemley

Raking leaves in early November is always so festive with the crinkles and colors of autumn: the cheerful reds and oranges and golds of Twix bar wrappers… Reese’s Pieces wrappers… and Snickers wrappers and the urgent reds and desperate blues … Continue reading →

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It’s Daylight Shavings Time Again

Posted on November 2, 2024 by mitchteemley

Don’t forget to set your clocks back, and your hearts forward. Let’s save these shavings in a jar And let them out the coming spring That way we’ll know they can’t get far Complete control, yes, that’s the thing But … Continue reading →

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October Skies

Posted on October 25, 2024 by mitchteemley

It’s the northern half’s most beautiful month, when leaves and sunrises vie to out-blush one another, and clouds and moons stage sunset tableaus. Gloves and mufflers appear, walks demand to be taken, cats demand laps, books demand eyes and windows … Continue reading →

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