Kitchen Reno - In Praise of Experts

(This isn't actually it, but I haven't figured out how to share mine with you, yet.)

I just got a look at my new kitchen elevations;

Green Design Group's well exceeded my high expectations.

Lisa Green is knowledgeable, funny - very kind -

Didn't miss a beat at a last minute change of mind.

She is making sure there's not a space that goes to waste

And, to my great fortune, Lisa has outstanding taste.

She has been here twice already and she stays in touch;

Answers all my questions and has helped me out so much.

Now I need appliances; I may buy them on-line.

Lisa said some other clients did and they were fine.

Helping smooth what's bound to be a pretty bumpy ride,

Nice to have an expert like her working by my side.

Netanyahu's Demands

Israel's demanding that we do not sign a deal

With Iran.  It's no surprise that's how Israelis feel.

Netanyahu says the deal's an "existential threat"

Even though 6 nations think that it's the best we'll get.

Israel is rumored to hold stock-piles of their own;

Since they've never granted an inspection it's unknown

Just how many they now have - how many they can make.

Frankly, this hypocrisy is getting hard to take.

Nations shouldn't make demands when they are also wrong

So, although the ties between our countries are still strong,

Bibi needs to tone it down; stop acting like a jerk.

He's got troubles right at home that sure could use some work.

The Boston Marathon Bomber

Jury found Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts.

Sentencing's next week, when his defense attorney mounts

Her case why the jury shouldn't send him to his death;

Why the State should not insist he draw his final breath.

By a huge majority more people than I thought

Feel his execution is devoutly to be sought.

I have said they ought to spare his life 'cause he's a kid,

That he only followed what his older brother did.

But, with public sentiment against the kid so strong

I have had to reconsider...  Maybe I was wrong.

I was not in Boston on that truly awful day,

Therefore, I don't have the right to choose the price he'll pay.

If it gives the victims closure maybe he should die,

But I still can't help it.  I feel sorry for the guy.

Either way, his life is over just like those he killed.

He had better pray that his attorney's very skilled.

Keep Congress Out Of Iran

With the framework for a way of dealing with Iran

President Obama's busy talking up the plan,

Saying that the deal's the best one that we're gonna get...

He has not convinced U.S. Republicans quite yet.

He can keep on talking but it won't do any good.

They insist they want to vote but I don't think they should.

If Barack Obama were to say the sky is up

Would there be Republicans in disagreement? Yup.

I don't trust they won't be playing petty politics

And it's too important that this new agreement sticks.

If we don't give peace a chance - don't trust and verify -

We could watch a chance to re-engage Iran slip by.

47 Senators have made their feelings known;

Give them all a chance to vote and this deal will be blown.

Let Obama do his job and try diplomacy,

Speaking with one voice on Middle Eastern policy.

Alternative Cure

 This month I signed up to write a poem every day...  Less than one week in and I've already gone astray.

Years ago (still not sure how) I caught the rhyming bug;

A disease at which the CDC's inclined to shrug.

What's the problem, they have asked, with people spouting rhymes?

Victims are annoying but their rantings aren't crimes.

No one's working on a cure for Seussilitis yet

But, if symptoms grow severe, the fellas with the net

Come to take the sufferer somewhere that they can rest,

Quarantined from normal people - which is for the best.

Happily, I think I've found a much less drastic cure.

It has worked for me the past few days, and that's for sure;

Get so sick with something else 'til all that you can do

Is to sit and wallow in the misery of your flu.

Not Feeling It

30 poems, 30 days; the challenge has begun.

In the past participation has been lots of fun.

But today I'm feeling sick so it's become a chore.

Hope it's not a preview of what April holds in store.

April Limerick

I didn't write new verse today;

There's nothing I wanted to say.

And thus you are spared

But be very scared...

Tomorrow, it's likely I may.