by Artie Isaac | Apr 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Grasping for gains he already grips,Striving for stakes he has won,Dad hones his steel shank on his own son’s small slips.Grasping for gains? He already gripsA fear of benign — yet he holds all the chips.Will he ever soften what he thinks is such fun,Grasping...
by Artie Isaac | Apr 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Will we ever rescind our bald admirationFor heroes who tread on our toes,While waltzing with civility’s perdition? We become those to whom we pay adoration,Swallowing their crimes as their power grows. Will we ever rescind our bald admiration? A scoundrel...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 2, 2021 | Living an engaged life, On Creativity, Poetry, Uncategorized
Yesterday, I presented an essay to so many long-time friends at The History Club, Columbus, Ohio. Here is the essay, in print and video. First, the printed version: Delegation Nation – A Call For Citizen Poets Now, the video: Links to:...
by Artie Isaac | Oct 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Here’s an annual message in a bottle: it’s time to set goals for next year! (But this year, it’s not goals. It’s aims. More on that below.) I’m not the goal-setting type.I prefer to wing it. That’s my strength. When it comes to...
by Artie Isaac | Jun 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Fourth Turning Who wouldn’t jump on a plane To Monaco, Key West, and Spain? Hot cars! Fresh honey! The haves have money! Take a selfie! The Reichstag’s a’flame! The title refers to The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy – What the Cycles...
by Artie Isaac | Apr 27, 2020 | Poetry, Uncategorized
I wrote this, after my sister asked what I thought our parents would have thought about this pandemic. Of blessed memory: Arthur J. Isaac, Jr., born, 1917; died, 1991. Jacquelin Fihn Isaac, born, 1927; died, 2012. String, Foil, and Bands I remember roaming in my...
