“My Manhattan” as read by Warren Adler Outside my window as I write Orange men are blasting rock on which My sturdy island sits, so small and tight To make yet another hive of steel and glass And add a tower to the jungle mass This vast erection is a miracle of innovation The crown […]
“The Wand” as read by Warren Adler We thought you had a wand to wave And with it, a world to save Turns out the wand’s a broken lance Should we give you one more chance? Too many things have gone wrong Better try another song Your time is getting shorter and shorter To show […]
I must confess The world’s a mess We have no plan To stop Iran The UN is dumb Its brains are numb Our Congress is in shambles Our President just rambles All this leads me to conclude It doesn’t matter if I’m rude Nobody listens anyway To what I have to say. -W.A.
“Being Fair” as read by Warren Adler Let’s face it, being fair Means we all must share Like getting wet in rain We should be equal in our pain Not let others do our chores Like fighting wars While only half of us pay When all of us have our say It’s wrong And that […]
“My Poems” as read by Warren Adler I want to write ten thousand poems before I say goodbye I don’t know why Maybe in my soul I am a poet And don’t know it Or maybe I just like to spin a rhyme Perhaps I’ll find out in time It’s not for fortune or for […]
I wished upon a star last night And hope whoever heard it got it right I have been making such wishes all my life To keep at bay all trouble and strife I make it on a chicken bone and sometimes on the blarney stone Imagining for all my sins I would atone It might […]
“Old Age Lament” as read by Warren Adler Old age is a good time to curse your maker He turns out to be an awful faker He wants respect and admiration Constant praise is his vocation If he was truly on our side He should be able to point with pride And show how smart […]
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