Search
29 Dec Poet’s Corner: Feela for the New Year!
“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come,” Joseph Campbell. And now it’s time for one of...
23 Dec Poets’ Corner: Feela with a Laugh for Xmas!
No matter how darn organized you are, it is likely there is at least one person on your Christmas shopping list who has stopped you dead in your (very tired by now) tracks. As will this poem by regular contributor and razor-sharp wit David Feela...
17 Jun Poets’ Corner: David Feela for Father’s Day!
Father’s Day is a celebration honoring, well, fathers. The holiday also celebrates fatherhood in general, paternal bonds, and the influence of dads in society. For some, however, Father’s Day is shorthand for pulling out a wallet. Again. Gifts of watches and Fitbits, beard trimmers, bespoke...
09 May Poets’ Corner: Feela for Mother’s Day!
In 1907, Philadelphian Ana Jarvis began a campaign to establish a national Mother’s Day. She persuaded her mother’s church in Grafton, W.V. to celebrate Mother’s Day on the second anniversary of her mother’s death, the second Sunday of May. After establishing Mother’s Day in Philadelphia,...
12 Feb Poets’ Corner: Feela for Valentine’s Day!
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”- Charles Schultz. Or a poem by regular contributor, poet extraordinaire David Feela which, according to its author, is not “a gushy traditional love poem, but certainly gushy about romance…” Because on...
29 Dec Poets’ Corner: Feela with Words of Wisdom for the New Year!
You’ve made a little list and checked it twice. No, not that list. Christmas is over. Your New Year’s Eve resolutions. The top 10 usually include losing weight, eating more healthily, exercising more, stopping smoking, sticking to a budget, saving money, getting more organized, being...
21 Dec Poets’ Corner: A Gift of Wit from Feela for Xmas!
Memories of Xmases past are as persistent as Santa myths, as unavoidable as telemarketers, carols, “It’s A Wonderful Life” and, in this season of tridemics, reminders about masking and social distancing. Yet again. Oy vey. Fa la la la… The following is one such (very...
22 Nov Poets’ Corner: Feela for Thanksgiving!
As Americans gather for our annual Thanksgiving feast, many are sharpening their rhetorical knives while others are preparing to bury their heads in the mashed potatoes. Still others – like not-regular-enough contributor David Feela – find reasons, however quirky, to be grateful. As follows… Why...