POEMS
This professional meteorologist has been an amateur poet. At least two of my more
than 75 poems have been published. This means that most have not, which is why
I am putting them on the web. A few of the poems hit general topics, but most deal
with friends and family. Many of the personal poems are gentle roasts, some are love
poems, some are to my children, and all put together form a kind of autobiography.
Each poem is accompanied by a brief description including its motivation and inspiration.
LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
EPITAPH EPITAPH FOR A STORY
TO CAROL TURNING THE TABLES
FOR DEBBIE END OF THE WORLD COMMENTARY
CLIMBING TRANSPLANTED TREE
JESUS RETURNS JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH
JEALOUSY BERNICE PREFERS ANOTHER MAN
CHOOSE WEED OR FLOWER
RUEBEN MOVING RUEBEN ROSENBERG
HUEY HEWITT LANG'S BIRTHDAY
CONFLICT FIGHTING LOVE
TO BERNICE MY SUMMER OF LIFE
EVOLUTION THE LAST CHRISTMAS PARTY
VALENTINES LATE VALENTINES WISHES
SWEET 16 BARRY ROSENBERG'S BIRTHDAY
TO BERNICE IN PRAISE OF BERNICE
CLIMATE BALLAD OF WORLD CLIMATES
AT 20 DOWNHILL RACER
BILL DONN BILL DONN'S RETIREMENT ROAST
RON BLOMBERG OH RONNIE, MY RONNIE
RUEBEN RUEBEN ROSENBERG AT 60
REVERENTLY JESSE JACKSON'S FAILED BID
AARON AARON SHAPIRO'S BAR MITZVAH
UCLA FAREWELL TO UCLA ATMOS SCI
AUNT ANITA ANITA BRILL'S 70TH
DANNY QUAYLE BALLAD OF DANNY QUAYLE
EVAN ROSS EVAN GEDZELMAN'S BAR MITZVAH
TED AND KATE LANGS' 50TH ANNIVERSARY
JONATHAN JONATHAN SHAPIRO'S BAR MITZVAH
ELISE RACHEL ELISE GEDZELMAN'S BAT MITZVAH
LOST TOUCH LOSING THE POETIC TOUCH
EMPTY NEST NOW THEY'RE GONE
SURGERY ON TO THE CUTTING BOARD
BILL PIERSON BILL PIERSON'S 80TH BIRTHDAY
TO YAGEN ELISE, FEEL FREE
RHYMING PLEASE FREE ME FROM RHYMING
JACK JACK GEDZELMAN'S RECITAL
DUELING POEMS DUELING POEMS WITH BOB SALZMAN
FROST HEAVES COMMENTARY ON FROST'S GOOD FENCES
WARD WARD HINDMAN AT 60
CLOTHING BEAUTY AND THE BUM
NURSES OH, PRETTY REHAB NURSES
GRAFT PROPOSAL PADDING
SUE KLEIN SEXTY SIXTY SUSAN KLEIN
VANESSA SMITH A PRINCIPAL'S RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
TRAVEL THE ADVENTUROUS ROSENBERGS
CONSOLATION EVAN'S SICK FRIEND
MORRIS MORRIS KLEIN AT 65
OPTICS CONF ROAST AT OPTICS CONFERENCE
SELF PRAISE ELISE'S APPLICATION POEM
ROBERT THE SLAVE OF DUTY
SURPRISE AWAITING ELISE'S AND JEFF'S ENGAGEMENT
WEDDING ELISE'S WEDDING POEM
COUSIN RACHEL POEMS FOR AND WITH RACHEL
AMBITION THE ANTIDOTE TO VAIN AMBITION
AT 27 ELISE'S 27TH BIRTHDAY
WEDDING2 JIM AND MIMI'S WEDDING
KWAN-YIN KONG KWAN-YIN LEAVES CCNY
SHOWER AMY DYM'S BABY SHOWER
PRIME MOVERS IDEALISM OF OPTICS CONFERENCE
WARD 2 WARD HINDMAN'S RETIREMENT
TWO ROASTS TWO ANONYMOUS ROASTS WITH INTRO RHYME