Memorial Day: War Dead, Cocktails, and Dr. Johnson
Memorial Day is more than cookouts and the beginning of summer. The day honors those who died defending our freedom and encourages us to reflect...
AI, Alice, and Way Out West
What AI, Alice In Wonderland, and the jazz saxophone share....
Batched Crime, Artichoked Cocktails, Bar Poem
Crime fiction. Artichokes. Thanksgiving poem about a bar....
Ivy League, Secret Society, Chill Cocktails
College presidents, Congress, cocktails. And a thriller....
One Thriller. Two Poems. Three Drinks.
One thriller, two poems, three drinks....
The Gibson: Thanks, Given
If one writes poetry in bound verse, the poet must follow the rules or the form loses its character. “Blank verse” is written in un-rhymed...
Liberty and Edward Thomas
“Liberty” is one of the foundational concepts of the American enterprise, individual liberty in particular. To the white-collar practitioner (and client), the concept of liberty...
“Compensation” | Paul Laurence Dunbar
Compensation is a matter dear to lawyers’ hearts, white-collar and otherwise. Here’s a poem (via www.poets.org) by Paul Laurence Dunbar: Compensation Because I had loved...
“Appellate Jurisdiction” | Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
For pondering our appeals of all sorts. Appellate Jurisdiction by Marianne Moore Fragments of sin are a part of me. New brooms shall sweep...
A Poem Fit For White-Collar Crime: In the City of Night
A poem, In the City of Night, by John Gould Fletcher, that’s fit for white-collar crime: In the City of Night by John Gould Fletcher...