Poetry – The Haps With Herb

The New Toe – A Review Sort Of Thingy

October 11, 2021 Herb 27

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22529 – 860 Here’s the haps: Back in August 2020, I did an Award Winning Wednesday and introduced you to The Lonely Meatball by A.J. McGregor. I really have enjoyed her blog, even though she’s had to cut back on Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: V Is For The Villanelle Of The Villainous Villain L

April 26, 2021 Herb 22

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22361 – 825: Here’s the haps: My dear fans, friends, fiends, foes, foundlings, frolicking freaks, and other nice assorted people, I went looking back to find the post where I tried my hand at writing a poem in the villanelle Continue Reading[...]

John and Simon Take It On the Road

March 29, 2021 Herb 20

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22333 – 801: Here’s the haps: John and Simon Take It On the Road – By Herb When Simon was a little baby Sittin' on his daddy's knee He picked up a pencil and a piece of graph paper and Continue Reading[...]

A Couple Of Short Poems I found In The Files

September 27, 2020 Herb 14

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22149 – 721: Sometimes when it’s getting late or I don’t have any inspiration, or like the guy in the cartoon above my muse just isn’t working, I go traipsing through the archives and files trying to find something Continue Reading[...]

The Much Promised, Highly Vaunted Villanelle – I Did It And It Was Okay – Also A Tiny Bit About An Old DOS Game I Enjoyed

September 26, 2020 Herb 15

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22148 – 720: I sat down and wrote this and I feel pretty good about it. I am highly honored to know that there are, in my very audience, at least two actively working school teachers, one of who Continue Reading[...]

This Is Not The Villanelle I Promised You – But It Is A Poem With An Introduction That Turned Into A Post

September 25, 2020 Herb 15

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22147 – 719: I think I have a structure for the newer poem lined out but it’s not even close to done yet. But here’s a piece from before I started blogging. One of the things I enjoy about Continue Reading[...]

Who’s To Blame For Herb’s Poetry Habit

September 15, 2020 Herb 21

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22138 – 709: As you may or may not recall I have at times fancied myself something of a poet. I think some of my stuff is okay while some of it is mind-rotted drivel of the lowest sort. Continue Reading[...]

Unmarried Marriage Counselors – They’re Everywhere! – An Ode

August 15, 2020 Herb 24

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22107-678: On Monday the 10th, Bruce over at Weave-A-Web posted a story about a pair of unmarried marriage counselors. Marriage Enrichment Program. He is the blogger that most reminds me of O. Henry if O. Henry had more dark Continue Reading[...]

Throw It Back Thursday – what’s past is prologue

May 14, 2020 Herb 4

Whereof what’s past is prologue, what to comeIn yours and my discharge. Shakespeare – The Tempest That’s really a pretty dramatic opening for this post, but I happened to see the quote somewhere and recalled a bit of The Tempest to memory Continue Reading[...]

Throw It Back Thursday – The Monkey’s Disgrace

March 26, 2020 Herb 3

This was not original with me so I don’t know if it really counts as a true throw-it-back-Thursday entry. Well, since it’s my blog and I make the rules here, it must count because I said so, hahaha. We have been sorting Continue Reading[...]

World Poetry Day

March 21, 2020 Herb 9

So, I saw a couple of different places that today is World Poetry Day. This was at the same time I was going through some old junk in my saved folders. I look at stuff I’ve written and a lot of it’s Continue Reading[...]

To Coffee

January 21, 2020 Herb 3

An Ode (Or rather, my feeble attempt at one.) Caffeine! Adrenaline! Adenosine!Epi–Epi–Epinephrine!Yay team! Rah-rah! Goooo Team Coffee! Getting excited is easy to doWhen you’ve had a cup or twoOr three or four or fiveWhich makes you feelYou’ve come alive! You say, perhaps, Continue Reading[...]