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A grook is a form of short aphoristic poem characterized by irony, paradox, brevity, precise use of language, and often satiric nature, but there is more to a grook. What is grook in poetry (complete definition)?

Experts

It cracks me up each time I hear “experts” expounding year after year on how to live, what to eat, what to drink, how to exercise, even how to think! It appears there’s no end to the range their...Read the rest...

Mutts and Butts

Dogs, to my thinking, I will admit lack decent public etiquette. When meeting one of their kind they quickly sniff its behind. Why this should be so, I have no desire to know. Naturally, this habit is to some squeamishly unwholesome. And yet,...Read the rest...

French Food

The more artfully presented the less food a gourmand eats. French chefs, more than any, are masters of this kind of "tromperie" that satiates the eyes but sadly leaves the stomach "hungerie." ...Read the rest...

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Her Futile Rituals

With creams and oils and lotions nightly, skin conditioners and moisturizers unsightly, twice daily baths and body exercises, and proper diets and expert hand massages, she looks no better for all the expenditures and lies of dishonest beauty manufacturers....Read the rest...

True to Life Case Dismissed

He took the stand in his own defense alleging she treated him worse than a dog. She, for her part, went on the offense, claiming he treated her worse than a cat. “Well,” said the judge perceptively: Everything I’ve...Read the rest...

Food Truism

Most food we eat is 25 percent natural, the rest is 75 percent chemical. Only the near-dead and deformed see this as inimical....Read the rest...

Looks Are Many Things

Igor Stravinsky was no Adonis, to say that he was is dishonest. And Mozart, as a certain portrait shows, had like his mother a bulbous nose. As for Wagner in early sketches, his head is oversized as by encephalitis. Brahms, by...Read the rest...

Texting and Driving

Despite the law against texting and driving I still see young and old still trying. And with death and accidents climbing let’s hope texted English is declining....Read the rest...

One Coffee Limit

I limit my morning coffee to a single cup, more than that it quickly comes up. That wouldn’t be so bad to swallow if my breakfast didn’t also follow....Read the rest...

Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist The pastor had a vague inkling it may have been his preaching that church attendance was so low: counting himself, it was zero. ...Read the rest...

A Two Liner

A penny for your thoughts, my dear – and please note I’m being extra generous....Read the rest...

Short Version

A woman I once dated had breasts whose size gave men’s eyes no rest. I was tempted to dub her Mt. Muchmore but she had only two, not four....Read the rest...

The All Purpose Mushroom

As an ancient food the lowly mushroom was highly prized as an ingredient, and for bringing an unwary enemy to his doom, it was a favorite expedient. ...Read the rest...

The American Middleclass

Ah, the American Middle Class – all belly, all ass. Even if it were the reverse it would look none the worse....Read the rest...

Grook

People who sit around are said to be sedentary, and what they sit on is often found to be extraordinary....Read the rest...

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