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February, I have no doubt, The Bard Of Sherman Avenue
is one month we could do without;
too brief to get big projects done,
it’s chill and damp and little fun.
We’d have a more appealing year
if Congress made Feb. disappear,
and revocation would allow
March Madness to begin right now.
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Cabbage Boy on February 10 at 2:34 p.m.
Nice thought, but the poem doesn’t have good meter.
JeanieSpokane on February 10 at 2:48 p.m.
I like it! If we can’t just close February, then make it Cruise Month and every single living breathing human gets on a cruise for the month. Free. It’s part of the stimulus package. Bahamas here we come.
Transplanted_Texan on February 10 at 3:02 p.m.
Good stuff!
Cindy_H on February 10 at 3:10 p.m.
But. What about my birthday? Does that mean I’d never age?
Hmmm…
Tumblewords on February 10 at 3:30 p.m.
Doubt we could get them to agree - but sounds like a fine idea to me!
Bob on February 10 at 6:07 p.m.
Bard is back! Excellent. You nailed your meter by the way but you knew that.
EagleKeeper44 on February 10 at 7:29 p.m.
What? Repeal February? An miss out on Valentines day!
Think of what that would do to all the candy makers and Florist.
A Sad Day in Mudville if this happens……….
send it back to committee for further review………….
((February))
moscow_minidoka on February 11 at 7:36 a.m.
I couldn’t agree more with the bard… February is my least favorite month of the year.