Paul’s Poetic Platform

Among our traditions in all JUGHEADS lore,One dates to our start back in Ninety-Four.A film of a lower-skilled, non-book-smart guyInspires us all to reach for the sky.The under-sized Rudy had…

The past can't be changed; the future's unknown; The present's a gift for much good to be sown.While passed things are fixed beyond true alteration,There's wisdom to study historification. At JUGHEADS,…

There are different lengths in our Bible and nationBy which to define a complete generation.Millennials and Boomers span nineteen years each;Israel took forty for Promised Land's reach. Moses' psalm estimates we each…

Two kinds of bound'ries exist in one's heart: One brings together, while one keeps apart."Put up your guard; reduce hurts unjust!"—But too much defensiveness disconnects trust.The delicate balance—"Build walls or let in?"—Makes all the difference in friendships and…

In the Bible, and culture, and Heaven above,No word is as quite celebrated as "love.""Faith" may come close, with its synonym, "trust;"We all need that daily to transcend this dust.But one less-sung virtue…

JUGHEADS began way back in Ninety-Four;Ten kids, one club and a Coach—nothing more.By spring, we multiplied to twenty-two, So Captains were chosen to help the milieu.We next grew to thirty-nine, then…

At age forty-seven, all set in our ways,We fostered a kitty aged just twenty days.With his mom, Oreo, Chip entered our carePlus three foster brothers for cat's milk to share.All five…

I've been wed to Wendy now ten thousand days;A lifetime commitment through each passing phase.Collegiate friendship, then infatuation,Then tying the knot toward beautification.A marriage is worth all the ups and…

"Paul's Poetic Platform" Series Introduction "The grass so greenSkies so blueSpectre is really great!"—Norther Winslow, Poet Laureate of Spectre, Alabama, in Big Fish (2003) This quirky quote from one of…