Category: Observations

If and when my judgment shrink
Perhaps I’ll like the Skating Rink.

by Ray Romine Saturday, June 17, 1944

While ambition shook him
Genius forsook him.

by Ray Romine Wednesday, May 23, 1945

I sometimes think I am without
Initiative. Or is there doubt?

by Ray Romine Wednesday, August 23, 1950

That you can’t take it with you
May be fine,
Which is exactly what
Concern of mine?

by Ray Romine Wednesday, August 15, 1951

Since my I .Q. ‘s tested,
I know this:
Ignorance
Was truly bliss.

by Ray Romine Wednesday, August 2, 1950

To “Love My Neighbor”
Ought to be
The simplest task
Of all for me

Because it comes back,
You can see,
For when I love folks,
They love me.

by Ray Romine Wednesday, March 31, 1954

“You can succeed if you but try”
Always tickles me–
An adage I have been disproving
Since the age of three!

by Ray Romine Wednesday, December 13, 1950

“Railroading” seems well on its way
For whom I should not like to say,
Unless maybe by dint
Of just whistling a hint:
“Acheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe.”

by Ray Romine Thursday, November 30, 1950

It’s a dinoasaur track in a zig-zag pattern
Ambling across the daiseyed sod,
Linking the past with the here-now present,
And both of them with a friendly God.

by Ray Romine Friday, June 18, 1954

“He has an artist’s hands,” some say;
And I agree, for, lo,
They’ve that which point the genius way–
Callouses that show.

by Ray Romine Friday, August 4, 1950