Arthur Richards

Lewisburg, PA, USA

Date of Birth: Oct. 23, 1909 in Butler, PA
Parents: Fredericka and A. Clyde Richards; After untimely death of father in 1923, my mother moved with her children to Los Angeles, CA.
Education: high school graduate; two years at the University of California; extension division courses.
Occupation: presently retired; formerly an ad agency Account Executive, Copy Chief, Radio Director.
Writings: light verse, short stories, radio scripts and commercials, a ballad sung on the radio in the 1940's called "I Can't Forget."
Current Situation: He and wife Veronica now live in Lewisburg, PA where daughter Rosalyn is an Art Professor at Bucknell University.

Request

Oh fate,
Raise not thy raucous voice
To fill mine ears
With sounds of strife;
But with a lover's touch
Caress my being.
Lift me fate
And let me soar
Upon the crest
Of life.

Woodstock Revisited

There once was a hippie so bright
Her remarks were a constant delight;
To her friends she would boast
That she flew coast to coast
Holding on to the tail of a kite.
Said she: "I may cross the Atlantic
By ship (but not the Titanic)
Yet I'll never go by sea
Unless my stomach accompanies me."

A Mother's Job

Apple pie baker. Pumpkin face maker,
Laundress, seamstress, cook.
Dishwasher, sweeper, household maid,
A doctor who cures
with a single Band-Aid.
Designer of toys. Teacher of Arts.
Daily mender of broken hearts.
To fill every need of sister or brother,
Is simply her job of being a Mother.