Derek Johnson

Chicago, Illinois, USA

A Host, Worthy to Boast

When hosting my finest guest
Of honor, nearly nothing serves
me more with affinity than
to imagine that my renowned
"bill of fame" has truly become
for the moment, one's hearts
desire, for this assures me
sufficiently, that my guest reception
truly comes with delight.

A Moving Chicago's Seasoned Memories

For old Saint Patty's Day is approaching
from just around the corner, with the
inevitable commencing of springs true
greenness from the wonders of Mother Nature
There's also an absolute certainly of an
observance within the moonlight for
Chicago's river scent; with its
highlighted illuminating mellow wames,
as colorful as spring's memorial green
itself, to be seen all along the downtown
Lake Michigan's opening body and the
Chicago river's mouth, and with the
occurrence of sheer exhilaration