LW Poetry

This feature showcases original poems by members of the Creative Writers Club and other GRF members. Send poems to emmad@lwsb.com. Poetry submissions run as space allows.

Southern California Has It All

Pickleball, volleyball, and beaches.

Blonde applicants and dubious leeches.

Straight people and gay people Strange people and stray people.

Most of our southern border is finally closed The corner Border Books has been bulldozed Trees that are green and coniferous Chaparral that are brown and deciduous.

Wetlands, marshes and La Brea tar bog Movie film, and surprisingly little smog Johnny Carson promoted show biz, Almost everyone loves cheese wiz!

Anchovies are placed in Caesar salads Kamala’s here, and so are her word salads.

The LA uniform is thongs on your feet Young women wear thongs on their seat!

Parks and clubs offer Thai Chi in the morning. Restaurants have Chai Tea in the evening.

Eat lunch at In ‘n Out or Shake Shack.

While earthquakes won’t even shake Shaq.

Super famous for all our palm trees Not so famous for boardwalk palmistry Vietnamese pedicurists and manicurists Psychotherapists and psycho therapists!

The Kings have won some two Stanley Cups 19 years of Clayton Kershaw’s change-ups Joaquin Phoenix’s home is here for display You gotta drive because nobody walks in LA All races on in the world exist here, carefree Including the annual Long Beach Grand Prix Amusement parks are indigenous to SoCal Diets that are keto, Mediterranean and Lo-Cal And from warm weather to warm weather Best climate on Earth, we enjoy it together!

—Jon Michaels, Mutual 1