Jack BurdenDave Chappelle, Gen-X, Alabama football, the Machine, and the CreedLike everyone my age, I love Dave Chappelle. When I first encountered him in the movie Half-Baked, I thought it was just goofy, if…Oct 26, 2021Oct 26, 2021
Jack BurdenThe Trum(p)an Show.Today, a new president was inaugurated. I have no desire to try to articulate what this means. There has been and will be so much ink…Jan 21, 2021Jan 21, 2021
Jack BurdenOn your own two feet.Today is Father’s Day, and I wake up alone. I will pick up you and your sister at 9 AM. But as I lie here, just after dawn, it occurs to…Apr 24, 2020Apr 24, 2020
Jack BurdenThis rain is a gentle rainThis rain is a gentle rain Not a mist but not a downpour A cleansing of earth and air and soul. A rain that forces one indoors, yes, but…Jan 30, 2018Jan 30, 2018
Jack BurdenI hope you see the good and not the badI hope you see the good and not the badNov 27, 2017Nov 27, 2017
Jack BurdenA sonnet for my daughterWhen first I met the wellspring of my joy,Jul 19, 2017Jul 19, 2017