“Write what you know” is a common piece of
advice for the beginning writer. But I prefer to write what I don’t know.
The fun is in the learning. I tend to pursue whatever piques my interest –
a broad range of subjects, both profound and quirky. These include just
about anything (from golf course architecture and game shows to sports car
racing and civil rights) and anyone (from Joe DiMaggio and Joyce Brothers
to Howard Cosell and Henry Heimlich).
While looking through clips of my work over the past few years, I even
discovered a sort of poetry in the diversity. Here follows one man’s
subject matter, put to verse:
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Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm
Ranch dressing, oysters, Spam
The Rockefellers, the Kennedys
Letter sweaters, famous trees
Codecrackers from World War II
Miniature golf, monk-made brew
Bill Maher and free speech
The U.S. Open at Pebble Beach
The Grateful Dead, ballroom dancing,
Paramount CEO Sherry Lansing
The Wright brothers, the Williams sisters
Earthquakes, volcanoes, twisters
Pele, William Randolph Hearst,
Boston baseball’s Babe Ruth curse
The Wizard of Oz, Zen Buddhism
Drive-in movies, public nudism
Vietnam, the Trail of Tears
Copper mining, insect fears
The foul ball, the Weinermobile
John Steinbeck, Eugene O’Neill
March Madness, the Rose Bowl
The Rough Riders, rock and roll
Jack Nicklaus, John Kerry
A song by Peter, Paul and Mary
Olympic athletes, summer camp
The national horseshoe pitching champ
Migrant workers, bat boys
The Hatfields and the real McCoys
Pez candy, losing my hair
And Who Wants to be a Millionaire |
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