Levine's Life Lessons

  This is poem is based on a true encounter that I witnessed in a store. Young man, young man, what is it that you have there? Two six packs...

Are obsessions ever good for us?  Do they ever make us strong?  Or do they just bring us to our knees?  Because we know that they are wrong....

God, I’ve never been a religious person before, But I need your strength to help me endure. I am in pain, but it’s not from disease, It’s be...

Anthony Bourdain hung himself,  And Kate Spade too,  And I felt powerless,  Because I didn’t know what to do.  I don’t want to leave flowers...

  The sun is warm in my room,  And I wonder what we will have to do soon. It’s getting much thinner out there, High in the sky, the strato...

Walking down that long aisle, Whistling songs all the while, On the way to my trial, Question is who to dial, and what plea to file. The gua...

T onight I dreamt of Tulsa U nderstanding it less and less L oss of life because of hatred, jealousy, and fear S o many African American liv...

I did not attend the Memorial Day parade, But it wasn’t because I had nothing to say. It wasn’t because I did not believe, It wasn’t because...

When my brother Bruce and I visited Hawaii with our family a few years ago, we had the opportunity of experiencing ...

Do you know brave?  I think I might,  I don’t think it’s me,  At least not every night.  I see it in the soldiers,  The FDNY,  The police wh...

  They can fill us with pride Or burn us from inside The things that we remember  The things that we did Can haunt our time awake And make...

  BLM what does it all mean? It means equality And not some idle dream. I see men and women  From different walks of life. I see them marchi...

  Today I drove my mother to get her nails done. My sister wanted to treat her for her birthday. My mom is turning 85 next week.  Where does...

    Leah Rabin shed a tear at her husband’s grave, It landed on the ground, and soon others came.   The water started flowing the ...

A few months ago I was in Florida and I went to one of my favorite  spots (Einstein bagels) and I noticed that my everything bagel had  sp...

      Florida, what can I say. You either love it or you hate it.  I really  haven't made up my mind yet.   We are just trying to get ou...

T J's in an awesome store to shop in. However the other day I went there on a Sunday morning, and things didn't work out exactly t...

This Covid crisis has been so stressful for all of us, but sometimes there are moments of levity that help us cope. Today I braved the sto...

This is not a knock on my job as a high school teacher. But I wonder when are we/ the kids going back?  The mayor says April 20th, but who r...

I'll admit it.  I've been hoarding toilet paper and water, but I wasn't always a  hoarder. what is it about Covid 19 that's ...

I haven't written a blog post in a long time because I have been working on my second book which hopefully will be done by the end of ...

Before I went back to work at my high school job I went to upstate New York and Canada.  I had a pretty outstanding trip. Even if it wa...