Rhymes with No Reason
2006
- Translucence: Measured TransparencyLooking for a
- Texas Girls and Dr Pepper: A TrilogyA Texas Girl, The Texas Dr Pepper Test, A Dr Pepper
2005
- “Measured” is TreasuredAs recited on CNBC, August 10,
2004
- A Dove with AttitudePresented at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Dallas, July 21, 2004
- Big Al, the Flation FighterWritten to honor (roast) a good friend and colleague, Al Broaddus, retiring president of the Federal Reserve Bank of
- The Euro at FivePresented at the Dallas Fed conference, "Five Years of the Euro: Successes and New Challenges," May 14,
- A Poem for KathleenAs recited in an interview with Kathleen Hays on Money Morning, CNNfn, April 20,
- Jobs for SueA poem written for an interview with Sue Herrera on CNBC's Power Lunch on Monday, April 12,
2003
- New Year’s Eve in TerlinguaRead at Ms. Tracy's Cafe,
- My Very First Cowboy Poem EverRead at Ms. Tracy's Cafe, 12/31/03
- My First Haiku
- Sovereign Debt RegretA limerick presented at the conference "Sovereign Debt in the 21st
- Unintended ConsequencesA very short
- Close but No CigarA limerick written for the Money Marketeers of
- A Dove Saves a DogAdapted from a letter to the Chairman on Sept. 30,
- A Macroeconomic Haiku
- How I Became a Writer (At Least for a Day)
- A Philistine in FranceA very short poem
2002
- Bad TimingA limerick written for the Forecasters Club of New
- Perusing, Musing, and LosingA poem about the
2001
- Give Growth a ChanceAn epic
2000
- Dollarization: A LimerickAs presented at "Dollarization: A Common Currency for the Americas?" -- the whole conference in a single
1999
- Fat BooksSome skinny book
1998
- Beating the BogieAn untimely protest against conservative investment
- The FSPC and the Fuzzy TreeReprinted from News Lite, an occasional edition of the Dallas Fed's employee newsletter