Category: Literary Arts
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STANDOFF EXCERPT 9.12.19
Walking with a Dead Butterfly Come fly away now gentle butterfly Open your wings and capture a breath of wind Set sail and say goodbye to the world below Let not your heart in pain deny Your right to sail the summer sky For you are special, my valiant friend You’ve come so far in…
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Standoff post 8.27.19
Two more from the book Standoff. The book can be found on Amazon or can be ordered through me at http://www.authorgordonkuhn.com . Bought through me and I sign the book for you. Nightfall, the Lovers’ Dance I recall the night when the rain came And settled in bringing a coolness to the room Where two…
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STANDOFF, bit by bit
Standoff is a book of poetry and short stories. I will be placing posts here as I go. It is published and available at Amazon. You can also buy it directly from me by visiting one of my websites. Questions? I’ll be happy to answer them. Oh, if you buy it from me it is…
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Georgia & Footprints in Time
We spent a week in Georgia on our property there. It is was nice but a bit sad. Raining in reality and in relationships. Funny how things can change. When someone is ill from drugs or alcohol and they get straight or die it is generally true that the family and those close by are…
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Where did the year go?
Another year moving into history. Seems strange. I am still in January. Well, for Jan and I it has been an up and down year with moving away and then moving back when we discovered that “friends” weren’t friends and that the VA doesn’t have the medical facilities in Georgia that we thought they had.…
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Constant Comment Newsletter
Hi, I have started a newsletter through Constant Contact. If you wish to receive postings like are on here then I suggest that you write me and give me your email address for inclusion into my newsletter posts. My email is GKUHNWRITES@AOL.COM and I look forward to communicating with you. Sincerely, Gordon Kuhn
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A DEATH
A DEATH A distant friend has passed this night Passed and joined another realm, another dance Brandy and death together in a waltz Without tears falling from dry eyes The sorrow of the dancers goes on living Trapped in an eternal ballet as life goes on to die While nature’s odd sorts in pose…
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A CAST OF ELVIS
A CAST OF ELVIS It was early in the morning Before the sun had chosen to rise While in the West there was reported the coming of a storm For the clouds were stacked up to the top of the sullen sky Thunderheads stood out in darkness forming Telling a sleepy paperboy to carry a…
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Without a Boat (Amended and rewritten 10/15/2018}
WITHOUT A BOAT (amended/rewritten 10/15/2018) Jesus was a sailor who sailed without a boat He had no need upon that to stand, for he could easily float Above the briny chilling cold and darkest dark of deep Where many sailors struggled and in death there they fell to sleep He had no need to save…
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WITHOUT A BOAT
WITHOUT A BOAT Jesus was a sailor who sailed without a boat He had no need upon that to stand He had no need to save anyone His force was in league with nature But man and God had suffered a fracture And the book says Jesus came to repair Today he would find sadly…
THOUGHTS OF A POET IN THE RAIN 