Tag: Writing
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Standoff Excerpt: By the Side of the Road
By the Side of the Road Little boy standin’ by the side of the road, Lookin’ down beside hisself in the gutter at a dirty old toad, What was sittin’ there all covered in dust with its eyes slowly flickin’ Looking for lunch, the boy, he did so suppose, A guest to share the moment the frog…
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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 from the book 8.31.19
It’s Four O’clock in the Morning A light rain falls on the grass and pond outside my window to the world It falls on the street and shines in a nearby streetlight glow And silence is the answer to the falling soft wet mist Swirling more like tiny snowflakes than rain in a gentle calming…
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Standoff 8.20.2019 Post
The Old Undead of Poets And thus spake true, the old undead of poets long forgot As the grass they stood upon withered and the trees nearby did rot For surely they had never ever thought Nor in this life had ever sought The substance of less passion For clearly was not their fashion And…
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Sunday heading towards Monday.
So, it is Sunday 7/21/19 and I am trying to write a short story, finish a true crime novel, submit some poetry for publication, and more…..much more….too much more. Plus, good grief, I haven’t filed my taxes yet for 2018. So, what’s new with all of you? Anybody got a Hamster for a gift present?…
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2300 hours on April 4, 2019
I have no real title for this message. So I chose the time and date. Thinking====I do that sometimes. Sometimes I don’t. When I don’t I regret it. I am sure that has happened to all of you as well. I have a newsletter that I am posting my poetry to because I have come…
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Wednesday and Two Tours in Vietnam!
Good Wednesday to you all! For me it started with being startled out of my sleep. That was because I had a rough night and needed more sleep and my wife had to wake me because I had a breakfast meeting to go to. So, I changed the time and met a buddy about an…
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Boot Barn and History
Today my wife, Jan, and I drove to Tampa looking for a shoes store named Boot Barn. We found it on Adamo, near SR. 60 not far from I-75. Wow, talk about cowboy boots, hats, shirts, and jewelry. It also opened my thoughts and so I thought I would share a bit of personal history.…
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Sunday morning 3.3.19
Well, for starters, I woke to find the 10K going over the Skyway. Over 11,000 runners. WOW. It was on live from helicopters. I also have still not gotten my results from my colonoscopy. I can’t believe it is taking this long to get information back. I wrote two poems this morning and posted them…
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0400 2/28/19 Copyright and YouTube
I am really tired of working on videos to post to YouTube only to find months later, if not years later, that someone has placed a copyright claim on them for pictures or (mainly) music. It happens all the time. Then you have to protest to get the ads off your product. It is just…
THOUGHTS OF A POET IN THE RAIN 