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May 19, 20222 min read
More May Flowers and Another Old Poem Blooming Again
Anyway, we start off today with a close up of some flowers on a bush that I have no memories of what it was called, but it was purchased...
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May 9, 20223 min read
Fire the Blogger! Hire the Photographer!
I reckon I should probably be fired. I have not posted a blog since April 10, nearly a month ago. It was right after Kellie and I...
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Apr 10, 20223 min read
Fire, Fire Way Too Close But the Flower Pictures Are Beautiful
I have a whole bunch of cool pictures to post taken during the hiking excursion that Kellie and I took today, but first, I must tell you...
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Apr 3, 20223 min read
Musing about Flowers and Such
Anyway, if you've been keeping up with me on Facebook, you know that I have shared the pictures that Kellie posted on her feed and tagged...
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Feb 25, 20223 min read
Something Cold, Something New
Today, Luna and I returned to our daily walking. The picture accompanying this blog shows what about half of the 2/3 mile path around the...
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Feb 20, 20222 min read
A New (Revised) Poem for a Change
Anyway, Dewey Lynne is having a rest. I do not even have a bit of a note scratched for the next Dewey Lynne Bugler story. I am not sure...
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Nov 24, 20213 min read
An Attempt at Something Different
Picture Caption: I was walking the other night after 6 o'clock, so it was dark, but away from all of the lights of town and with the full...
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Nov 7, 20213 min read
Buying a New Friend?
I finally received my token of friendship from The American Poetry Review this week. I seem to remember when being friends did not...
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Oct 17, 20213 min read
Not Inspired, I Guess
Anyway, I have been doing my daily walking, and I have been waiting for Nature to start showing out, for the colors to change, and to be...
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Oct 10, 20213 min read
An Older, Wiser Man with Rhythm
Anyway, people ask me sometimes, “What do you mean that your older poems do not have a good rhythm? And is it really that important in...
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Oct 5, 20214 min read
Sorting Through the Trash
Anyway, an Irish poet by the name of William Butler Yeats wrote a poem called The Circus Animals’ Desertion. Many critics and scholars...
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Oct 3, 20213 min read
Blog Fatigue and The Sermon of the Hound
Anyway, who would have thought that writing three or four hundred words a week in a blog would be so difficult after only a few weeks?...
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Sep 27, 20213 min read
There’s a Light, Over at the Poemshape Blog
Anyway, I found a new poetry bestie who does not even know that he is my go-to read when I feel like I need support for my particular...
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Sep 23, 20212 min read
Kellie Takes the Blog for a Day
Anyway (isn’t that how you begin, Michael?), I have taken over this week’s blog to explain a little about Michael’s upcoming book of...
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Sep 19, 20213 min read
Two Miles Down the Road
Anyway, Kellie and I went to Mountain View on Saturday to our grandson Colt’s football game. After the football game, we went with my son...
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Sep 16, 20213 min read
Sometimes Even the Sky Gets Angry
Anyway, I was walking the other evening. I tend to do that a lot. Kellie wasn’t walking with me on this rare occasion, and the sky looked...
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Sep 11, 20214 min read
Sshhh…Don’t Tell Anyone! A Poem from the New Book Atheists and Empty Spaces
Anyway, you will probably notice right away in looking at the title of the poem that it is called Old #5. That is because this is the...
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Sep 6, 20211 min read
A Golden Oldie from 39 Years Ago
Anyway, Kellie and I were walking in the city park at Salem early Saturday morning, and we both took a picture trying to capture the...
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Sep 3, 20214 min read
To Interpret or Not Interpret? That Is Not the Right Question
Anyway, if I am going to blog about poetry, sometimes the discussion has to get a little bit technical. My hope is that I can find a...
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Aug 29, 20212 min read
The Third Cardinal Is Complete!
Anyway, I have finished the poem for the first request that I have received from a reader. I generally do not think it is fair to explain...
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