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Mar 4, 20233 min read
Poems of a Different Color and Flowers Because I Took the Pictures
My faithful, regular readers are going to wonder what I am doing writing a comment at the top of the page. Well, today, I am providing a...
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Feb 26, 20233 min read
The Moon Diver Again: Revised With a Little Help From a Friend
A month ago, on January 31, I posted a poem called The Moon Diver which I had been trying to complete since last summer. Well, fellow...
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Feb 23, 20232 min read
Tiny Purple Flower in the Fence at the Rodeo Arena
Comments are below the poem. Tiny Purple Flower in the Fence at the Rodeo Arena Kings and queens don expensive robes Of royal violet hue,...
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Feb 19, 20232 min read
First Flower of the Spring: A New Poem and Two Pictures
The comments will be below the second picture. Enjoy! First Flower of the Season First flower of the season, Fragile fay, You’re like a...
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Jan 31, 20233 min read
The Moon Diver: A Poem That I Started Last Summer and Just Finished
The Moon Diver Have you heard of the Moon Diver, A foul mischievous imp, Who puts lines on ladies’ faces And gives healthy fellows a...
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Jan 28, 20231 min read
A Dream Song: For Nature
A Dream Song (For Nature) Stark black limbs segment The blazing green eye Into fractured shards Of cool purple sky In lucid wet dreams...
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Jan 22, 20232 min read
A New Snapshot from an Old Poem: There Is No City
There Is No City Four days and there is no city, Only a dusty gravel road, Sagging green bushes, wilting flowers, And stifling sterile...
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Jan 16, 20232 min read
The Cave Opening
The Cave Opening Some say a mouth. I say a maw. You have no lips Nor jutting jaw. I feel your breath, But do you breathe, Or do the rocks...
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Jan 5, 20233 min read
We Once Felt a Fire
We Once Felt a Fire Will we kindle muted passion In a world of dampened sadness Or flicker in a tired fashion Into apathetic madness? Or...
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Jan 3, 20231 min read
Poor, Poor Hawk, Vicious Hawk
Poor, Poor Hawk Poor, poor hawk, vicious hawk, Tan terror of the sky, You look a sleeping, peaceful dove In brown leaves where you lie....
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Dec 31, 20222 min read
A Cardinal Poem with a Bit of an Edge
Singing a Note of Warning I see you perched and nestled tight Above the wispy powdered snow In one small beam of waning light Hid in a...
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Dec 21, 20222 min read
Fly Away, Cardinal Brothers: A New Poem and a Picture of the Two Gents
Fly Away, Cardinal Brothers How goes it there, my crimson friends? Your crests are spiked; your feathers fluffed. You’ve held that pose...
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Dec 19, 20223 min read
Something to Write About: A New "Flash" Poem
Something to Write About We went out walking yesterday, My dog and I alone. My wife declined to go with us For reasons of her own. I...
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Dec 11, 20222 min read
Two New Snapshots in Verse and Two Snapshots with My Smartphone
When this becomes regular to all of us, I will no longer need to write it, but my comments about the snippets of verse and the pictures...
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Dec 6, 20222 min read
Snapshots in Verse and Sunsets
As I have begun doing recently, I will share the poems and pictures and then provide an explanation at the end. See you at the bottom of...
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Nov 24, 20221 min read
All of the Blog Poems Put Together: No Longer A Test: The Real Deal
Yes, the headline is correct. In the PDF above are all the NEW poems that I have posted in this blog. It does not include any of the...
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Nov 23, 20222 min read
My Bluebird's Home: Two Poems in One Day! How About That?
As I did this morning, I will present the poem and then present my ramblings about the poem. Enjoy! My Bluebird’s Home I. In your azure...
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Nov 23, 20222 min read
A Poem Welcoming Winter to North Arkansas in the Style of A. E. Housman
How about this? Enjoy the poem first. Then, read about the inspiration. Welcoming Winter in North Arkansas (In the style of A. E....
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Nov 20, 20225 min read
Revised Uncle Boog: Part One-It's a Whole Lotta New! Also, a Great Place to Start the First Time
If you read my last post, you know that Uncle Boog and the Dogfight ended up being too short to publish as a novel but too long to...
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Nov 13, 20222 min read
A Picture of a Beautiful Flower, News About What I Am Doing, and an Invitation to Revisit Uncle Boog
Kellie took this picture last week of this little flower that bloomed in a flower pot on the porch. With the 20 degree temperatures last...
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