And So It Grew: A Poem in Response to a Request
Today's poem is written as a request for Missy Dayberry-Avey of St. James, Arkansas. (You do still live there, right?) Back in the early...
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Michael Thomas Thoughts on Poetry, Short Stories, Essays, and Ramblings-It's All Here in...
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Aug 25, 202212 min read
Chapter 5: Gas Station Bathrooms and Errol Flynn as Robin Hood by Dewey Lynne Bugler
(A note from the real author: Good news! I had so much written in Chapter 5 that I had to split it, so I have half of Chapter 6 written....
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Aug 19, 202211 min read
Chapter 4: A Detour for Grandma’s Biscuits and Sheryl Crow by Dewey Lynne Bugler
(I took this picture on our Greer Spring hike last Saturday.--MT) Chapter 4: A Detour for Grandma’s Biscuits and Sheryl Crow Looks like a...
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Aug 17, 20222 min read
The Good Mushroom: A Request
You folks remember a while back--a long time back--I said that I would do requests for poems. I have had two requests. Kellie's sister...
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Aug 14, 20222 min read
A New Mined Poetic Nugget and a Different Photographer
This morning's picture was taken by my son Jesse. He had some Naked Ladies, AKA Surprise Lilies (Lycoris squamigera), pop up in his yard,...
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Aug 12, 202211 min read
Chapter 3: Bad Choices by Dewey Lynne Bugler
(As the real author of the Dewey Lynne stories, I am glad to tell you that I am happy to be back writing instead of "selling." I'm sorry...
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Aug 9, 20222 min read
Picture Say More Than Words--At the Moment Anyway! Hint: Words Are at the Bottom of the Pictures
Today, when Kellie and I got home from a morning at the doctor's office and a meeting at ASUMH (that's where we work), a long-awaited...
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Aug 6, 20222 min read
New Poem About Inspiration Or the Lack of It
Luna and I went walking yesterday morning (Friday) at the Fulton County Fairgrounds/Shooting Range, and we walked down the new road...
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Aug 5, 202213 min read
Chapter 2: All You Ever Need to Know About Enos “Stainy” Taney
Chapter 2: All You Ever Need to Know About Enos “Stainy” Taney Anyway, I don’t believe that I have to explain to anybody how Enos Taney...
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Jul 31, 20222 min read
A Poem Inspired by Thoughts More Sublime Than Usual
Yesterday, as I was seeking inspiration for a new poem, I searched through a folder called "Really, Really Rough Drafts," thinking that,...
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Jul 30, 202212 min read
Chapter 1: Minding Someone Else’s Business by Dewey Lynne Bugler
Chapter 1 Minding Someone Else’s Business Dewey Lynne here. What’s up? I hope that things are going well for all you folks out there in...
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Jul 25, 20229 min read
How I Came to Be in Prison and What Happened the Day Before I Was Arrested By Dewey Lynne Bugler
How I Came to Be in Prison and What Happened the Day Before I Was Arrested By Dewey Lynne Bugler Howdy, y’all! Dewey Lynne Bugler here....
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Jul 21, 20222 min read
Oh, Dear! Publication Pushed Back Again!
Wow! Was I ever excited this morning when I got an email from the publisher around 8:30 with words in bold and all caps FINAL PROOFS!...
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Jul 19, 20222 min read
A Dragon Eats the Moon: A Picture and a Poem About It.
Well, I hate to post another blog so close to the last one when I still have so many of my friends and acquaintances reading and...
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Jul 17, 20221 min read
A Poem and Picture Reminding Us Not to Abandon Hope in This Awful Stretch of Torturous Heat
Anyway, since I do seem to be stuck in a phase of writing short poems about Nature and its various scenes and faces, I offer today a poem...
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Jul 12, 20223 min read
A Song for Rain and Pictures from Rain Forests of the World
Anyway, on our recent vacation to San Francisco, Kellie, Sarah, and I visited the California Academy of Sciences. A primary exhibit at...
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Jul 11, 20224 min read
Now, I Can Tell You Where I Have Been: San Francisco
Eight days ago, I wrote that I would tell you why I was not going to be writing anything for at least a week. The reason is that I have...
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Jul 3, 20224 min read
New Pictures: Don't Have Any New Writings
Anyway, it has been a very busy week. Summer term I at ASUMH ended on Wednesday, so I had a deluge of grading Monday, Tuesday, and the...
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Jun 25, 20223 min read
A Finished Poem (They are never really finished.) from the Draft that You Saw Last Week
Before I present the poem to you, I wanted to tell you about some interesting stuff that I ran across as part of my research to finish...
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Jun 24, 202243 min read
Aunt Charlotte's Crib by Dewey Lynne Bugler
(Michael Thomas here, the real author of the Dewey Lynne stories, I would like to add a few warnings before you jump into this much...
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