THE LETTER (Short Story) - 1/3/2018 4:21:24 AM
a fine tale
THE LETTER (Short Story) - 1/2/2018 9:36:44 AM
Another time travel saga. I'm not sure what "neutral atomic plasma" is, but it certainly must be some nasty stuff. And, you left us wondering with that personal letter unopened. If I were Arthur I would've settled for 2034 where they were able to bring him back from the dead. It's always much better in the future and you don't have to ride trains anymore to get around.
Ron
THE LETTER (Short Story) - 1/2/2018 1:59:59 AM
That envelope got into the right hands, as intended...I enjoyed your story.
THE LETTER (Short Story) - 1/1/2018 7:06:25 PM
A FINE STORY, DONE VERY WELL, THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
OSBORNE HOUSE (Short Story) - 11/4/2017 2:04:11 AM
well done, enjoyed the read, i like your writing style, holds reader interest
Never stop writing!
m
OSBORNE HOUSE (Short Story) - 11/2/2017 7:06:38 AM
a nice tale
OSBORNE HOUSE (Short Story) - 11/1/2017 7:38:34 AM
Not being from the UK I don't feel the significance of this that that a Britisher would. Whether it be a pen or a manor house, something royal would be a very big deal. A likely story of time travel that only royalty could afford.
Announcing that the pen was from, "Queen Victoria 130 years ago," might be better said that the pen was 130 years old.
Ron
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS (Short Story) - 8/28/2017 1:00:41 AM
Beautiful words that ring true--hope to "listen" to this soon.
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS (Short Story) - 8/27/2017 12:24:42 PM
As a nice ring to it. Would have been nice to hear live music as perhaps, a video.
Ron
LOOP (Short Story) - 8/24/2017 4:56:54 AM
Neuro- transmitters? I get a suspicion that that word came from my last story. Like Eva wrote, sinister. As I read, I couldn't help thinking that perhaps they had already "gone to your head" both figuratively and physically. About to take over the world?
Your typos were glaring like deer in my headlights!
Ron
LOOP (Short Story) - 8/24/2017 1:27:44 AM
I enjoyed your effective story. Seems that Trianphillis has a more far reaching effect, striking me as sinister. I'm wondering what would have happened had you not signed off your approval.
THE TEETH (Short Story) - 7/3/2017 4:37:00 AM
Curiosity got the boy this time. I'll bet he enjoyed that juice with thoughts of Gram's teeth in it.
Ron
THE TEETH (Short Story) - 7/3/2017 1:09:59 AM
So, Jimmy's mom must have used another mug, eh? Perish the thought!
THE MUFFIN GIRL (Short Story) - 10/11/2015 1:17:36 AM
Wishful thinking, and going out on a limb for the slimmest of chances. But, some risks are worth taking.
HERE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LETTER! (Short Story) - 8/16/2009 6:50:39 AM
I am enjoying your stories as much as your writing style. Your pen takes the reader inside the story.
I will be back to read more, as my present time allows me.
Gratefully,
Dixie Dawn Michelle
ANCIENT RIGHTS (Short Story) - 8/16/2009 6:28:56 AM
I like this story. "ANCIENT RIGHTS" delivers a clear picture of the facts, – and prods imagination – to creative flight on wings of intuition.
I am impressed with the refined style of this author.
Gratefully,
Dixie Dawn Michelle
COSMIC MIRRORS (Short Story) - 7/24/2009 6:13:04 AM
Gosh!! Great plot.
THERE'S A HOLE IN THE GROUND (Short Story) - 7/10/2009 2:24:06 PM
Weird,i.e. Although There Are Many REAL Holes Opening Up All Over Evil Planet Earth...
TRASK...
The Call box (Short Story) - 6/7/2009 2:27:35 AM
A very nice story that shows promise. It's definitely something you could build upon.
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A STROLL AROUND LONDON (Article) - 10/30/2017 3:59:16 PM
I enjoyed reading your article. well said, holds reader interest
Never stop Writing!!
m
A STROLL AROUND LONDON (Article) - 10/6/2017 11:02:55 AM
I was to spend four days in London on my trip around the world in 1977. Unfortunately, repairs to our plane required a quick departure from Heathrow without our luggage, so we went with the plane, missed Paris by some fluke of mechanical failure and ended up in Frankfurt that night for a four day stay there before flying on to Cairo.
I feel the same way about my 60s stay in San Francisco Bay Area. Every time I go there, I feel like coming home. The history there starts at 1906 because everything burned during the fire after the earthquake.
Ron
MEMORIES OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (Article) - 10/14/2009 1:01:24 PM
I was at this gig and if I remember correctly, Middle Earth opened at about 11 p.m. Also, wasn't Jeff Dexter - Middle Earth's d.j. there too!!
SOLD (Poetry) - 1/18/2018 7:51:28 PM
So true. Well said!
SOLD (Poetry) - 1/15/2018 11:17:53 AM
It might be best if you don't know. A house will kast as long as it's taken care of. Nothing destroys a house quicker than an empty house. It's amazing how fast a house deteriorates when thee's no one living there.
SOLD (Poetry) - 1/15/2018 9:26:17 AM
It seems like the most stately homes were built on the hill overlooking towns in the best location with the best view. You made me recall my childhood home where stately mansions were much further up the streets and uphill. I do wonder who lives in those mansions now.
Ron
SOLD (Poetry) - 1/15/2018 3:23:07 AM
a sold house has absorbed so much energy of those who lived in it that you need to be greatly strong spiritually to adopt it for yourself. It's like a fire, . . so think twice before you make a purchase; it's a serious deal, even if it is fictious ;)) Cheers, alex
SOLD (Poetry) - 1/14/2018 2:19:09 PM
A house holds so many stories of ones who lived there. If walls can talk to us, I'd love to hear them.
SOLD (Poetry) - 1/14/2018 12:27:53 PM
I enjoyed this
A WRITERS SMILE (Poetry) - 1/11/2018 7:19:36 AM
All is good with the word when you see what you have created with your blood, sweat, and tears.
A WRITERS SMILE (Poetry) - 1/9/2018 3:12:46 AM
so true of writers everywhere
A WRITERS SMILE (Poetry) - 1/8/2018 5:53:57 AM
The joy of the "jigsaw diadems" that all fit! The joy and the rarity!
A WRITERS SMILE (Poetry) - 1/7/2018 10:16:05 AM
It certainly is great when we see our writing in print. It's even better when readers tell you that they like what they read in print. And even better still when you receive an award for what you've written.
For me the joy of just writing is what makes it worthwhile. If I receive credit or readership, it's all the more rewarding.
Ron
A WRITERS SMILE (Poetry) - 1/7/2018 7:09:26 AM
I think you've got it.
By George you've got it.
I said that you could do it and you did it.
I'm pretty sure of that.
A WRITERS SMILE (Poetry) - 1/6/2018 5:16:03 AM
Yes indeed, John, I'll never forget how I felt when I held my first book in my hands.
UMBERELLA v's GALE (Poetry) - 1/5/2018 10:03:18 AM
this is what makes the content of our lives. when we are strong we resist to survive; when we are weak we follow to survive again. a nice piece, maestro. Cheers, alex
UMBERELLA v's GALE (Poetry) - 1/4/2018 8:47:26 AM
Just go with the the blow.
UMBERELLA v's GALE (Poetry) - 1/4/2018 8:29:41 AM
I picture a silent movie featuring Charlie Chaplin out for an afternoon when a storm comes up and he tries to open his umbrella in the gale. Funny stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Tewo8Mew8
Ron
UMBERELLA v's GALE (Poetry) - 1/4/2018 3:04:35 AM
perseverance against the odds, well said
UMBERELLA v's GALE (Poetry) - 1/3/2018 9:22:51 PM
I can feel the person's determination in his brave fight with the umbrella. Perhaps, your poem applies to all of life's difficulties that frustrate us. But we bravely fight on.
SO IT'S A NEW YEAR (Poetry) - 1/1/2018 10:10:43 PM
I slowly walk around the streets where I live and I am appalled by the trash and garbage litter all over the place. It seems today's new generation does not mind drinking their "Big-Gulp" and trashing the leftovers out the car windows. So what does an average citizen do? I guess I can organize a clean-up block party. Discuss the problem with the Mayor and other city leaders. This year is a time for action. Yes, and "Happy New Year" to you John too!
SO IT'S A NEW YEAR (Poetry) - 1/1/2018 10:31:39 AM
HAPPY NEW YEAR! MAY THE GOOD LORD CONTINUE TO INSPIRE YOU FOR HIS GLORY! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
SO IT'S A NEW YEAR (Poetry) - 1/1/2018 10:28:44 AM
You are right. Another year is just another year. But we invented holidays to take time off from the drudgery of day-to-day. To celebrate and enuberate. There is always hope that we can do better the next year and sometimes, we have. We can remove the plastic from the landscape as easily as we removed pull tabs from pop and beer cans. It's in our power to do right. If not now, then next year.
Ron
DISPOSAL (Poetry) - 12/29/2017 8:29:49 AM
About the loneliest profession there is. Fortunately, through online demand, I recently saw two movies on the subject. The first movie, simply titled, Mine, was about using German prisoners of war, very young, to remove landmines from the beaches of Denmark just after World War II. It was a very tragic tale of unwilling young men forced to do a very dangerous and deadly task.
The second movie, The Hurt Locker, was a recently acclaimed movie about bomb disposal in Iraq. This movie was more about bravery and heroism under very difficult circumstances. Both movies are very worthwhile to watch.
As desperate people seek ways of showing their pain by using bombs, more and more, others will be caught up in trying to disarm and dispose of bombs.
Ron
DISPOSAL (Poetry) - 12/28/2017 7:13:51 AM
They are one of the unsung heroes we take for granted.
DISPOSAL (Poetry) - 12/28/2017 3:33:47 AM
my brother was underwater demolitions in the navy in Korea, in the fifties
FORGETFUL EPITAPH (Poetry) - 12/26/2017 10:05:37 AM
It certainly is a fretful thing for one to try to write an epitaph and only come up with traditional wording to honor someone you consider better than that.
Doesn't read like a "nonsense" poem to me.
Ron
IF EVER (Poetry) - 12/25/2017 4:24:00 AM
the 'letting go' is a great skill to be learnt and mastered by most of us throughout entire of our lives. Cheers, alex
HERO AND A CLOWN (Poetry) - 12/24/2017 4:40:42 PM
The tears of a clown. Illusion can soothe our souls from the pain of our real lives.
IF EVER (Poetry) - 12/24/2017 3:59:44 PM
Life can only get better. When you hit rock bottom, you can't fall any further.
HERO AND A CLOWN (Poetry) - 12/19/2017 10:06:00 AM
Beautifully written. Having coffees can certainly wake-up a man.
So many are living in an illusion these days. More and more are ending up on the street.
Ron
NO LOSTALGIA (Poetry) - 12/18/2017 8:42:50 AM
I don't fret over lost memories, because I probably forgot that I lost them anyway.
Ron
NO LOSTALGIA (Poetry) - 12/18/2017 7:04:44 AM
Lostalgia, now that's a cool word. I was going to say something else, but it's slipped my mind.
NO LOSTALGIA (Poetry) - 12/18/2017 4:14:54 AM
it may stay lost forever
SO SOFT SO GENTLE (Poetry) - 12/17/2017 1:34:57 PM
very well written
SO SOFT SO GENTLE (Poetry) - 12/16/2017 11:34:29 AM
But when they turn to sleet they can become quite stinging.
Enjoyed your gentle depiction of falling rain.
Raindrops keep falling on my head, but I'm not dead--yet.
Ron
SO SOFT SO GENTLE (Poetry) - 12/15/2017 2:57:03 AM
One a sensitive soul could appreciate the rain like this. Wonderfully blessed you are. Thanks for sharing dear John . Have g great day.
SO SOFT SO GENTLE (Poetry) - 12/13/2017 1:15:34 PM
I couldn't figure out what was hitting you. A nice surprise.
WORRIES (Poetry) - 12/11/2017 8:26:39 AM
I think those "vacant lots" increase with age as we try to maneuver around them. And, not remembering something isn't so bad if we can remember it before we try to go to sleep and it worries us all night.
Ron
WORRIES (Poetry) - 12/10/2017 6:23:57 PM
Eh..what did you just say? It must have been good because after I read it, I started to write. Oh yes, now I recall, it was about forgetting stuff after all. I knew it, I knew it, and you got it right. Were all afraid of forgetting and loosing are marbles somewhere in the night...
UNSEEN HAND (Poetry) - 12/10/2017 7:01:14 AM
Faces. Yep people's faces are etched with what they go through in their every day lives. loo closely you will understand.
UNSEEN HAND (Poetry) - 12/10/2017 6:40:27 AM
THE WORD SAY, 'I WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, HE WHO KEEPS HIS EYES STAYED ON ME'. I RECOMMEND ALL EYES ON 'HIM'...GOD'S HAND IS THE ONLY HAND WE NEED WORRY ABOUT. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
TRUTH (Poetry) - 12/6/2017 6:44:36 AM
It certainly is amazing how we can live a lie based on our attitudes and beliefs. Sometimes, even faced with overwhelming evidence of the truth, fall back on beliefs that have never been proven or suit our immediate needs and thereby perpetuate living a lie.
Ron
TRUTH (Poetry) - 12/6/2017 3:36:09 AM
Thank you, John, for this poetic wake-up call. The truth can be found in this Prayer: "Father, thank You for sending Jesus to destroy the enemy's work. Thank You that because of Jesus, Satan has no grip on my life. Teach me to live in the freedom You purchased for me through Your sacrifice. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen."
"The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work" (1 John 3:8).
Sighing Within (Poetry) - 12/3/2017 10:55:34 PM
we do live in troubling times
never stop writing!
m
Sighing Within (Poetry) - 12/3/2017 9:40:38 PM
And Trump wants to keep our so-called paradise safe from intruders by building his brick wall. That's what we don't need: more walls.
Sighing Within (Poetry) - 12/2/2017 12:47:48 PM
Poets and prophets go hand in hand. You are predicting the foulness inner nature that seems to want to doom us with our own passive neglect. It behooves us all to try to come up with positive ways of solving very complex problems, each one of us, by educating others.
It can be done, through poetry like yours.
Ron
Sighing Within (Poetry) - 12/1/2017 10:17:27 AM
we all have to meditate to see the whole picture which is described in this piece. Too much actions and no positive results because of lack of 'the passive' meditation. Cheers, alex
Sighing Within (Poetry) - 11/30/2017 6:09:36 AM
John has the right idea, I do believe.
Sighing Within (Poetry) - 11/30/2017 2:54:45 AM
It's hard to think that world is good by listening to the media on TV.
But getting down to earth with neighbors we CAN change OUR little world.
One charitable gift of kindness-at-a-time...
Amen
Sighing Within (Poetry) - 11/30/2017 2:39:56 AM
a dour thought about the state we are in
OUR LAST GOODBYE. (Poetry) - 11/29/2017 7:47:09 PM
It's never easy to say goodbye.
OUR LAST GOODBYE. (Poetry) - 11/28/2017 6:43:06 AM
the deep feelings that are expressed in this piece of poetry put me into its author's shoes reminding some similar moments from my past. a very touchable piece due to its restraint. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, alex
OUR LAST GOODBYE. (Poetry) - 11/28/2017 3:28:46 AM
well said, poignant, thought provoking and positive
never stop writing
m
OUR LAST GOODBYE. (Poetry) - 11/24/2017 10:42:07 AM
Poignant passing. It's never easy and hopefully best happens in sleep.
"'s" is possessive, not plural, and one of my pet peeves. Using 's instead of the simple plural, s, is rampant in common writing these days and even preferred by Microsoft spellchecker.
Ron
OUR LAST GOODBYE. (Poetry) - 11/24/2017 6:58:45 AM
it's always hard to goodbye, no matter waht the circumstances may be. Very touching write.
DARE I STEP OUT of the BOX. (Poetry) - 11/22/2017 7:07:04 PM
Yes. That box represents all our insecurities. I opened mine to write. We'll see where it takes me.
IT IS WINTER? (Poetry) - 11/22/2017 6:49:10 PM
Oh, my! Maybe God won't do those things but bask in the sunshine with us.
IT IS WINTER? (Poetry) - 11/22/2017 1:30:50 PM
thought provoking!
never stop writing!
m
IT IS WINTER? (Poetry) - 11/21/2017 7:59:26 AM
An apt description of what is happening in world as we go our way of "lowest-cost "buying and extravagant waste with our "disposable income." We are as much at fault as those we blame. In order to bring things back into the natural order we will have to change our lifestyles as well as force those transgressors to stop.
One of the words that makes me cringe is a misuse of the word, it's (a contraction of two words, it is) and its (possessive… Owned by it).
Ron
DARE I STEP OUT of the BOX. (Poetry) - 11/20/2017 8:27:44 AM
A poem with a powerful message. We are often sidetracked from our dreams by our parents, peers and teachers who want to put us in these boxes that they think we fit in. Many childhood dreams are suppressed like that.
When I recall my youth, I heard kids say they wanted to be a fireman, policeman or engineer (drive a train), some rather lowly expectations. I wanted to be both an architect and an astronaut. Those expectations were never thwarted by my parents or teachers who encouraged me to study those subjects and pursue my quest. Unfortunately, there were barriers, primarily financial, to my studies and those expectations were curtailed, largely by me. Still, I became an engineer and eventually a professor. My desire to be a writer was always there and was used intensively in my studies and my career. Now I can relax in fiction and enjoy just writing for the thrill of it.
Ron
ANOTHER TRUTH (Poetry) - 11/4/2017 1:45:53 AM
well said! i like this, food for thought
Never stop writing!
m
ANOTHER TRUTH (Poetry) - 11/2/2017 7:20:23 AM
too bad that truth is not taken seriously by more today
ANOTHER TRUTH (Poetry) - 11/1/2017 8:21:24 AM
Truth certainly is easily slanted by nonsense. But in certain areas, like science, repeated trials resulting in the same or consistent results, reveals truth that is very useful in everyday life.
But when you base truth on long held belief, the danger is that at some point a strong argument will come along and prove that ancient truth to be a lie.
Ron
ANOTHER TRUTH (Poetry) - 11/1/2017 5:57:35 AM
As the old saying goes, truth can run around naked. Lies have to be covered up.
ANOTHER TRUTH (Poetry) - 10/31/2017 9:14:30 PM
I agree with Susan. The wolves cry so much that "The Boy that Cried, Wolf" does not seem to be a liar anymore. Now that's how insane society has become. It all starts with the leadership at the top. So Billy Boy cried out like a wolf, "I did not have SEX with that woman!" Since I now have more power than God, I will now tell you small folk the NEW definition of SEX! The insane part is, the crowd went wild and gave Billy Boy a free pass. Some moral fools thought to themselves, "Well kick me in the ass!" The legend of Billy and Hilly (Bonnie and Clyde) lives on!!!
ANOTHER TRUTH (Poetry) - 10/31/2017 8:10:58 PM
Some people lie so much that they don't even know they're lying anymore. They've truly misplaced the truth.
ANOTHER TRUTH (Poetry) - 10/31/2017 2:54:14 PM
I LOVE THE INTRODUCTION...A NONSENSE ABOUT WHAT IS TRUTH. ITS CATCHES THE ATTENTION OF ONE WHO MAY HAVE FELT CONFUSED ABOUT THEIR 'UNDERSTANDING' AS TO WHAT 'TRUTH' IS. IN THE BEGINNING OF OUR SEARCH FOR TRUTH, EVEN THOUGH WE WANT TO BELIEVE WITH ALL OUR HEART, MIND AND SOUL, IT'S NOT QUITE CLEAR WHAT IT REALLY IS AND TO THE NEW BELIEVER IT CAN BE, AS YOU SAY, OBSCURED BY THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF 'LIVING'. BUT IT IS THROUGH FAITH THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EMBRACE(SEE) REAL TRUTH,...THAT IS, 'THE ONLY TRUTH'...AND IT SETS US FREE, INDEED, AS HIS WORD SAYS. WHEN WE ARE ENLIGHTENED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD(COMFORTER, WHICH HE SENDS)WHICH LEADS US INTO ALL TRUTH, WE COME TO 'KNOW' HIS VOICE AND THUS, WE FOLLOW 'HIM' WHO IS, '... FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH...' WE LEARN THAT 'ALL' TRUTH IS WRAPPED UP IN HIM AND WE ARE ENCOURAGED, THROUGH HIS WORD TO, 'DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM(TRUTH) FOR WE WILL BE REWARDED'. 'TRUTH' NEVER CHANGES...'HE' IS THE SAME YESTERDAY,TODAY AND FOREVER. THANKS FOR SHARING, JOHN. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS. JHN 1:14, JHN 8:32, HEB 11:6,JHN 14:16-17,HEB 13:8
UNIMPORTANT (Poetry) - 10/30/2017 5:17:30 PM
And this hodge-podge of thoughts created a pretty poem.
UNIMPORTANT (Poetry) - 10/30/2017 2:56:08 PM
thought provoking work, i like your poem and the graphic
Never stop Writing!!
m
UNIMPORTANT (Poetry) - 10/30/2017 6:20:28 AM
Unordered thoughts can result in highly ordered poems. I think?
Ron
SILENCE BECOMES YOU (Poetry) - 10/25/2017 2:42:09 PM
A good listener is hard to find.
SILENCE BECOMES YOU (Poetry) - 10/24/2017 9:08:17 AM
A well-deserved complementary poem for women that I've observed who so beautifully do a shoe describe with elegance and respect.
Ron
RIP IF (Poetry) - 10/22/2017 5:32:54 PM
"If" has played a too big a part in my life. It's never too late to get rid of that pesty fellow.
RIP IF (Poetry) - 10/21/2017 6:04:37 PM
'IF'...HAS IT PLACE. IN MANY INSTANCES, NOTHING ELSE WILL DO. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
RIP IF (Poetry) - 10/21/2017 12:35:52 PM
It is interesting about our other single word. Your poem takes if to the task in a mighty way.
Ron
MAYBE ONE DAY (Poetry) - 10/21/2017 12:42:19 AM
dreams help us face the realities! lovely read
never stop writing!
m
SILENCE (Poetry) - 10/19/2017 9:18:21 AM
It's good to purge frustrations on paper. Then, just let it go! Amen
SILENCE (Poetry) - 10/19/2017 7:31:51 AM
some pent up displeasure here
SILENCE (Poetry) - 10/19/2017 7:22:14 AM
I can see how it can hit one like a sledgehammer. Fortunately, I have very few very close friends. I don't see anything but sadness happening if that happens to me. And then, it will be short-lived. No use being depressed or angry. They are wasted emotions, keeping one from carrying on with what's left.
Ron
SILENCE (Poetry) - 10/18/2017 12:39:12 PM
Is your rage directed at a book? I wish my readers felt such agony when I kill off characters.
MAYBE ONE DAY (Poetry) - 10/17/2017 8:29:16 PM
Prayer turned my dreams into reality. Prayer works these days. Nothing else seems to bring joy. Amen
MAYBE ONE DAY (Poetry) - 10/17/2017 3:13:04 AM
well thought and penned
MAYBE ONE DAY (Poetry) - 10/15/2017 4:20:31 AM
It is a bummer when a good dream is interrupted and one never knows how it comes out.
But during my working life, particularly when I had a difficult problem to solve that I didn't know how to solve, I would get a strange dream that night that would repeat itself over and over until it became a nightmare. I actually had the same nightmare on multiple occasions multiple times. It seems like those dreams were always hung up in a conundrum. By their mere repetition, they were remembered and repeated on subsequent nights.
I wouldn't wish that kind of dream returning for anyone.
Ron
MAYBE ONE DAY (Poetry) - 10/14/2017 5:03:10 PM
The only dreams that return are bad ones. Even when I shut my eyes for sleep and think of good things, I find myself lost in the same bad dreams. It's good to hope that one day the good ones will return.
MAYBE ONE DAY (Poetry) - 10/14/2017 4:01:12 PM
Ah, they never come back you must go after them viciously and with determination. Waiting means one thing and I doubt you want me to go there.
THE CONDUCTORS BATON (Poetry) - 10/9/2017 6:25:23 PM
Pretty. The cycle of nature is comforting in our topsy-turvy world.
RUNNING WITH THE WIND (Poetry) - 10/9/2017 6:20:12 PM
The pace of the poem pulls us forward. I feel like I'm running somewhere. I don't know where. But I'm running.
SIMPLE RULES (Poetry) - 10/8/2017 6:41:58 AM
It is really unfortunate to have someone/entity accept our apologies for bad decisions.
Ron
SIMPLE RULES (Poetry) - 10/7/2017 8:39:14 PM
If only everyone showed compassion for others, the world would be a better place.
SIMPLE RULES (Poetry) - 10/7/2017 3:49:50 PM
Wow! A great poetic truth is spoken within. God bless you, John. Well written!
THE CONDUCTORS BATON (Poetry) - 10/7/2017 9:44:59 AM
MOON, STARS, SEASONS, NIGHT, DAY...THE TWIRL OF THE EARTH ON ITS AXIS. THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES WHICH SUBSTANTIATE THE FACT; WHAT THE ALMIGHTY CONDUCTOR, GOD, HAS ORCHESTRATED IS HERE TO STAY...UNTIL 'HE' DEEMS IT FIT TO BE CHANGED. THE GORGEOUS SEASON OF AUTUM IS UPON US, INDEED! LOVE THE PHOTO. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
THE AIR I BREATH (Poetry) - 10/7/2017 9:33:07 AM
WE CAN ONLY LIVE EACH DAY TRUSTING GOD FOR EVERYTHING! AND THAT INCLUDES FOR EVERY BREATH WE TAKE. WE REALLY HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR OVER HERE IN AMERICA BECASE IN SOME COUNTRIES THE SMOG IS SO BAD EVERYONE ACTUALLY HAS TO WEAR MASKS! PUSH THE FAITH, JOHN AND THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
DISJOINTED THINKING (Poetry) - 10/5/2017 9:56:33 AM
A ticking clock can drive me too--insane!
Ron
THE SETTING SUN (Poetry) - 10/2/2017 6:05:33 AM
Red at night, sailors delight, a weather forecast that's often right.
NEVER FADE AWAY (Poetry) - 10/1/2017 3:43:35 PM
After the last battle, the deadliest one of all, there will be an everlasting peace. I hope so.
THE SETTING SUN (Poetry) - 10/1/2017 3:32:04 PM
A soothing poem for the perfect time of day. Everything looks better in the light of the setting sun.
THE SETTING SUN (Poetry) - 10/1/2017 6:50:28 AM
With almost everyone with a smart device capable of taking high quality pictures and then transmitting them worldwide, the images in your poem no longer fade quickly from view but are now available to even those who have never seen a sunset except online.
When I see one now, like you, I pause a moment and watch the colors gradually shift and change with the cloud formations that support them. Knowing full well that all of the colors will soon fade into that old lovely song… Deep Purple.
Ron
THE SETTING SUN (Poetry) - 9/30/2017 11:02:52 AM
Nice poem John! I love to watch the sunset after the sunset. Many folks leave the area as soon as the sun goes down but the most beautiful kaleidoscope in the sky occurs 5-10 minutes after the sun sets. Thank you for sharing...
NEVER FADE AWAY (Poetry) - 9/30/2017 10:27:54 AM
I absolutely doubt that will ever happen. Maybe, I guess, bu I doubt it.
NEVER FADE AWAY (Poetry) - 9/30/2017 9:34:39 AM
Let us hope w will come too our senses before that happens.
Just think about it. War suddenly gives our side, the one with God with us, to dehumanize the other side and kill innocents, noncombatants like children, women and old people, in other words, murder them. All under the euphemistic excuse of "collateral damage."
I do hope that collateral damage catches those in power ordering those murderous orders by surprise.
Ron
THE AIR I BREATH (Poetry) - 9/27/2017 7:19:37 AM
Food has always been at risk. So has water. Foolish people who buy bottled water at great cost don't know that they are adding a tremendous load of pollution to the environment by doing so. And air may soon be sold as being pure through some type of plastic bottle that holds compressed air, exotic gases, or oxygen as paranoia increases about the air and entrepreneurs jump on the bandwagon getting their share of the profits.
Your poem is so right. We are now very trusting people in our infrastructure providing us with food, clean water and air. What is happening in Puerto Rico is a good example of losing the first two. And, how the loss of electricity affects almost everything else and our dependence upon air-conditioning to keep cool in warm climates like there now becomes life-threatening when up until 50 years ago there wasn't any air conditioning anywhere.
Ron
THE AIR I BREATH (Poetry) - 9/26/2017 8:49:13 PM
Paranoia rules the day. Darwin's survival of the fittest has turned into a nightmare of limited air for the world's inhabitants. If this should ever happen, I hope I'm not living on earth anymore. A hell created from our selfishness.
LIKE A FAILED SATNAV (Poetry) - 9/25/2017 7:06:25 AM
With modern management surgery correcting other maladies, more and more of us can look forward to reaching this state of mind. Your assumption in your poetry is as good as any. Who knows what goes on in the mind of the demented.
My uncle who saw my grandmother deteriorate in a nursing hospital almost every day, said that "she is staying alive for some reason." When she died, my father and another brother, came to the funeral and shook hands. They hadn't talked to one another for over 10 years after a fight. "I guess that's the reason she stayed alive. So that they would make amends when she died."
Ron
SO FEW KNOW HIS NAME (Poetry) - 9/25/2017 1:54:42 AM
AMEN! ISN'T IT WONDERFUL TO BE ACQUAINTED WITH SUCH AN ARTIST? THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING 'CONTENTMENT' IS A MARVELOUS BLESSING AS ONE SERVES 'HIM' WHO IS THE GREATEST ARTIST OF THEM ALL, YET...SO FEW KNOW HIS NAME. JOURNEY...ON AND THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS,
LIKE A FAILED SATNAV (Poetry) - 9/24/2017 4:35:30 PM
I can relate well to this poem. My mother suffered dementia. We would go through a cycle of the same stream of questions every few minutes until I felt I was losing my mind. I pray that I don't suffer the same way in the end.
LIKE A FAILED SATNAV (Poetry) - 9/24/2017 2:50:03 PM
This hurt and I loved anyway. I'm in the early stages of dementia.
SILENT INCANTATIONS (Poetry) - 9/20/2017 3:49:08 PM
'ONE' HEARS, JOHN...ALL THE TIME. AND 'HE' IS THE ONE THAT REALLY MATTERS. FORGET ABOUT THE REST AND CONCENTRATE ON THE 'BEST'. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
MY BOX (Poetry) - 9/20/2017 3:43:15 PM
WE'VE ALL GOT BOXES(SPACE). WE'VE ALL DRAWN-THE-LINE SOMEWHERE AND WE ALL THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO POINT THE FINGER AND JUDGE ANOTHER WHO DOESN'T DO IT OUR WAY. WE ALL HAVE NOT 'ARRIVED', WE ALL ARE STILL TRYING, WE ALL...HAVE...BOXES. THANKS FOR SHARING, JOHN. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
THIS IS THE LIFE (Poetry) - 9/20/2017 3:34:54 PM
I'M 72, SO YOU 'KNOW' WHAT I'M THINKING; COME, LORD JESUS, COME! UNTIL THEN...WE ARE KEPT BY THE MERCY AND GRACE OF GOD...IN THIS OUR LIFE! THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH..JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
THIS IS THE LIFE (Poetry) - 9/16/2017 6:55:38 PM
Life on the internet is make-believe. As long as we realize their limitations, our devices won't rule our lives but only become outlets for our art and fantasies.
THIS IS THE LIFE (Poetry) - 9/16/2017 10:21:11 AM
For farmers way back then, it was dawn to dusk, sleep and then start all over again. Factory workers put up with terrible conditions and had their own Facebook lives at the corner bar. My parents were stars at the local Household Finance office, continually in debt and car poor.
New gadgets like electrical appliances and television sets were gobbled up in a race to see who was first to have them.
Ron
THIS IS THE LIFE (Poetry) - 9/16/2017 4:55:33 AM
There is a world of difference between then and how as you purposefully lay out for us here in this poem. Ah, the way we were in light of the way we will be. Perhaps death isn't a bad thing. Who would want to live forever at the rate we are going.
PS: Love the picture by the way.
THIS IS THE LIFE (Poetry) - 9/16/2017 4:11:44 AM
I recall a much slower, simpler time, John, without gadgets ruling our lives, indeed the world
MY BOX (Poetry) - 9/14/2017 7:06:09 AM
You certainly have the locks to your six sided box. And your "out-of-the-box" poetry is well worth reading and contemplating.
Ron
MY BOX (Poetry) - 9/14/2017 6:38:50 AM
I enjoyed this outside, inside the box kind of write.
MY BOX (Poetry) - 9/13/2017 1:37:36 PM
I love the idea of living in a box. We're like mimes trying to break free.
SILENT INCANTATIONS (Poetry) - 9/13/2017 6:49:00 AM
The only caveat I would have is that life today is quite complicated and distracting. We sometimes equate arrogance with distraction. I know that my mind focuses on things to the point where it seems like I don't pay attention or have empathy when someone is trying to get my attention. It's a human failing.
But then, there are those who believe they are above being common and communicating with common people because of their assumed education and/or wealth and social standing. These people certainly don't have time for you or me.
Ron
FAREWELL (Poetry) - 9/12/2017 5:19:12 PM
Sweet and sad.
SILENT INCANTATIONS (Poetry) - 9/12/2017 3:54:16 PM
the art of listening is quite rare these days, I hear you John xo
FAREWELL (Poetry) - 9/12/2017 6:59:26 AM
I love the way you expressed the good times the party offered and the tinge of regret for leaving. It also reminded me of the many times, after everyone left, of the many parties that I threw just to break the tension of hard-working faculty and staff was up against for one night before diving back into the work.
I didn't see my farewell parties as being sad in those days, I was always excited about moving on.
Ron
FAREWELL (Poetry) - 9/12/2017 2:35:22 AM
There is implicit sadness in "farewell" that you capture nicely in this poem. John
WITHIN THE EYE (Poetry) - 9/11/2017 6:29:44 AM
The eye of the deceiver. An interesting poem comparing a hurricane to the damage that a quiet eye can inflict.
Ron
WITHIN THE EYE (Poetry) - 9/10/2017 8:01:04 PM
A fine poem about what the lies say and don't say. Excellent. John
WITHIN THE EYE (Poetry) - 9/10/2017 4:57:04 PM
Within a person's eyes lies the truth and some. Never trust a person who won't look into yours.
STUCK WAY BACK WHEN (Poetry) - 9/6/2017 9:14:07 AM
The high point was where you wrote you were, "still making out!"
I guess we are all losers in the end. It is just learning how to go out gracefully so that we don't make a fool of ourselves that's important. I'm going to make out as long as I can!
Ron
STUCK WAY BACK WHEN (Poetry) - 9/6/2017 5:35:40 AM
The older I get, the better I used to be.
PONDERING ABOUT GODS TIME (Poetry) - 9/5/2017 1:31:59 PM
Time moves too fast for us. That's why I write about vampires. They live forever. What would it be like to live such a dream?
STUCK WAY BACK WHEN (Poetry) - 9/5/2017 1:10:11 PM
I also feel the same inside as I always have. The same shy girl who wants people to like her, the same girl with identical hopes and dreams. God's running joke he delights in playing on us.
PONDERING ABOUT GODS TIME (Poetry) - 9/4/2017 11:07:21 AM
Excellent perception of time John! These days time goes by way too fast! Well done!
LIFE of a TREE (Poetry) - 9/3/2017 4:21:13 PM
I love the poem, except for the last three lines. I don't know why. I can feel the tree in the poem as it sways, loses leaves, and is a nest for birds. It's a living and breathing creature of nature.
SOUTH BANK by THE RIVER THAMES (Poetry) - 9/2/2017 9:06:58 AM
SOUNDS WONDERFUL! GREAT IMAGERY AND ENJOYED, THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
LOVE IS NOT DEAD (Poetry) - 9/1/2017 7:33:30 AM
Love is not dead and it will never die. A very inspiring and positive poem, so relevant today. A blessing to read.
BEYOND IMAGINATION (Poetry) - 8/31/2017 9:33:22 AM
The unniverse, he stars, the ocean . . . The universe
HE THAT DOES THE WILL OF GOD (Poetry) - 8/31/2017 8:52:45 AM
A POWERFUL MESSAGE HERE...TIMELY AND WELL DONE. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
NEVER EVER DOUBT (Poetry) - 8/31/2017 8:48:52 AM
I LOVE HEBREWS 11, IT IS, INDEED, 'THE' FAITH CHAPTER. FOR BY FAITH...WE 'KNOW' THAT WHAT WE CAN'T SEE 'IS' AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN! THANKS FOR SHARING, JOHN, LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
BEYOND IMAGINATION (Poetry) - 8/31/2017 8:43:52 AM
GOD'S HANDIWORK...HIS 'PLACED' CREATIONS, WHICH WERE CREATED JUST FOR US, WERE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO...INSPIRING HIGHER THOUGHTS...UNTIL THEY 'TOUCH' HIM. ENJOYED, THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
BEYOND IMAGINATION (Poetry) - 8/31/2017 7:13:26 AM
The stars are beautiful at night, twinking their secret thoughts.
THE ADVENTURES OF PICK & POCKET. (Poetry) - 8/30/2017 7:19:31 AM
I'm not sure how the title fits the story, but it certainly is a fantastical one. For who would ever allow themselves to go around with one “butt cheek shining.” ;-)
Ron
NEVER EVER DOUBT (Poetry) - 8/29/2017 10:36:29 PM
A well thought out a spirtual poem. It does not matter what I think. God will be here for all of us anyway. I know He is always by my side. If someone were to say they could take a grain of sand and put it in the dirt and big beautiful colors would come from that grain of sand folks would say that's crazy. Then again, what is a mustard seed? How big a plant comes from that seed? Why are we so foolish NOT to see Gods' Glory? His Glory is all around us! We just need to open our eyes. Amen!
NEVER EVER DOUBT (Poetry) - 8/29/2017 1:46:45 AM
A blessing to read - timely and encouraging.
HE THAT DOES THE WILL OF GOD (Poetry) - 8/28/2017 10:42:16 PM
A good message indeed! Forever and eternity is a long time. I made up my mind long ago, I want to be with my Savior wherever He goes. Amen
PERCEPTIONS (Poetry) - 8/28/2017 7:25:59 AM
Perceptions are good here in Houston. People are being very helpful and cooperative.
America is so great.
Ron
PERCEPTIONS (Poetry) - 8/27/2017 4:48:04 PM
Regrets can be deadly for one's health. Healthier to live in the here and now.
ALLOWED TO DREAM (Poetry) - 8/25/2017 9:11:56 PM
Great poetic sediments John! As a kid, I left home a thousand times in my dreams. Now there are great and somber memories. I should write about them now and then. Thank you for sharing! John M.D.
YOU WHO YOU ARE (Poetry) - 8/25/2017 3:23:13 PM
WHAT AN INSPIRING WORK OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND HOPE. DONE SO WELL, JOHN, THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
ALLOWED TO DREAM (Poetry) - 8/25/2017 11:12:55 AM
Yup! I was also a 50's child playinjg war with my plastic soldiers. Smacking Double Bullble Chewing Gun.
OLD MAN DAY DREAMS (Poetry) - 8/25/2017 6:08:10 AM
The story of your life wrapped up in a poem. That's an accomplishment in itself. I enjoyed your ripple traveling through time and back again. Your grandchildren will appreciate it and read it many years into the future, discerning what their old granddad was as a poet.
"We're still married" is the most memorable part of the poem.
Ron
OLD MAN DAY DREAMS (Poetry) - 8/24/2017 5:33:57 PM
To be a ripple on the water of time. A beautiful thought. A magical wish.
YOU WHO YOU ARE (Poetry) - 8/23/2017 7:14:35 PM
Very inspirational John. Well done!
BENEATH a DUVET (Poetry) - 8/22/2017 4:21:36 PM
Nice and optimistic view of life.
YOU WHO YOU ARE (Poetry) - 8/22/2017 4:20:18 PM
Great words to live by. Close that door and never look back. I wish I could do that.
YOU WHO YOU ARE (Poetry) - 8/22/2017 9:47:11 AM
A very affirmative affirmation… I exist, therefore I am.
Ron
YOU WHO YOU ARE (Poetry) - 8/22/2017 5:02:53 AM
And today is the first day of the rest of your life. Just go for it.
WHO IS IT? (Poetry) - 8/13/2017 8:26:39 PM
A well expressed poetic piece. Memory is fading for all of us who are over 50, 60 and so forth. M mother is over 90 and she forgets where she went to eat and who she just played cards with. I just hope and pray she will always recall her family. So far she is doing pretty well. My advice to help the memory is to eat a lot of blueberries and get a lot of sleep.
THIS WAY or THAT (Poetry) - 8/8/2017 1:23:07 PM
We all have that inner voice. My little voice works hard to speak louder than all my doubts and fears. I have to remind myself to pay attention.
WHO IS IT? (Poetry) - 8/8/2017 11:52:04 AM
Perhaps you are getting inside of someone with dementia. I find myself having a very hard time remembering names these days. I expect before long, I may not remember faces or even who in the hell is, "inside my head."
Let's hope it never comes to that… For anyone.
Ron
WHO IS IT? (Poetry) - 8/7/2017 1:12:43 PM
Reminds me of not being able to remember how I know someone. I rack my brain for days, then the slow computer in my brain gives me the answer when it's good and ready.
BEYOND the PLUGHOLE (Poetry) - 8/7/2017 11:49:06 AM
Ah, yes. Plugolites fill my tortured soul.
BEYOND the PLUGHOLE (Poetry) - 8/6/2017 3:53:52 PM
Plugolites - perhaps I need to do a study about them for my next Ph.D.
BEYOND the PLUGHOLE (Poetry) - 8/6/2017 6:33:05 AM
I've seen those plugolites in our bathroom sink, and they're really hairy and gross.
BEYOND the PLUGHOLE (Poetry) - 8/6/2017 12:50:04 AM
and the answer is?
you have give us a thought provoking write
m
WHY (Poetry) - 7/30/2017 5:12:17 AM
I really liked the flow of this and its simple storyline. It is questions like this that result in people believing in spiritual and mythical things to try to describe what they thought they saw or heard. Whether internal to the brain or an external in the environment, these quickly passing phenomena often have very simple explanation. Unfortunately, our fears and anxieties about things we don't know tend to turn these simple occurrences into something mystical or mythical that tends to grow if oft repeated in time.
Ron
Better Times To Come (Poetry) - 7/23/2017 6:42:37 AM
The key is never to get off the track in the first place. But it is amazing how modern medicine can save us to live another day. I learned this when surgery was the only thing that could save me from pneumonia in December, 2012. I've come back from that healthier and it wasn't much of a sacrifice with a short recovery to getting back to normal.
Your poem is a call to get up and get going because we never know when our time is up. As long as we are well enough to do it, now is the time to get busy and enjoy life before we can't anymore.
Ron
Better Times To Come (Poetry) - 7/22/2017 10:05:40 PM
Excellent write! We all have our regrets but there are also times when we have chosen wisely. Smoking is a nasty habit, drinking is as well but hard drugs can be living hell. We all have overcome much during the journey in life. Amen!
MY CAMERA'S (Poetry) - 7/22/2017 1:26:22 PM
Those cameras were certainly your trusty companions. I know that my cameras have also served me well and captured high points of my life that enhance my stories and improved my telling of my autobiography. Unfortunately, lost negatives, lost and stolen cameras, and even computer failure in later years have taken some of my memories captured in film away, never to be retrieved again.
So, while you're poem is uplifting, it is also a reminder of some loss to me.
Ron
MY CAMERA'S (Poetry) - 7/22/2017 5:44:57 AM
Eye agree with you.
MY CAMERA'S (Poetry) - 7/21/2017 2:05:09 PM
Those camera's, I quite understand my friend.
WAYS TO ESCAPE (Poetry) - 7/21/2017 11:10:06 AM
A cool, thoughtful look at life ALL around us, John.
Second Glance (Poetry) - 7/20/2017 5:45:29 AM
Be true to thine own self.
Second Glance (Poetry) - 7/20/2017 4:01:49 AM
We know ourselves, our darkness as well as our goodness better than anyone, that knowledge, if we are honest keeps us more prone for self analysis.
Second Glance (Poetry) - 7/20/2017 1:21:19 AM
Oftentimes we are our own harshest critic, never living up to our expectations.
WISH I COULD (Poetry) - 7/17/2017 4:09:40 AM
It has a mournful tone to it that certainly appeals. And most of us can look back to innocent times when we were young and had friends that are no longer here.
The brain has a tendency, as time goes by, to remember good times better than bad. I think you might be shocked, returning to your childhood and finding how you and others behaved.
Ron
WISH I COULD (Poetry) - 7/15/2017 6:07:45 PM
Beautifully done, John, you sure know where to press the keys on the keyboard.
If I went back, I'm afraid what I would see and hear would not be so beautiful, so I'll just stay where I am. I truly loved your poem.
VICTIMS by DEFAULT (Poetry) - 7/14/2017 8:48:59 AM
Perceptions are perceptions! Truth is fact! Let us teach good character and not repeat the same useless garbage over and over again. Well done John! Amen!
VICTIMS by DEFAULT (Poetry) - 7/14/2017 7:49:48 AM
Knowledge and a good crap detector will keep one from becoming a victim. However, the elderly, often lose that edge that helped them succeed over time, and fall victim because they can no longer deal with the complex city of their lives.
As a side note. I wish the media would quit calling victims, "Heroes." Repeatedly doing that devalues the value of real heroism.
Ron
STRESSED WORDS (Poetry) - 7/12/2017 5:52:24 AM
You have clearly pointed out something that Alvin Toffler described 50 years ago as "future shock." Just the complexity of daily living takes its toll with constant change and technology (supposedly for convenience) crowding in on everyone with easy things becoming more and more difficult to accomplish. We have a tendency to vent all that frustration in anger.
Add to it the insidious movement of wealth from most citizens to the rich resulting in a lot of un-and under employment that brings people to financial desperation that is vented in anger as well. Angry people often select angry leaders to guide them.
Ron
THAT SILENCE BETWEEN THE NOTATIONS (Poetry) - 7/8/2017 11:44:12 AM
I agree with the premise that music must reach some inner emotion in order to be great and understood by everyone. There are many songs that, after a very few notes, clearly indicate that an emotional rush will come from just listening to the magic.
Ron
OBSESSIONS WITH TIME (Poetry) - 7/7/2017 1:38:31 AM
I like the idea of a love affair with good time, love your effectual poem, it says so much about time it's real meaning and the way we squander it on things that don't matter, thank you for sharing, have a great day John, xo
HE IS ME (Poetry) - 7/4/2017 6:36:16 AM
Thoreau wrote it best: "Most men live lives of quiet desperation." We are not free when we have to put a roof over our heads and food on our table… Care for the kids. So most of us are trapped by the simple economics of living. But we can write and that frees us to at least express ourselves.
Ron
LIKE DANCING CURTAINS (Poetry) - 7/4/2017 1:04:14 AM
sometimes it does stir a memory, it's all part of our life story, I loved the special words penned today have a great day dear John, and thank you for sharing your perceptions,
LIKE DANCING CURTAINS (Poetry) - 7/3/2017 7:30:36 AM
An intriguing look at the daily little mysteries that occur. I'm sure you would like to know at least what her face looked like… Maybe more?
Ron
LIKE DANCING CURTAINS (Poetry) - 7/3/2017 6:06:19 AM
I absolutely understand this emotion, John. "Deja Vu" you betcha! Nice work.
THE INTERVIEW (Poetry) - 7/2/2017 4:10:23 PM
Didn't John Wayne say something like courage is being afraid and still saddling up anyway? You know what I think is worse than being nervous for an interview is having a cop hit those lights and siren behind you while driving down the road. I felt my blood drain every time.
The Happy Within (Poetry) - 6/29/2017 11:07:06 AM
I have a friend who always joked how I was the kid who played with sticks for my toys as a kid growing up and snuck into the "rich" folks ponds to catch catfish. Didn't know I was living the high life in so many ways.
Dan
PS Fish to this day never tasted better!
The Happy Within (Poetry) - 6/29/2017 7:26:17 AM
You reminded me that children do not need expensive toys to create fun if left to themselves alone or with others. Parents seem so concerned about "directing" their children's play these days, particularly through certain images and "success." Children have little opportunity to explore freely anymore.
Thoughts of my childhood as well.
Ron
The Happy Within (Poetry) - 6/28/2017 2:05:31 PM
My, my, John. You have captured my own (and many others I'm sure) childhood. What a wonderful, delightful time it was. I had my plastic Army men to help fight World War II.
DEFUNCT CHILDHOOD (Poetry) - 6/6/2017 12:25:25 PM
Yes, John we carry around what our parents did or didn't do and then one day you finally realize it is time to forgive and grow..
Always,
Deborah
DEFUNCT CHILDHOOD (Poetry) - 5/24/2017 6:03:47 AM
I don't know of anyone, myself included, who can say they had a happy childhood, and i'm sure my kids will say the same thing, and that's sad. Childhood has to be the most painful part of our lives, and I would never want to go through it again.
DEFUNCT CHILDHOOD (Poetry) - 5/24/2017 4:55:04 AM
It seems that many poets here have had bad experiences as a child. By comparison, my childhood was idyllic with a young beautiful mother and my handsome hard-working father. I was never alone with my twin brother is a constant companion.
I never had children although I like them very much, so it's difficult for me to say what kind of father I would have been. I think a firm but kind one and more involved and generous than my father was.
Poetry like yours certainly helps the healing process that allows you away to express your anguish and your coming to grips with how you responded in adult life.
I would only hope that goes here that have had bad experiences that they do poetry about would move on after a while and write poetry about more uplifting things.
Ron
DEFUNCT CHILDHOOD (Poetry) - 5/24/2017 12:42:36 AM
Your poetry is outstanding today, I feel every word, we all have a past dear John, and some of us had to work at the healing phase with blood and sweat, still, we're standing, that tells us we are warriors having an earthly experience, I feel proud of you, even if we didn't meet, it takes great courage to embrace your inner child, well done x
