Surrendering (Short Story) - 9/24/2019 8:49:51 AM
Quite a way of justifying a December-May relationship. Maybe releasing guilt. Should be in the poetry section, I believe.
Ron
How to Organize Your Local Community and Outreach (Short Story) - 3/10/2019 8:45:53 AM
Again, great advice for communities that do not have homeowners' associations or other means of addressing problems.
Ron
How To Use Your Family Organization and Build Coalitions With Other Groups (Short Story) - 3/9/2019 11:15:12 AM
All this formal organization looks a bit formidable for most families that are far-flung or dysfunctional. It will take a strong, organization minded, leader to put this all together for a family. My immediate family is in close contact and always willing to help out in a group situation, like helping our mother. But we live so far away, committee meetings would be impossible to have face-to-face. Perhaps through the Internet, though.
Ron
How To Organize:Taking Control of Your Child's Education (Short Story) - 3/8/2019 8:11:20 AM
Some very good suggestions. I'm with you on strengthening public schools. The effort to shift from public to private schools has definitely created more segregation. There is no evidence that one receives a better education from private schools. However, social status can be garnered from going to certain schools that has nothing to do with how educated the children are when they graduate.
I was a bit surprised when you wrote about "hiring" someone to do homeschooling. In my family, all homeschooling was done by the parents. In fact, my brother and I entered our two weeks of kindergarten, already knowing how to read and write and do arithmetic. Thanks to our mother. But today's mothers are working two jobs and the children are taking care of by the grandmothers, so I guess someone to homeschool them is not present. Also the lack of breakfast bothers me. Studies show that breakfast is probably the most important meal of the day. I recall never eating lunch during college only breakfast and an afternoon meal to serve as my lunch/evening meal. I saved money and time for study as a result.
Your book looks like a roadmap for families to move forward in society.
Ron
How to Find Resources and Jobs For Your Family and Community (Short Story) - 3/7/2019 9:09:03 AM
A very aggressive and innovative way of pulling one's family up by the bootstraps. I commend you for your ingenuity in seeking funds for projects that will employ people that otherwise would not be employed. Yes, I agree that learning to work in the workforce and avoiding buying products and services from big-box stores is a way out of debt, poverty and misery. There's nothing like success to breed self-confidence and self-respect as well as more success.
I worked for three years as a research coordinator at a major university. Working with students and faculty, we wrote proposals for 63 projects. We only got funding for five, and they were small amounts, but if I had been able to stay with it for five years, repeated submissions with improved applications, would have yielded more and larger grants.
However, I despise the words "grant writing." Nobody writes grants except the grantor. People seeking a grant only write an application or a proposal. I much prefer "proposal writing." Unfortunately, many foundations and government funding agencies have very strict rules and very narrow areas where they will grant funds. So, creativity is limited in many cases and repeated lobbying for your proposal will generally get one after three years of trying and missing out on the first two.
The Internet has opened up opportunities for funds. The ones that I know about, GoFundMe.com or crowdsourcing, are open-ended and often exceed the needs of the person or organization needing funding.
Ron
Growing Up: What You Should Be Doing in Your Thirties to Succeed (Short Story) - 3/5/2019 9:37:41 AM
I've never heard of a family bank before. But it certainly is a great idea. Especially for families who are working hard, paycheck to paycheck and don't have any way of saving money unless they have some structured help in doing so.
I learn something new every day. And today it's about family banking… Thanks so much.
Ron
Growing Older Gracefully And With Vigor (Short Story) - 2/24/2019 4:34:27 AM
Not only a fascinating subject, but the way you delve into it is also fascinating.
Growing Older Gracefully And With Vigor (Short Story) - 2/23/2019 10:27:45 AM
Like K2 noted below, we all have, "a proprietary interest," in growing old. Fortunately, I have already had to adopt to a lot of change beginning in my 20s that prepares me perhaps better for what is to come. But I have noticed, recently, the changes are coming very rapidly.
I just hope that I never get like my grandfather that time when my brother and I went fishing with him when he was about 67. He rather shocked me when he wishfully said, "I'm just waiting for the good Lord to take me away." He was already feeling old age after having a stroke and diabetes, arthritis and other problems. He died at 74. I hope I never say anything like that.
Ron
Growing Older Gracefully And With Vigor (Short Story) - 2/22/2019 3:38:57 PM
A timely subject, Lonnie. I look forward to the development of this gem of a project, given my proprietary interest in the subject.
How to Organize At The Ghetto Level Chapter Eight (Short Story) - 8/9/2018 10:12:57 AM
Yes, my great grandson is just that. He is 18 months old. He is compassionate, gentle, yet a little boy who loves to play outside!
Love ya!
Jane
How to Organize At The Ghetto Level Chapter Two (Short Story) - 8/9/2018 9:39:02 AM
'Sounds good to me, Lonnie! I'll need to get caught up with the rest of this series! I do believe you have a great "hook"!
Love ya!
Jane
How To Organize Society From Top To Bottom Chapter 24 (Short Story) - 8/9/2018 7:48:40 AM
As I read your solution statement, it seemed to be contradictory. I have yet to find out what "investing in only two industries" actually does in terms of shifting monetary power to the people.
Until you can make that clear in some way or another, this book will not be useful for the average reader to act upon.
Ron
How to Organize Society From Top To Bottom Chapter 23 (Short Story) - 8/7/2018 9:45:55 AM
Your link to "Dismembering the Octopus" does not work. Perhaps you should spend a little time in detail explaining the process. I got some of it from your brief explanation, but not all.
Ron
How to Organize Society From Top To Bottom Chapter 22 (Short Story) - 8/6/2018 9:30:41 AM
The visas you describe appear to be immigrant visas. You haven't addressed travel visas or student visas… Two that I am familiar with. A good number of people come to this country on a two week travel visa and then never take the return flight home. As one fellow who worked for me told me. "My family and I came here to visit, and when I found out how easy it was to enroll my two kids in school, we stayed." He then, retired from a foreign navy, entered college and, continuing to re-enroll after getting a degree, stayed in school until his children were in college.
I also know of students who came here on a student visa to get a single degree, and then did not go back home, but stayed and continued to get other degrees, and hopefully, employment so they could bring their families here to join them. Violation of the rules of visas seems to be quite rampant.
Ron
How To Organize Society From The Top To The Bottom Chapter 17 (Short Story) - 8/1/2018 7:05:36 AM
While it is not exactly clear how the Weyl 100 voting system works from your description, I like the idea of a representative democracy that represents "all" of the citizenry in proportion to their existence. The fear in this country by the white elite is not so much racism, but the loss of this "winner take all" political power that has been in place since the founding fathers declared that citizens were confined to land and business owning males of European origin.
I'm sorry that I don't have time to watch all of the videos.
Ron
How to Organize Society From Top to Bottom Chapter 16 (Short Story) - 7/31/2018 7:21:09 AM
Using taxation is probably the best way to control the movement of capital from the working people to the landed landlords.
But there is inherent danger in capitalism if we are not careful. Maximizing profit while creating more consumption through cheaper goods and services leads to people buying and/or using far more than they need. We seem to have an unlimited capacity for "stuff." As world population grows and as income per capita grows, the more stuff we acquire, the more we scavenge from the land and pollute the environment. We are dirtying our own nest more rapidly every year.
I am somewhat optimistic that we will come to our senses at some point and reverse our destructive tendencies but the impact on the weather and ecosystems worldwide is already being observed rapidly declining. There are those that believe we can continue to consume unlimited resources, but we must do that in outer space and not on the earth.
Ron
How To Organize Society From Top To Bottom-Chapter 15 (Short Story) - 7/30/2018 7:11:52 AM
I watched one of the videos and found that I was listening to a lecture by an economist. While he may have used a chalkboard or other devices to illustrate his theory, the video you gave me did not have those aids to comprehension that are so necessary for illustrating monetary matters like you are describing. So, the principle without the proof by careful delineation of the numbers, falls short when convincing the public that Henry George's ideas could be proven to work out in the general terms that you describe when it comes down to specifics.
You discuss this principle repeatedly, but give no way of "organizing" people to get it done. We the people must agree on something before we will go ahead with it.
Ron
How to Organize Society From The Top To The Bottom-Chapter 14 (Short Story) - 7/29/2018 10:38:51 AM
I still don't understand this magic concept of taxing self-assessed property allowing other taxes to go away, the deficit to be eliminated and a bonus $24,000 granted to every family of four like, "a chicken in every pot and two cars in every garage."
I believe that earlier you stated your source, but the numbers just don't make any sense the way you have presented them. I especially am trying to figure out how the richest people with the most property will divest that property if no one has enough money to buy it. Once again, the process doesn't even sound wonderful, because it makes totally no sense.
For example, as a rich person, I own a Bugatti worth $1.5 million. Every year, I self-assess the car according to the bluebook or other sources of value. At any time if another rich person decides to buy it from me at a price higher than I have valued it, I must sell. No person of average means will be able to buy it. Only people in the rich boys club.
I looked for the YouTube video but couldn't find it. Maybe that would explain what you are trying to explain.
Ed Phillips here at AD has written several articles on how to improve the economy and the wealth of hard-working people. He does it in simple and straightforward language and arithmetic that proves that he is right. Perhaps your book could use some of those strategies as well.
Ron
How To Re-Organize Society From the Top to the Bottom Chapter 13 (Short Story) - 7/27/2018 2:44:17 PM
COST seems to be some sort of fairer way of owning property and distributing wealth. However, from your brief description, I couldn't make sense of it or how it works. Perhaps I would have to read the book from the link to understand the underlying principles and process.
Ron
How to Organize from The Top To The Bottom: Chapter 11 (Short Story) - 7/26/2018 7:38:01 AM
I agree wholeheartedly with the spirit of freedom that you write about. But I think there's something wrong stating that medieval serfs never lived or moved "beyond 300 miles of their place of birth." In those days, traveling lightly by foot at 30 miles per day, it would be a 10 day journey through dangerous lands. With animals, at 15 miles per day, 20 days. At most, many of the European lordships or duchies were no more than 30 miles across. Unless you were a merchant, soldier or sailor, most never left their serfdom in their lifetimes.
I have read that the average rural American never traveled more than "30 miles from their birthplace" before World War II even though many were able to buy model Ts from about 1910 onward. The idea of freedom was more about values, religion and ability to own and use property in any way one wished without needing permission from the king or lord. Most people just didn't travel widely. That is why adventure books were so popular and adventurers were the stars of all these locally strapped people.
Ron
How to Re-Organize Society from Top to Bottom-Chapter 10 (Short Story) - 7/25/2018 7:58:48 AM
I noticed that you listed certain denominations of Christianity as being part of "Freedom To." You did not include any new religions and most of the Protestant sects listed were very similar. There was no freedom to for paganism that came with the Africans brought over as slaves, the naturist practices by Native Americans, and the upstart religions like Mormonism that were persecuted mercilessly until they moved to the end of the earth in Utah where they thrived.
In the end, you mentioned inequality briefly. Perhaps the greatest danger of all. But I think you missed the point about endangering the earth. What the very rich have done is provide mass quantities of easily disposable cheap goods and services to the very poor at a tremendous cost to the poor and an even greater cost to the planet.
The "organizing" you are describing in this book can change that selfish paradigm, but we need to get to it very quickly or even the rich will not have a place to hide.
Ron
Abandoned Hope (Poetry) - 7/22/2018 8:17:08 AM
A poetic feast, as always, Lonnie.
The Rose: Thorn and Soul (Poetry) - 6/23/2018 11:36:49 AM
Well woven weave baring intertwining pricks that a rose will wilt but the memories blossom amid words pricked within meanings, very nicely done.
Abandoned Hope (Poetry) - 6/23/2018 8:30:25 AM
This is a stunning reminder in our current environment
that takes from the many and gives to the few. You have
struck a chord of redemption if only we can surmount all
the BS and take back what is ours. So well penned!
Abandoned Hope (Poetry) - 6/22/2018 9:46:42 AM
A reminder that we are not all endowed with the ability to succeed and prosper. For some, the opportunity is just not there and for others there are obstacles that make it very difficult and often success is short-lived. Your poem provides much to ponder.
A strong message we should hear and hinder.
Ron
Abandoned Hope (Poetry) - 6/21/2018 7:55:06 PM
Yes! I say, "Get out there if you're bored and help those who need it! You say "that an entire race may
depend upon it?"
We must start thinking "out of the box" and start acting as earthlings. One people working for one good. I pray for that day to arrive!! 'Enjoy your poetry soooo much!
Love ya!
Jane
Love's Dark Touch (Poetry) - 11/22/2017 1:59:22 PM
never stop writing!
m
Ballet Lovers (Poetry) - 9/8/2017 8:26:29 PM
I love sinking into the hesitant eyes..... Nicely written . Loved reading it
A Paper Rose (Poetry) - 12/26/2016 11:09:25 AM
Amazingly eloquent. I could have written it myself...almost as if you were reading my thoughts about my own 'Rose'. In fact, I WISH I'd written it, so perfectly does it capture the essence of which you write. Kudos for a most expressive and finely crafted paean of deepest affection...
Picture Falling (Poetry) - 10/1/2016 10:46:42 PM
SO GOOD, LONNIE. AND HOW MANY OF US CAN'T RELATE. COMING ACROSS A PICTURE OF 'THAT' SOMEONE AND FLEETINGLY BEING TAKEN BACK TO PLACES WHERE YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO GO, OR SOMETIMES...DON'T WANT TO GO. WELL DONE AND ENJOYED. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
My Dad-2016 (Poetry) - 10/1/2016 10:40:02 PM
WOW...I LOVED THIS. SOMETHING ABOUT GREAT DADS THAT JUST WON'T LET YOU FORGET THEM...AND THAT, IN ITSELF, IS A GREAT THING. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
A Kissed Hand (Poetry) - 9/5/2016 11:48:33 PM
A beautiful poem about the importance of small loving gestures that are the basis for kindling a romance.
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 10/5/2015 8:13:28 AM
LOVE...SO TOTALLY, LOVE SATE! SURRENDERING COMPLETELY TO THE NEEDS...WANTS OF SOMEONE ELSE, UNDERSTANDING-HEARING WHAT IS NEVER SAID. BEAUTIFUL! NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO A RELATIONSHIP SUCH AS THIS...I KNOW. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 9/19/2015 3:33:37 PM
Unspoken fantasy love thoughts unleashed! Spirited. Ashiff
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 9/6/2015 12:14:07 PM
Lovers know the keys that open their hearts.
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 8/13/2015 6:29:40 AM
Sooooooooooo............let's try them all!
Love ya!
Jane
Picture Falling (Poetry) - 8/7/2015 2:16:05 PM
Completely instinctive and natural ~ beautiful effect at the end.
Blessings, Christine
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 8/7/2015 2:12:41 PM
Such an understanding poem. It's so difficult to reveal the truths of our souls, unless there is a very safe place.
Blessings, Christine
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 8/3/2015 11:18:25 AM
Thought-inciting for sure, Lonnie. Love and peace,
Regis
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 8/2/2015 7:58:52 AM
Is this about whips and chains, or am I reading too much here? :)
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 7/29/2015 1:28:15 PM
And, these are the things that should be asked.
Thanks,
Chris
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 7/28/2015 5:56:24 AM
You certainly know how to say what generally goes unsaid.
Ron
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 7/28/2015 3:19:00 AM
Kinda enigmatic. Reads like 50 shades of Lonnie.
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 7/27/2015 7:02:07 PM
Deep inner desires doesn't put into consideration societal norms.. REason why it is best hidden.. Lovely poem, truly captured ones inner ramblings..
You Can Have Me (Poetry) - 7/27/2015 6:48:05 PM
I'm confused, glad to see that you are on top of the situation, however. Go for it then!!
Picture Falling (Poetry) - 7/19/2015 1:52:46 PM
True poetry of the soul Lonnie. Stunning work as always.
Picture Falling (Poetry) - 7/14/2015 9:15:55 AM
Rolling diasporas in the tabernacles of my mind! Circumscribes it for me. This was a wild roller coaster ride into the Lonnie tunnel of love. Or was it? A+ for originality.
Picture Falling (Poetry) - 7/14/2015 6:39:55 AM
well done!! poignant read
Picture Falling (Poetry) - 7/14/2015 6:28:49 AM
I believe I've written it before, but you are a master at romantic poetry. This one reaches the very core of the mystery of attraction. How a simple photograph can elicit such feelings is something that is quite profound and you have captured it in a bottle of love.
Ron
Picture Falling (Poetry) - 7/14/2015 4:15:36 AM
Ahhh . . . What a wonderful piece of writing you have given us here, Lonnie. I love, LOVED your fantastic terminology which gave this special poem its exceptional place in your growing list of magnificent poetry.
Solstice (Poetry) - 7/11/2015 10:36:47 AM
Summers take on new meaning when we have time just to enjoy them.
Ron
July 4th Fire Works (Poetry) - 7/9/2015 10:24:18 AM
You haven't lost your ability or your charm
when you pack in a lot of living and leaning
in so few words. Another beauty!
July 4th Fire Works (Poetry) - 7/5/2015 12:15:35 PM
You make that memory grow all the more with your poetry.
Ron
July 4th Fire Works (Poetry) - 7/4/2015 6:01:00 PM
A soulful, breathing poem!
Happy Fourth Lonnie
Blessings, Chris
Loss (Poetry) - 5/17/2015 3:03:31 PM
I have experienced personal loss more than once over the past few months. I have also experienced that of which you "speak" in your verses. Thank you, Lonnie. Love and peace,
Regis
Loss (Poetry) - 5/5/2015 7:53:04 PM
Very sensitive poetic piece Lonnie. Yes, there comes a time to move on and learn from the past and plan for a better future. Amen my friend.
Loss (Poetry) - 5/5/2015 7:14:13 AM
It can certainly suck the life out of you. But then, time should heal and eventually that hole that was left should be covered over and new experiences develop. I admire the the intensity with which you approached the subject.
Ron
Loss (Poetry) - 5/5/2015 6:15:05 AM
Your love-ache widens into the mystery of all that is life.
Beautiful sad awareness. It seems like there is this small opening of time to put everything we have into a relationship, and then it so often closes and is gone, but the illusion too is that it is closed because once opened it never really does close, does it?
Blessings,
Christine
Loss (Poetry) - 5/5/2015 4:12:53 AM
Responding as much to Jerry's comment as your fine poem, I think we reject the past too readily, put our 'mistakes' out of mind without understanding or adjusting, thereby repeating them - the 'out of sight, out of mind' syndrome which plagues societies and individuals down history. And yet life must be lived in the now, too. We can do both, not multi-tasking (which gives scant attention to too many things at once) but making it our business to set aside time for quiet, reflection, study ... for 'will power' ... long ago Arab thinkers described this as 'fascination' and pleasure (before Protestant Christians redefined it as dutiful grind) ... soon enough we'll have lived our lives too far.
Loss (Poetry) - 5/5/2015 3:43:54 AM
Too many questions of your past. Live for the present, don't worry about the past. Took me a long time to understand that . . .
Womanhood (Poetry) - 3/12/2015 5:16:08 PM
Your poetry melts the tensions of the day!
Have a blessed evening, Christine
Falling (Poetry) - 3/12/2015 5:12:41 PM
I always feel happy when I read your poetry, even if it is melancholy. You know how to let the deepest levels of love and bliss unfold.
Blessings, xo
Christine
Womanhood (Poetry) - 2/22/2015 4:06:29 PM
you have written this from the view point of a woman and done a damn good job of it. enjoyed
Womanhood (Poetry) - 2/21/2015 11:20:42 AM
Man, you wrote this as though you was a woman! And like all women, I loved it!
Ron
Womanhood (Poetry) - 2/20/2015 5:36:28 PM
"Love lost properly applied is Love's Portal to Womanhood"! so beautiful this is...Thanks for sharing Lonnie... wish to see more of your gems like this..JKRoseline
BarFly Queen (Poetry) - 2/19/2015 9:02:36 AM
Tough reality showing through. It's not a pun to say that this one is a real gem.
Ron
The Flower (Poetry) - 2/19/2015 1:51:46 AM
well constructed and well-paced --- look out fifty shades of grey!
BarFly Queen (Poetry) - 2/18/2015 2:49:10 PM
Oh yeah. I have been well acquainted with the bar room queen's in my time. Everybody there is forced faking every word and every action, dance step, etc. I've been in thousands of these saloon parlors looking for something I already had. You were truthful in you descriptive phrasing. I could smell the cheap perfume.
BarFly Queen (Poetry) - 2/18/2015 2:17:12 PM
Hard, stark, and real; great imagery also. Thank you for sharing, Lonnie. Love and peace to you,
Regis
The Flower (Poetry) - 2/18/2015 7:11:03 AM
A whole lot of anticipation going on. I sense there is some taboo keeping the consummation from happening. If it ever does, it will be explosive from pent-up feelings.
Ron
The Flower (Poetry) - 2/18/2015 4:47:12 AM
Just beautiful ... all in one breath , I read JK Roseline
Body Quakes (Poetry) - 2/16/2015 2:27:58 PM
reading your poetry is often like floating on thoughts and images of passion in a state of utter bliss :)
Blessings, Christine xx
Body Quakes (Poetry) - 2/15/2015 10:17:01 AM
Sensuous and titillating… Need I say more?
Ron
Body Quakes (Poetry) - 2/15/2015 8:39:41 AM
The yearning in this poem is beautiful and heart-breaking. Well done!
Body Quakes (Poetry) - 2/14/2015 8:41:13 PM
great heading title... Body quakes... what writers are capable of , lovely poem ... like all your rest of the work... oozing with romance jk roseline
Falling (Poetry) - 2/3/2015 9:22:07 AM
Don't fall 'out,' and then you never have to fall 'back.'
Falling (Poetry) - 1/27/2015 8:18:31 PM
Lonnie you know I'm a fan of yours, you don't write anything not worth reading. Love the flow of this poem, beautiful and real.
Falling (Poetry) - 1/25/2015 7:56:56 AM
Another fascinating trip down the labyrinths of love with Lonnie H at the controls. Well done.
Falling (Poetry) - 1/25/2015 7:54:40 AM
This struck me as almost menopausal with all the mood swings. Falling in and out of love constantly must be terribly hard on the psyche!
However, your usual flair with lovely, loving words is still evident throughout.
Ron
Falling (Poetry) - 1/25/2015 4:06:28 AM
Such a beautiful roll of love; true and natural, pure and eternal.
Wishing you continued creativity and bliss!
With respect and admiration,
Carol Phelan Aebby
A Sliver Moon (Poetry) - 1/23/2015 5:23:39 AM
Such a beautiful roll of passionate love where heart opens wide and soul sighs.
Wishing you creativity and bliss!
With respect and admiration,
Carol Phelan Aebby
Pure Spanish Safflower (Poetry) - 12/26/2014 1:11:08 PM
Lonnie
Thanks for this red hot chili of a sensuous gem
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year....... "Master Top Chef"
William
Portals (Poetry) - 12/22/2014 3:03:35 PM
Intensely positive and connected.
Merry Christmas Lonnie! Blessings to you,
Christine
Face Down Novel (Poetry) - 10/26/2014 1:24:49 PM
It must be that cat in your lap that holds the key
to your writing skills. Mine won't stay there.
I'll have to catch up on your other renderings...
Face Down Novel (Poetry) - 10/23/2014 10:47:37 AM
Amazing images created by your words in this stunning poem of widowhood.
Ron
Face Down Novel (Poetry) - 10/23/2014 4:59:28 AM
The awareness of surroundings of it all on steroids! Worth a second read! Well done!
Portals (Poetry) - 10/14/2014 5:07:41 AM
I can always count on you for hot lips and wet kisses.
Nothing like a little passion to get the day started right.
Portals (Poetry) - 10/13/2014 6:13:21 AM
so beautiful Lonnie. Powerfully symbolic of an all-inclusive love.
Metaphors and Similes (Poetry) - 9/16/2014 7:45:33 AM
Ahhhh, you write the most sensuous poetry around! Your words melt like butter on hot bread, Yum Yum!
Ron
Umlaut Me (Poetry) - 9/13/2014 5:47:49 PM
enjoyed the read
Umlaut Me (Poetry) - 9/13/2014 1:49:18 PM
What a creative response Ron. Good as the piece itself. My twitters followers, mostly authors got a chuckle.
Umlaut Me (Poetry) - 9/13/2014 9:11:42 AM
Ah, what foibles we scribblers are error to! I should have seen it coming with the "down low," but your Freudian slip was showing in this, highly creative and instructional piece.
I shall laugh every time I think about your dangling participles and sure hope that you avoid that "down low," because I heard it was a very bad thing and totally unrelated to what happens to your tentacles when they age.
Long in tooth and tongue in cheek,
Ron
Integrities Wisdom (Poetry) - 9/1/2014 12:54:26 PM
Very reminiscent of poetry during the Romantic period and of course, Milton, and we need more of those for our troubling times.
Love Story (Poetry) - 8/17/2014 11:07:53 AM
Like I've said often before, you sure know how to write seductive love poetry! Got me excited just reading it, and I'm sure the girls will swoon.
Ron
Love Story (Poetry) - 8/17/2014 5:51:16 AM
filled with passion
Spinal Art (Poetry) - 8/15/2014 11:19:53 AM
I wonder why found this highly erotic? Because it's that good!
Ron
Spinal Art (Poetry) - 8/15/2014 5:38:52 AM
The anatomy of a kiss...and then some. Another red hot lover on
the loose!
Spinal Art (Poetry) - 8/15/2014 4:50:44 AM
another wonderful 'swooner'...leaving readers a little breathless. you have a definite talent for this Lonnie. nice one!
Scarlet Skies (Poetry) - 8/14/2014 4:17:05 PM
Lovely and expressive; thanks for sharing, Lonnie. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Ruby Red (Poetry) - 7/31/2014 3:42:07 PM
what a wonderful expression of a young man's step into the complicated world of love/lust
Ruby Red (Poetry) - 7/29/2014 6:30:27 AM
passionate words
Ruby Red (Poetry) - 7/27/2014 12:52:14 PM
They sure do! It's not the shotgun that brings about marriage, but the lust for life. You really have a way of describing how awkward beginnings can quickly escalate under hormonal urges. Loved it! Brought back memories of kisses sweet and kisses wasted. Escalation never fulfilled an escalation wasted. It's a keeper!
Ron
Ruby Red (Poetry) - 7/27/2014 10:44:29 AM
Sensual and sensational! I loved every molecule.
I used to call it "spit theory."
Incidentally, I just posted the same point of view from an elderly couple...
Ruby Red (Poetry) - 7/27/2014 4:02:57 AM
Oh yes, those quite innocent teenage years. I related to this poem in a wide range of emotions.
Ruby Red (Poetry) - 7/26/2014 5:42:29 PM
Raw, real, and I feel and live it all; thank you for sharing, Lonnie. Totally relate to what you have expressed via your verses. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Scarlet Skies (Poetry) - 7/19/2014 4:21:43 PM
a treasure! Such a wonderful poem from a loving human heart ~
Blessings, Chris
Scarlet Skies (Poetry) - 7/18/2014 9:44:40 AM
another fine example of your mastery of romantic word weavings...could make a girl swoon...do girls still swoon? will re read and re read this one.
Scarlet Skies (Poetry) - 7/17/2014 3:59:45 PM
A great love poem that goes to the universe and beyond! BRAVO!
Scarlet Skies (Poetry) - 7/17/2014 8:24:25 AM
There are some really scorching and creative lines in this one. So much of it is pure ecstasy. You really know how to write 'em."
Ron
Dry Tear Down (Poetry) - 7/4/2014 5:12:06 AM
well said
Feel like a Simile Sometimes. (Poetry) - 7/4/2014 5:11:39 AM
enjoyed reading your informative narrative
I look forward to reading more of your work.
m
Integrities Wisdom (Poetry) - 7/3/2014 4:52:11 PM
A paradise lost fable, so very skillfully created with insights and profound wisdom! Blessings and I hope you have a very Happy Fourth tomorrow :) Chris
Perfection's Past (Poetry) - 6/24/2014 3:05:52 PM
I agree with Sandie, we may never be perfect, live this life, give your best. When all is said and done that's what matters most of all.
Kathy J Parenteau
Perfection's Past (Poetry) - 6/24/2014 11:37:18 AM
Profound ~ Love rises above, transcends...and yet we are so tempted, inside the walls of flawed human vision, to settle. Blessings, Chris
Perfection's Past (Poetry) - 6/24/2014 10:44:44 AM
Present perfect always becomes past perfect...doesn't it?
Much wisdom in your jaundiced eye.
Perfection's Past (Poetry) - 6/24/2014 6:05:44 AM
Your poem is filled with truth and anxiety. But life has always been that way. No one in their right mind would want to go back and live in the past and suffer the anguish felt then. As for comparing ourselves to what others are doing:
“I am prettier than most
I am richer than most
I am smarter than most
I am more moral than most"
Describes me perfectly! ;-)
Ron
Perfection's Past (Poetry) - 6/23/2014 8:12:54 PM
enjoyed reading your interesting poem
Perfection's Past (Poetry) - 6/23/2014 4:19:59 PM
There is no such thing as being perfect, all one needs to do is to live life to the fullest everyday, treating each day as a gift from God. Tomorrow is not guaranteed, so just enjoy and not complaining about small matters. The past is the past and what we have done in the past can never be undone. We just have to accept the mistakes we have made in the past as lessons learned in life. Each phase of life presents a different person of ourselves. We just have to treat ourselves as the best person there is. Not necessary to compare with others. Just being our best selves is all we need to do.
Sandie
Hand To Hand, Hearts Unshaken (Poetry) - 6/8/2014 12:29:14 PM
Just beautiful and inspiring in the way of love!
Blessings, always blessings,
Chris
Hand To Hand, Hearts Unshaken (Poetry) - 6/7/2014 10:44:01 AM
oh m' goodness Lonnie this was a breath taking piece from the first tone you set right through to those last perfectly chosen lines. I salute you. what a great surprise as I take my first few baby steps back into the den...your fine write is such an encouragement in my getting back in the writing saddle....pat
Hand To Hand, Hearts Unshaken (Poetry) - 6/7/2014 8:06:18 AM
You start out with a silver tone seduction of monumental proportion and then bring it to fruition with a blending of souls into a life lasting relationship of great strength and beauty.
Kudos!
I know she loves this one. You will have to frame it and give it to her for your anniversary.
Ron
Spring Laments (Poetry) - 6/3/2014 7:40:10 AM
so nice Lonnie...spring DOES weep doesn't it in some places. you've expressed this beautifully....pat
Spring Laments (Poetry) - 6/3/2014 4:45:19 AM
A very good summary of climate and hard times' impact on Nature.
But it's a clash that Nature always wins.
Spring Laments (Poetry) - 6/2/2014 4:56:37 AM
Let us hope that California has better springs to come… But earthquakes are inevitable. My neighbor has lots of cats, but we have lots of mourning doves, nesting, because of my large trees and water we put out during the Texas drought. Thirty years ago, when this development was being built, we had many robins in the spring. That migration route has been disrupted and I have seen robin in many years.
We have many flowers blooming already (heavily watered because of the drought) but I've seen very few bees and no butterflies so far… Only one hummingbird.
Ron
Spring Laments (Poetry) - 6/2/2014 3:21:22 AM
enjoyed the read
Innocence Revisited (Poetry) - 5/26/2014 5:56:16 AM
I'm not sure about evil, but temptation alone gives me fits.
This is a very profound assessment, Lonnie. My brain sorts slowly
these days.
Innocence Revisited (Poetry) - 5/16/2014 9:15:16 AM
Yes, Ron you are correct. But many do and simply can't take the shock of and avoid it the rest of their lives.. It is so shocking to a child.
Innocence Revisited (Poetry) - 5/16/2014 9:10:56 AM
Very vivid and riveting. First revelation.
I don't recall it ever happening to me. We live in a rough neighborhood with rough talking people. By the age of seven, I clearly knew what evil was and how to avoid it.
Ron
The Torch and the Light (Poetry) - 5/14/2014 12:38:59 PM
Fascinating for the words & phrases; the format style; also for the story of a miracle; especially interesting for me, with my mechanical valve.
but shouldn't you be the prince rather than the nymph?
Connie
The Torch and the Light (Poetry) - 5/14/2014 7:31:05 AM
You are a poet's poet… in love with love, and it shows with beautiful work like this. The metaphors are outstanding and the story is miraculous.
Ron
The Torch and the Light (Poetry) - 5/14/2014 3:11:37 AM
Beautifully penned. As always I love your phrasing
The Torch and the Light (Poetry) - 5/13/2014 8:30:23 PM
heart felt words in this well penned poem. beautiful.
The Torch and the Light (Poetry) - 5/13/2014 3:08:47 PM
Miracles of the heart is survived by the light of love. Love is the greatest thing a human can feel its healing effect.
Sandie
Being Is (Poetry) - 5/13/2014 7:20:12 AM
A very upbeat poem. The champagne analogy is quite good. Immediately I was struck with how the Bard put it: "To be or not to be? That is the question."
Ron
Being Is (Poetry) - 5/13/2014 1:47:45 AM
This is so beautifully-written!! The joy of "Being" is so powerful I can just feel it flowing through your words.
Sandie
Being Is (Poetry) - 5/12/2014 6:48:20 PM
You cover a lot of ground here Corky. Much to think about. Patrick
Cancer Rising (Poetry) - 5/10/2014 10:46:23 AM
Cleverly concocted indeed, Lonnie. I appreciate the unique way that you have chosen to make your points. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Cancer Rising (Poetry) - 4/17/2014 5:08:51 AM
Delightful play on words with an informational punch to take away. Kudos.
Cancer Rising (Poetry) - 4/16/2014 12:31:27 AM
There are many unrecognised ways of treating cancer, yet big moneyed Drug companies will not allow their investigations...iatrogenic illness (caused by the drugs that are supposed to be 'curing') kills many, many people world wide every day...this is such big business for these drug Barons...money and profit Rule ... It is appalling!!
Well written piece on a subject that needs to be aired and more fully understood....
Most people 'trust'. Where their health is concerned....Big mistake !
Diana...
Cancer Rising (Poetry) - 4/15/2014 10:01:23 AM
I'm with Ed. I must commend you for your creativity on a very serious subject that most people like Sandie don't seem to know what's happening. When the Mind goes, so does everything else. Unfortunately, CC doesn't seem to have any mind, and in fact, defies it with backward reasoning that has always held civilization back.
Ron
Cancer Rising (Poetry) - 4/15/2014 7:50:46 AM
Clearly this is an allegory about the cancerous effects of runaway capitalism. It might be better understood if it had to do with the cancerous effects of runaway greed. Very clever story.
Cancer Rising (Poetry) - 4/14/2014 9:29:17 PM
I don't understand most of this, but guess you've created this according to medical reports on how cancer is formed...This is just too complicated for my read.
Sandie
'Good Poets and Bad Poets (Poetry) - 4/13/2014 11:52:43 PM
Bravo!!
Very well penned and so true.
Thats poetry form is called anaphora and usually one poet gets across writing a anaphora only once they've gained control over their poetry writing skills.
Do check my poem : Gift Yourself too its an anaphora as well.
Yesterdays Gone (Poetry) - 4/1/2014 6:31:32 AM
poetry is where the soul sings...
that is a powerful and beautiful statement of purpose
while fusing time and immortality.
Brilliant!
Yesterdays Gone (Poetry) - 3/31/2014 6:53:33 AM
It is more likely that you'll be remembered for poetry like this rather than becoming immortal any other way.
Ron
Yesterdays Gone (Poetry) - 3/31/2014 4:22:22 AM
A wise and intriguing work Lonnie. I enjoy your poetry so much. It's some of the best I've read here or anywhere else.
Yesterdays Gone (Poetry) - 3/31/2014 2:49:35 AM
No one lives forever. I don't wish to live forever anyway. What fun would that be? In exchange for my longevity, I only wish whatever I have written in my lifetime will have its own longevity and be remembered by others down the history.
Sandie
Past Grievings (Poetry) - 3/28/2014 5:51:53 AM
Excellent adult version of what so often reduces itself to soap opera cliche. Wonderful patient understanding amidst the heart ache and nurturing of a perpetual positive take on life. Well done.
Past Grievings (Poetry) - 3/26/2014 4:09:12 PM
3-26-2014
Theres Times You Just Don't Know How Well Off
You Really Are,i.e. Now You Should Turn
Walk Away Do Not Look Back!!
If You Love(d)Someone Let It(Them) Go
And It (They) Come Back
It Was Meant To Be!!
TRASK...
Past Grievings (Poetry) - 3/26/2014 10:38:18 AM
Life lessons are hard. Some never learn how to find real love because their intentions steer them away from it. I sure hope this didn't happen you.
Ron
Past Grievings (Poetry) - 3/26/2014 5:49:19 AM
This hits the heart like a fist, Lonnie. So real and achingly beautiful.
Beauty Is (Poetry) - 3/26/2014 5:47:28 AM
Well thought out and penned Lonnie and all too true.
Past Grievings (Poetry) - 3/26/2014 4:32:53 AM
Lovely write, Lonnie...
Anna
Past Grievings (Poetry) - 3/25/2014 6:11:57 PM
Sometimes it takes a lot for someone to see us for who we are. I'm glad that you are a supportive friend to her all along. Never change your good quality because you will be rewarded at the end for your kindness. Great poem!
Sandie
Memories Availing (Poetry) - 3/25/2014 3:31:34 PM
What a beautiful and deep capture of relationship made manifest in life :) Lonnie I have so missed you!
Blessings,
Christine
Memories Past (Poetry) - 3/19/2014 8:06:50 PM
Selective memory has its merits
Recalling all its ghostly parrots
Tell despair's grasp to go away
I choose to live my life today
Patrick
Memories Availing (Poetry) - 3/5/2014 9:16:44 AM
A loving look at life. However I was taken back by the expression "fair loins flailing" because that is what I call "spasms." I have leg spasms quite often and they have nothing to do with wedded bliss, only a pinched spinal cord… Not pleasant at all. ;-)
Ron
Memories Availing (Poetry) - 3/5/2014 5:08:15 AM
A fine and sweet night to remember. This is so precious.
Sandie
Memories Availing (Poetry) - 3/4/2014 8:51:50 PM
You verses takes me to my subconscious mind, this I can feel but not express! it will take some time, Thanks for this. JK
Memories Availing (Poetry) - 3/4/2014 8:26:40 PM
...memories...yours...to keep
and ...cherish... forever...
Thank you Lonnie for sharing
your meaningful poem.
My Pockets (Poetry) - 2/14/2014 8:10:41 AM
Very creative visualization. I can see you going through your pockets sorting out your memories.
Ron
My Pockets (Poetry) - 2/13/2014 11:57:38 AM
That's a lot of terrain in a few pockets! I guess I'll be bumping into Anna in reading this again. Well done.
My Pockets (Poetry) - 2/12/2014 4:10:48 PM
Enjoyed every single word! In fact I'm going to read it a few more times...love it!
Anna
Chocolate Box (Poetry) - 2/9/2014 10:32:44 AM
Thoroughly sensual. I never knew chocolate would take you to Holland before. ;-)
Ron
Chocolate Box (Poetry) - 2/8/2014 9:25:53 PM
A Hot - Box of chocolates...
Whew...
Well done...
Chocolate Box (Poetry) - 2/8/2014 9:47:46 AM
Wow! I will never see a box of chocolates the same way again>
Well done.
Beauty Is (Poetry) - 1/25/2014 11:50:27 AM
You have described the relentless journey very well. Poignant.
On the other hand, some of the most beautiful people I know have the most open heart and are very content and self-confident which carries them well into old age. I'm thinking of people like Rita Mareno and many others, too numerous to mention.
Ron
Beauty Is (Poetry) - 1/25/2014 5:54:06 AM
Beauty yearns for love
but her countenance blocks it arrival...
is a wonderful summary of this powerful poem!
Well done.
The Taste of Bitter Sweet Failure (Poetry) - 1/22/2014 8:21:05 AM
This one is wonderful and insightful. It is very difficult for a male to write from the female perspective, but I believe you've done it quite well. I especially like the metaphor, "low hanging fruit."
It's interesting, but I have a short story with two perspectives, "he" and "she," on a whole different subject in the works.
Ron
The Taste of Bitter Sweet Failure (Poetry) - 1/21/2014 12:34:12 PM
And as two old maxim goes: what we resist persists; we create all our own reality, including our mistakes, and never move one until we learn the inherent lesson in errors.
Memories Past (Poetry) - 1/16/2014 2:54:11 PM
You remind me about how I am trying to focus on the present and not let the past interfere... ...I have not found it to be true that time heals all. Thank you for sharing, Lonnie. Love and peace,
Regis
Memories Past (Poetry) - 1/13/2014 10:13:54 AM
As usual, your phrasing is awesome....nicely done, Lonnie!
Anna
Memories Past (Poetry) - 1/13/2014 8:53:27 AM
Yes, time dulls the dagger blades of life. Your words are quite uplifting and true.
Ron
Memories Past (Poetry) - 1/12/2014 3:33:49 PM
such a beautiful musing Lonnie...yes memory does lie and betray...painting over the bad parts. this was outstanding...have missed reading your wonderfully talented writes...maybe I'm back in the groove...life has a way of taking over sometimes, doesn't it
43 Love Poems For The Recently Cynical-Audio Poems In The Authors Own Voice (Poetry) - 12/28/2013 1:55:30 PM
I listened to some of them and found the sound a bit low, but your voice quite level and strong, unlike mine when I read poetry. I find it rather hard to comment on spoken poetry that goes by so quickly without having to run through it a few times to get the gist of what you are saying.
Ron
744 Poems For A Stormy Night (Poetry) - 12/21/2013 5:08:27 AM
Lonnie I love your work, I'll be visiting your page. Happy Holidays My Friend.
744 Poems For A Stormy Night (Poetry) - 12/8/2013 7:03:15 PM
Thank you for sharing, Lonnie. Congratulations on your poems. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Encounterings (Poetry) - 10/3/2013 11:37:47 AM
Makes me wonder how many people we may meet and never "Encounter". You are a masterful poet Lonnie.
Generations (Poetry) - 10/3/2013 11:35:30 AM
Deep poetry Lonnie, from the soul. That line esp. "Youth missed in our rear view mirrors" what an amazing line in an amazing poem.
Generations (Poetry) - 9/11/2013 7:33:57 AM
Much wisdom expressed in a very unique way. I have no regrets of my youth, for I squandered none of it in wasted pursuits.
Ron
Generations (Poetry) - 9/11/2013 3:31:33 AM
"Youth Never Understands Old Wisdom"...brilliant!!!! This was another amazing write, Lonnie...your phrasing is captivating...really reaches inside...
Anna
The Rose: Thorn and Soul (Poetry) - 8/30/2013 6:06:45 AM
you are a fragrant blossom Lonnie
deep roots in Love
Vickie
Come the Dark (Poetry) - 8/30/2013 6:05:04 AM
another beautiful vision
an ascension of the soul gifts
your muses are beautiful
Empirical Gateways & Divine Union
Vickie
Encounterings (Poetry) - 8/30/2013 6:03:14 AM
Lonnie this is a deeply gorgeous poem
with an abundance of meaningful wisdom <3
May Your Love Flourish & Infinitely Spill
Overflowing In All That Savors Your Spirit
Vickie
Primordial (Poetry) - 8/26/2013 4:21:24 PM
Love is a many splendored thing...a hunger only known by those who have experienced it!
I find the more you give it away, it returns to you..
I try to remember anything worth having is fought the hardest and hurts the most...including "LOVE"
Hugs...dear Lonnie!
Teresa
Dead, Dying and the Dreamer (Poetry) - 8/8/2013 8:06:47 AM
Thank you, very inspiring. would make a person who has given up, to get back up. To continue to work on making their dream become a reality.
