My Life as a WEED...and weeds ( words ) to live by (Book) - 2/16/2012 4:02:51 AM
I just finished reading your book “My Life as a WEED.” I thoroughly enjoyed the book and I would highly recommend it to others. It definitely made me think, smile and laugh.
Keep up the great work. - Ben
Whatever..I'm Still Here (Book) - 9/8/2011 6:00:14 AM
Loved the new book.. and I thought the first book was funny..both of these will be available in the restroom at work..thought my co-workers can use a good hearty laugh during work hours....and a copy will sit on my coffee table at home..I reccommend this book to as you put it.."if ever you questioned"..thanks for your words..Leigh
My Life as a WEED...and weeds ( words ) to live by (Book) - 6/7/2011 9:57:15 PM
Just had to update..I have read many of your short stories on other sites and just had to let you know how much I have enjoyed them.I also read your published book " My Life as a weed.." I laughed all the way through, you captured many moments in my life and I have shared the info with friends and associates. I see you will publish another book in September 2011.Thank you again for all the writings and works you have done for our organizations,it is deeply appreciated. S.G. MD. Cardio/University Hosp.
My Life as a WEED...and weeds ( words ) to live by (Book) - 4/6/2011 7:42:12 PM
I just had to write you and thank you for sharing your thoughts and the humor you are able to find with life in general.I found many of my own "aha moments" and especially the"raising your mother" I thought that was a classic.Just by reading your book I know we could be friends..you seem to be very much in tune with life. I wish you the best and keep writing..Leigh Taylor,Manchester,UK
My Life as a WEED...and weeds ( words ) to live by (Book) - 4/5/2011 11:05:35 AM
I really enjoyed your book,loved it.
There are many people who think and live outside the box.
Your approach to the subject was really interesting.
I would recommend this book to anyone who just wants to reflect on life with a smile...Laughter is the best medicine for "life"..
look forward to your next book..skye berger,DO
Weeds are Survivors... (Article) - 3/29/2014 8:59:09 AM
I'm surprised no one else has commented. I'm akin with you regarding weeds. From the strength of my perception I have always considered weeds, plant and human, to be of worth and encouraged them to venture out and grow. While I have been known to hand weed out competition so that the very best can survive, I've also been known to support those with no chance without my support. Some may see this as contradictory. But I see it as a way to overcome broad brush approaches like Goldwater's famous "defoliate them" in reference to the Vietnamese countryside and how we could win the war by removing the forest cover with Agent Orange and napalm. We all know where that led to.
As farmers and city dwellers alike seek "easy" ways to eradicate unsightly weeds with products like Roundup, leading to the death of bees, bats, and colors other insects along with the plants that support them, eventually poisoning our food stocks and us. All in the name of convenience and "progress." In the end, the weeds will survive long after us.
Ron
She had a GRIPE..she got a GRIP... (Poetry) - 6/27/2017 8:55:39 AM
So many women can sing that tune. Got one upstairs in my rental room. If you can't get even, get back, at least. Lying and thieving guys are a beast that needs to be put out of its senses.
Reads like a true story. What are the odds of writing a hit song these days?
Ron
She had a GRIPE..she got a GRIP... (Poetry) - 6/27/2017 8:14:54 AM
I love a poem that tells a story. And you just nailed a winner.
Raw, unvarnished, and so believable. Love it. Love you.
She had a GRIPE..she got a GRIP... (Poetry) - 6/26/2017 6:30:44 PM
Everybody knows that the female has it all over the male when it comes to smarts.
Missing the Man in the Hat (Poetry) - 5/27/2017 5:29:27 PM
A most engaging story told via your verses, kj. Thank you for sharing. Love and best wishes,
Regis
Missing the Man in the Hat (Poetry) - 5/23/2017 6:35:00 AM
Wonderful story poem, if a bit unrealistic. This kind of thing is more often seen in graveyards or places where tragedies occurred. But, if it is true, it could've been that someone died from choking in the restaurant or of a heart attack, stroke or other sudden death syndrome.
Ron
Missing the Man in the Hat (Poetry) - 5/22/2017 4:01:32 AM
We, your audience can only get a glimpse of what you were seeing and what you were feeling in that restaurant. But the fact that you purged your heart and soul in a poetic form says this person meant a lot to you. May you be blessed on a new day that love and happiness will come your way kj. Amen
Missing the Man in the Hat (Poetry) - 5/21/2017 11:47:46 PM
THIS BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE...BEAUTIFUL POEM.
Missing the Man in the Hat (Poetry) - 5/21/2017 6:55:46 PM
Cool story. I'm to be cremated and then have my ashes scattered through Wal-Mart. that way I know my wife will come see me now and then.
Beach Run (Poetry) - 5/9/2017 1:38:54 PM
I would like to thank all who commented on my write....My mind still allows me to bring my memories to life as though there are no physical restrictions....It gives me strength to go on day to day.....
thank you friends...
Beach Run (Poetry) - 5/9/2017 6:35:19 AM
I love the irony! The last time I was at the beach, my electric wheelchair got stuck in the sand a couple of times and I needed assistance to move on. That's one way to make friends and influence people. ;-)
The title immediately reminded me of my story of the same title. But don't worry about any similarity. The story is about a long drive on a hot night to the beach to run naked. Only to find that the mosquitoes were killers and nixed that bright idea quickly. But it didn't cool off the hot ride home like a friendly stop by police would have.
Ron
Beach Run (Poetry) - 5/9/2017 6:09:10 AM
I think we have to laugh at the absurdities life throws at us. As they say, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Our minds are wonderful things. You may not be running, but you're catching some rays.
Beach Run (Poetry) - 5/9/2017 3:20:38 AM
''As I sat and stared into the sea. sitting comfortably in my wheelchair''..... ----------- VERY SAD!!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva
NRA... Natural Roaming Animal (Poetry) - 3/16/2017 9:33:34 AM
When the tables are turned, the hunter becomes the hunted, and burned. Cool one.
Like a shocking short film I saw once many years ago.
A greedy lunch eating fishermen was pulling fish after fish up on the shore to die. He ran out of food and spotted a candy bar in a wrapper on the beach. When he unwrapped it and put it the whole thing in his mouth, a big hook appeared out of the side of his cheek, a line popped up from the sand all the way to the ocean, and he was pulled, struggling, and dragged into the ocean.
Ron
NRA... Natural Roaming Animal (Poetry) - 3/16/2017 5:25:12 AM
Deer me, what can I say. This is not your father's Bambi.
Wrinkles (Poetry) - 11/11/2016 6:50:16 AM
There is always the "face lift" if you are vain enough to want to go to that length, though from your picture posted, you look fine to me, young lady...-e-
Wrinkles (Poetry) - 11/9/2016 7:02:54 AM
I see you wrote this in 2014. Let us hope that in the two years since you have engaged in one of the many online miracle cures for wrinkles and come out looking like Dolly Parton or some semblance of timeless, lineless beauty. ;-)
But I guess I'm right there with you. When I look in the mirror now I'm beginning to see a "character" of me that I really don't like. I prefer my much younger look.
Ron
Wrinkles (Poetry) - 11/9/2016 6:42:56 AM
Wrinkles be damned,
they're a work of art.
Old we may be,
but we're still young at heart.
Wrinkles (Poetry) - 11/9/2016 5:02:27 AM
Age! No one has figured out a way to thwart it. Unfortunately we disintegrate right before our eyes. Wrinkles! They cannot be stopped, regrettably.
I Got My EYE on You (Poetry) - 10/29/2016 12:31:36 PM
The eyes have got this one, for sure.
It seems that those who wear those special contact lenses are likely in for a big scare when they find out what damage it has done to their corneas.
Ron
I Got My EYE on You (Poetry) - 10/28/2016 5:26:13 PM
Good choice to do a poem on clowns. They do seem to be changing from funny to scary. I wonder if birthday clowns and McD. will suffer from this turnaround.
I Got My EYE on You (Poetry) - 10/28/2016 1:29:16 PM
thank you Ed for your comment..seems everything we used to know has changed.." nothing is as it was "...shame..
I Got My EYE on You (Poetry) - 10/28/2016 12:21:46 PM
Seems of late that clowns have become quite scary, like the one on the King movie "IT". When I was a kid we all loved clowns so still I do & hope that others do too...-e-
I Got My EYE on You (Poetry) - 10/28/2016 5:59:41 AM
Should that clown ever appear,
and try filling me with dread and fear,
I won't be scared, oh me, oh my,
I'll just give him the evil eye.
Halloween Is (Poetry) - 10/24/2016 4:57:19 AM
Nicely done.
Halloween Is (Poetry) - 10/23/2016 7:16:21 PM
Yes indeed.. xo
Listening Closer to Myself... (Poetry) - 9/27/2016 6:27:15 AM
Sarcastic humor this time. ;-) I remember how nicely my wife treated me whenever I got sick. I credited that from the training she got taking care of her first husband (he was a nurse). For many years while single, I experienced the second part of your poem alone in my home, sometimes finding the house a mess with nothing in the refrigerator after a week of the flu. So I really appreciated the treatment I got from my wife, and now my partner of many years. There's nothing like fresh made hot chicken soup for the soul.
One little nitpick. Sinuses drain. Nostrils are only tubes for air intake and drainage.
Ron
Listening Closer to Myself... (Poetry) - 9/26/2016 11:16:59 AM
Yep! I guess the whole world knows how we men become like we're on death row when we come down with the sniffles. Eh . . . Wish I could say how wrong they are to say this, but . . . Eh, again . . . They're RIGHT!
Listening Closer to Myself... (Poetry) - 9/26/2016 10:22:56 AM
When we men get sick, we turn into big babies. It's the women who tough it out. Very cute write. Loved the rhyming and flow. And ain't that the way it goes.
Michael D.
Agglutination (Poetry) - 9/25/2016 6:41:24 AM
Agglutination??? Now that is one for the books. I won't be harsh because there is something behind driving your rant about lies. Beliefs drive a lot of our thinking. Fortunately, scientific methodology can sort out what is true from what is believed.
Starting with our parents, people of power use lies to control us. However, if we are thinking and inquisitive, we can find out the truth by ourselves and confront the lie when we hear/see it.
I'm just the opposite. I find that debunking a lie is a wonderful, freeing experience. Don't believe everything you read, hear, or even see. Once you learn the truth, you have power over all the ignorant believers.
Ron
Agglutination (Poetry) - 9/25/2016 5:09:48 AM
I thought what Jerry said was a little harsh, but like Ed, I'm in the dakk on this one. At least I learned a new word.
Michael D.
Agglutination (Poetry) - 9/24/2016 8:40:06 PM
I had to look up the title word and after reading what it meant I am still in the dark, but love the play on all the words...-e-
Agglutination (Poetry) - 9/24/2016 5:49:45 PM
"Truth is all lies...and lies are the truth.." That is probably the stupidest thing I have ever read . . . Never got further than that. Never read the poem. I'm happy I didn't. Jeez . . .
The Scheme Dream (Poetry) - 6/28/2015 3:39:46 PM
Thank you Regis..appreciated your stopping by and comments..check out other writes " Gator Bait series "..
The Scheme Dream (Poetry) - 5/24/2015 9:07:06 AM
That is quite the tale, kj; most entertaining. Thank you for sharing. Love and best wishes,
Regis
The Scheme Dream (Poetry) - 5/23/2015 12:34:31 PM
If he had known,
he'd be gator-baited,
He would've stayed single,
and just masturbated.
Michael D.
The Scheme Dream (Poetry) - 5/23/2015 11:15:31 AM
She's a gator baiter, that's for sure. Still though not there was money or revenge that got her there. I think it was revenge and the money was just a just reward.
Ron
The Scheme Dream (Poetry) - 5/22/2015 9:01:52 PM
I wouldn't want to meet her & if I had that misfortune to do so, I sure as hell wouldn't go near the Florida Keys with her...-e-
Need be a WEED.... (Poetry) - 5/18/2015 1:52:32 AM
I am a weed too, all hail us weed's, in fact I am the kind of weed that some smoke to get a buzz...oh no I wouldn't do that, like hell I wouldn't... <smile> -e-
Need be a WEED.... (Poetry) - 5/16/2015 5:52:03 AM
Interesting indeed...Hugss
Need be a WEED.... (Poetry) - 5/15/2015 7:45:25 AM
It's the weeds of this world that give it its spice, it's vitality. I shudder to think if Hitler had got his way and killed everyone of the weeds to create his perfect Aryan, whatever. What a bland, blonde world it would be.
And the funny thing is, Hitler would be the first to go because his hair and eyes weren't correct for his perfect vision.
You are a weed and I am a weed. Let's raise hell, and go to seed together.
Ron
Need be a WEED.... (Poetry) - 5/15/2015 7:18:19 AM
Weeds are tough,
and know how to survive.
Their blooms are just as pretty,
And in the worst conditions, they thrive.
If imatation is the sincerest form of flattery,
Then to be a weed I'll strive.
Nice write, and I love the picture and caption as well.
Michael D.
Need be a WEED.... (Poetry) - 5/15/2015 4:01:28 AM
Yeah, you're right, kj. Prima donnas in the flower world and in the human world, are too easily altered when change come to them, whereas the weed (tough kid from no-nonsense linage), can adept and survive . . .
Words... (Poetry) - 5/6/2015 4:43:08 PM
Cute and realistic, at least to me. I often read the bio before I sample someone's writing.
Connie
Cell Phove VS My Personal Space... (Poetry) - 5/6/2015 4:40:00 PM
What frustration drives you to doing.......
I specially hate when someone in the next restroom stall is talking on the phone.
Great story/poem!
Connie
Cell Phove VS My Personal Space... (Poetry) - 5/4/2015 9:21:08 AM
I hate the way cell phones have intruded on our lives. Texting or sexting is quieter but, because it makes the person doing it dumber than a fence post, is just about the same. But I love the way you ended your poem and an affair, just the same… Cool.
Ron
Cell Phove VS My Personal Space... (Poetry) - 5/3/2015 6:59:10 PM
Yep. Been there standing in that line. I hardly even answer a call if I am in a public place, but if I do I always say I'll call you back.
Yesterday's Words Changed (Poetry) - 4/1/2015 11:55:12 AM
From what I'm reading, we need a whole new slate of nursery rhymes to reflect the times.
Creative.
Ron
Yesterday's Words Changed (Poetry) - 4/1/2015 7:06:05 AM
Yeah, you're right, it is a much different world which most people refuse to acknowledge.
Elimination of Stress and Strife in My Life (Poetry) - 4/1/2015 5:12:16 AM
I would never want to be incarcerated, But you almost make it sound appealing. I would need one of those get of jail free cards.
Michael D.
Colorful Words... (Poetry) - 4/1/2015 5:06:46 AM
"Leaves" me with a smile>
Michael D.
Yesterday's Words Changed (Poetry) - 4/1/2015 5:04:20 AM
Loved it. This is a true real life "Grim's" Fairytale.
Michael D.
Words... (Poetry) - 3/31/2015 11:09:33 AM
:) to all my friends that liked my write....
Words... (Poetry) - 3/31/2015 8:37:36 AM
Are you fishing for friends, kj?
No need. You had me at "hello." :)
Words... (Poetry) - 3/30/2015 9:14:44 AM
We all should have a site that shows us as we are and not as we contrive to be. For in acceptance of our being who we are, your poem turns curiosity into support.
Ron
Words... (Poetry) - 3/30/2015 7:10:56 AM
Sometimes, words are all we have. I enjoyed reading this.
Michael D.
Words... (Poetry) - 3/30/2015 4:40:33 AM
Poetry which settled within my heart and soul. Great job!
Words... (Poetry) - 3/30/2015 4:04:19 AM
I love words.. nice write...
Twist in Time (Poetry) - 3/28/2015 11:36:12 PM
Gripping, intense, very engaging work. Fantastic ending!
Twist in Time (Poetry) - 3/28/2015 11:12:46 AM
Your poem certainly has a twist. And you have a starring role.
Ron
Twist in Time (Poetry) - 3/27/2015 12:54:52 PM
One for the movies. Great write!
Twist in Time (Poetry) - 3/27/2015 8:24:21 AM
Quite a write,
with twists and turns of fate,
and a touching end,
that was simply great.
Michael D.
Twist in Time (Poetry) - 3/27/2015 8:00:32 AM
Quite a tantalizing tale, kj. It had me reading the lines fast to get to the end, and then WHAM! A very good ending. Then I reread it very slowly, savoring your thoughts turned into words. My kind of poem.
Survivors of Life... (Poetry) - 3/25/2015 7:38:06 AM
I agree with Jerry, and I would also add, those lowly weeds have the most beautiful blooms. I do not treat our yard, and as a result there are many dandelions and wild violets growing. In the middle of summer when other yard are brown, mine is still lush and green. Long live the weeds.
Michael D.
Survivors of Life... (Poetry) - 3/24/2015 5:45:22 PM
Jerry...thank you for your comments.. much appreciated. I appreiciate when others understand the thoughts of which I write.
Survivors of Life... (Poetry) - 3/24/2015 12:26:20 PM
You betcha, the weed can be compared with the common person who has to live in substandard places, but eventually grows up and achieves in spite of his harsh surroundings. Very, very insightful.
Mindful Thoughts from My Head (Poetry) - 3/24/2015 7:52:08 AM
A whole lot of remembrance between the time you woke up and then finally got up in that half-asleep world of your thoughts.
I find myself in this state quite often, waking up too early to be dragged out of bed by my helpers.
Ron
Mindful Thoughts from My Head (Poetry) - 3/24/2015 6:18:23 AM
This is simply beautiful, and heartfelt. I really enjoyed reading this.
It's good to see you posting again.
Michael D.
Mindful Thoughts from My Head (Poetry) - 3/24/2015 6:02:15 AM
What a stunningly beautiful epitaph, kj. You have brought the feeling from deep within to the surface with this beauty of a poem.
