The Air In Me (Book) - 9/13/2013 1:11:09 PM
Congrats Dan!
with blessings!!
Lady Vivian
The Air In Me (Book) - 9/12/2013 6:42:30 AM
Congratulations, Dan! Here's wishing you all success with readers.
Give Me 60- A Writing Exercise (Short Story) - 12/23/2011 6:49:19 AM
Whew, that was a close one, hope you can write more about these provocative subjects. Yes, more is sometimes... :)
Stay or Go-Micro Fiction (Short Story) - 6/8/2011 2:11:38 PM
Hello Dan, nice to 'meet' you. You are certainly good at the micro fiction. I love writing it, too, but tend more towards the flash fiction. I commend you -- you have a real knack!
Hugs to you,
CJ
This Just In (Short Story) - 12/14/2010 6:28:45 PM
We do live in an insane world, Dan. Well stated. Thank you. Love and peace to you,
Regis
This Just In (Short Story) - 12/14/2010 11:34:45 AM
So much truth in this work of humor Dan. We have been unrepresented and misrepresented by the career politicos we elected to office in government. However, we shall overcome this nightmare and our nation will once again shine as the beacon of freedom and democracy. There are too many Americans aware and now outraged to not see massive changes taking place in Washington and state governments across our land. Never again must we permit our own complacency to bring us to the verge of financial ruin and looking on as our freedoms are dashed with politico's greedy pens. I bid you love and peace my dear friend. Jon Michael
This Just In (Short Story) - 12/11/2010 8:00:37 AM
Funny but true. Your crystal ball speaks sooth except China isn't going to wait that long. Patrick
Things Change (Short Story) - 11/29/2010 5:49:16 PM
Dan, a clever twist here my friend. Ab is now norm and norm is now ab. "Things" do indeed change my dear friend. I bid you love and peace. Jon Michael
Things Change (Short Story) - 11/27/2010 2:10:02 PM
How cleverly clumsy of you. Patrick
Sticking My Neck Out (Short Story) - 11/27/2010 12:24:58 PM
LOL. Well done poet.
Sticking My Neck Out (Short Story) - 11/24/2010 5:55:11 PM
Poor Thom, they have played him for a turkey again! When will he ever learn? He always seems to lose his head this time of year. It must be a man made phenomena! Six pounds Dan? That's it? Just six pounds? I lost nine and gained ten in six weeks. I have it back to normal again thank goodness. I have been rock solid with my weight control for all of my adult life until this little episode. Hope it is not an omen. At my age weight control is not a problem I relish the thought of. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family my dear friend. I bid you love and peace. Jon Michael
Sticking My Neck Out (Short Story) - 11/24/2010 4:48:59 PM
From one who celebrates Happy Thanks Living...one more Turkey shall be spared from this vegetarian.
Adorable and clever write! Happy Day to you!
Sticking My Neck Out (Short Story) - 11/24/2010 12:51:31 PM
Glad I'm not a turkey. Thanks, Dan. Happy Thanksgiving to you. Ours is in October. Love and peace,
Regis
Sticking My Neck Out (Short Story) - 11/24/2010 9:55:44 AM
Maybe Hussein will pardon him.
Things Change (Short Story) - 11/19/2010 11:47:55 PM
Such is life and how events lead to others; cleverly expressed, Dan. Love, peace, and best wishes,
Regis
Things Change (Short Story) - 11/18/2010 5:09:09 AM
Very interesting twist,Dan....clever write.
Anna
Stay or Go-Micro Fiction (Short Story) - 11/17/2010 9:31:26 PM
I guess your staying. Sneaky dealer. Patrick
Things Change (Short Story) - 11/17/2010 12:49:40 PM
Interesting writing, Mr.Johnson. I think it would get more exposure had you placed it into the poetry section and declared it a prose. Very nicely written.
Namaste
Tony
Give Me 60- A Writing Exercise (Short Story) - 11/16/2010 11:32:03 AM
Ultra flash fict......er, non-fiction? I don't think you are overly verbose but this is slam dunk excellent. Patrick
Being open to diversity (Short Story) - 11/9/2010 10:18:44 AM
This is an excellent piece by a true human being. I wish more people of today's world read this and learn what life is all about- after all.
Give Me 60- A Writing Exercise (Short Story) - 11/8/2010 4:40:53 AM
Well penned story! Isn't it amazing how carefully chosen words can deliver such a powerful impact?
Anna
Give Me 60- A Writing Exercise (Short Story) - 11/7/2010 10:52:53 AM
wOW! Well sparing of words, but says a lot. I was in high school when it happened.....it's one of the seminal events for everyone of that era.
Chip Bergeron
Give Me 60- A Writing Exercise (Short Story) - 11/7/2010 10:13:49 AM
Excellent. I started my "100 words" in similar vein after getting angry with an editor who wanted my culture stories to be limited to 800 words! Best of luck.
Professor Moriarty Is Caught (Short Story) - 9/12/2010 7:32:02 AM
Cleverly concocted, Dan. Thank you for sharing. Love and peace,
Regis
Professor Moriarty Is Caught (Short Story) - 7/3/2010 8:31:07 AM
DAN - ELEMENTARY INDEED!
You have woven a unique tale into a fine tapestry, melded together with excellent Haiku.
Both Holmes and Sir Arthur have been done Proud!
"The Game is Afoot ..." Tom.
Marching For a Better Tomorrow (Article) - 4/16/2018 10:35:33 AM
Nice job, Dan. Don't let the gun lobby get to you or cloud your line of sight. These high school 'kids' and the women who've stood up to the hate these past couple of years are true American heroes. May we all be well, Jan
Marching For a Better Tomorrow (Article) - 4/13/2018 3:01:51 AM
Too bad the author has no sense of balance and little actual understanding of the real motivation behind this phony effort. The so-called, March for Our Lives is not a youth movement, but an anarchist one. If these people were interested in saving lives, they might want to start with eliminating Planned Parenthood which receives half a billion dollars in federal funding in order to exterminate 350,000 children per year. As is typical of the Left, they strain the gnat and swallow the camel. This only demonstrates that the greatest threat to America's future survival is the abject ignorance of secular fundamentalists.
Marching For a Better Tomorrow (Article) - 4/10/2018 7:38:19 AM
What an encouraging and beautiful tribute to today's young activists. Change does not come easily when the status quo is entrenched and protected by moneyed interests.
Your personal experience shows the futility of having a gun in the home or workplace and being unable to even reach it or unlock it from its secure hiding place.
I recall the time that I was involved in the civil rights and antiwar movement of Vietnam. My school, a technical/teachers college, was rather apathetic, with very few students participating in the protests. Unfortunately, many of these apathetic students became teachers. Now teachers are protesting why they are being treated so badly by students, and particularly by the parents of bad students. The cycle continues. But I, like you, applaud those young people who are willing to go the full 9 yards, and then a few more to do what is right, needed and necessary.
We all know that people kill not guns. But unless we stop the flow of guns that are meant only for mass killing from anyone who wants them hands, mass killings in our schools, gathering places, and homes, will continue.
Ron
Giving notice to a few people (Article) - 12/26/2012 10:08:02 AM
And look where the deficit is now, Dan. Well expressed. Thank you. Love and peace to you,
Regis
The Art of Being Preoccupied and how it could lead the ruining of America (Article) - 10/9/2011 5:06:52 PM
Dan, while I will defend your right to express your opinion on this issue to the death, we are miles apart philosophically as to the root cause of our nation's malaise my dear friend -- the politicos are pulling the strings at every level and their propaganda machine just keeps repeating the same factually challenged rhetoric and spin to divide us as a nation and as a people -- we, you and I can resolve our differences as long as the politicos can be kept out of the fray -- they seek to overthrow our democracy by dividing us with their lies to concur us and turn our nation into a European Socialist style state -- overthrow of the middle-class was their initial goal and they have almost succeeded -- next it is the wealthy who are their targets -- we must resist by uniting in peaceful accord, not unruly union thug led protests which they want to become violent -- the media is the worst source in America for truth -- I bid you love and peace my dear friend -- Jon Michael
Old Age (Article) - 7/13/2011 6:41:05 PM
Great reflections, Dan... ...and thought-inciting. Thank you. Love and peace to you,
Regis
Being open to diversity (Article) - 7/13/2011 6:25:29 PM
This is wonderfully expressive and meaningful, Dan. Thank you. Love and peace to you,
Regis
On Being Hypnotized-An Essay (Article) - 9/20/2010 5:32:59 AM
Good writing, Dan, and very thought provoking.
George
On Being Hypnotized-An Essay (Article) - 9/17/2010 8:05:19 PM
I think often hypnosis happens without being openly open. Fritos corn chips would agree. Well done. Patrick
On Being Hypnotized-An Essay (Article) - 9/16/2010 5:57:13 PM
Dan. Snap! I think your article is thought provoking as Regis eludes to. I am however convinced that everyone would have to be a most willing participant. Yet even more important, of a special personality type to be hypnotized. My experience indicates that it is the person being hypnotized that performs the actual transformation. I have always remained an obstinate and unwilling participant for those events. I like your story and respect your views my dear friend. May peace and love be always with you. You are becoming very sleepy. No, nix that. Jon Michael
On Being Hypnotized-An Essay (Article) - 9/16/2010 9:49:28 AM
Well-written and thought-provoking, Dan. What do we REALLY know after all? Thank you. Love and peace,
Regis
How are we to know the truth? Essay (Article) - 8/9/2010 3:13:05 AM
My first visit to S. Calif. was back in 1954. You described it well. It was a simpler time. But do not search for truth among politicans, Dan. You will develop a sour face. Sort of like Charles Coburn. Thanks, Ed.
Being open to diversity (Article) - 6/8/2010 4:16:15 PM
I find your essay very beautifull, succint, and extremely endearing and sincere....It is true we must struggle to transcend the bigotries and negative biases either inherited from our folks, the media, or some other social entity....in my book I have a similiar chapter (smile) A Tale of Two Cities: Distinct but Similiar where I compare my life and that of the late Allen Ginsberg and ultimately make the case for building upon our similarities rather than passively allowing our differenes to divide us....goood job for Johnson
Being open to diversity (Article) - 5/29/2010 3:08:12 PM
"who you are is where you were when" -- those are the words and thoughts on how our personalities develop as taught by a university professor from I believe, Utah,(this is testing my memory a bit) Morris Massey -- professor Massey said that we are all made people, value programmed, by the age of eight unless we subsequently experience a significant emotional event, death of a loved one, win a great prize of notoriety, etc. -- either a positive or negative event, after the age of eight -- so all of our exposure, our environment in the first eight years of our life determine our fears, prejudices, religious beliefs, our values -- these are our value programming years -- a powerful thought when you analyze, "who you are, is where you were when" -- good article D.L. -- thanks for sharing -- diversity is often confused when there are conflicting principles or beliefs, cognitive dissonance -- may peace and love be always with you my friend -- Jon Michael
Being open to diversity (Article) - 5/29/2010 12:37:24 PM
People, simply, is people. Patrick
Being open to diversity (Article) - 5/28/2010 1:20:03 PM
OUTstanding! On this day if history is to be celebrated, Celebrate as coming out, Dan. It's a public roster and you're on it as speaking out. The importance of this article Being open to diversity is so significant in contemporary society. Here evolves a coherence toward the betterment of society. Out of struggle emerges a strong opinion geared toward opening minds through diversity that reach beyond the narrow confines of time and place. This article is highly elemental and moves off the page in so that it may go into collective memory in ideal movement toward the community. It's a stigmata of the void, the fruitful interaction between man and man, woman and woman, man and woman, man and nature, woman and nature. A save, a salvage never to block the agenda and agency of diversity's agencies...well-written. You sum up the essence implied, Dan...good work.
Love,
Sage
Old Age (Article) - 4/27/2010 8:17:14 PM
Until I reach the point that I continually drool all over myself, and can not control my bodily functions, or think, or speak, or write clearly, I am ready for the challenges of old age, and look forward to all of its possibilities.
I like your attitude and you pretty much defined where I draw the line. Gotta admit I'm way into the sloppy stage. Most notably my typing. Patrick
Old Age (Article) - 4/25/2010 8:09:54 AM
DAN - I LIKE YOUR SUMMARY!
As I rapidly approach August 25th, this year I'll be 70. WOW! My problem has been that there is a 'Teenager' - TRAPPED inside this ole bod. "The Spirit is willing, but the Flesh is weak!"
My Dad made it to 84 - Mom to 83 - both elder (by 14 & 13 years) sisters, Adele and Rose - made it to mid-seventies - one aunt, Aunt Honey, reached 88 (she was on Dad's side).
In accordance with many published studies, I have another slight advantage - Love Crossword Puzzles - especially NYT - the harder the better. Been doing them almost 50 years now. Chess, Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble, Cribbage, Pinochle, and even Bridge, have always been enjoyable challenges to me.
Retired in March of 2006, been working 3 days a week, Part-Time for 4 years now, and -
Love it! YEP - being your own Boss is NICE!
Lady Friend I 'dated' (snicker, snicker) for 3 years just DUMPED ME! Not to worry though, I
expected it, and already have 3 'Profiles' running again on the Net. Only now, they are on
'Senior' sites - but - I'm looking for a 'Newer Model' -
Wish me LUCK! Tom.
Old Age (Article) - 4/23/2010 4:13:44 AM
One of the things I have learned is that old age, definitely is not for the faint of heart.
Definitely Not! My poor spouse still has a very hard time accepting the fact that we will both soon be drooling as much as our mutts. (She claims I've always drooled, but I'm gonna show her this - it's just part of the aging process!)
Old Age (Article) - 4/22/2010 10:50:32 AM
I read something yesterday that true joy in living occurs when we learn to accept and live a simple life, which to me seems to happen as we age, suddenly we have relinquished the "have to" of middle age responsibilities of home, career, and family...when all that disolved for me, I finally realized the beauty of stress free and life began an amazing new experience...live long my friend.
Old Age (Article) - 4/22/2010 8:31:41 AM
Encouraging words! I love growing older. Although, it took me a year and a half to accept having entered my 40s. At 46, though, I am relishing it!
Giving notice to a few people (Article) - 11/19/2008 7:14:28 PM
Dan, you just wrote a letter to the president, but...but can the president read?
Inexplicable-Revived (Poetry) - 6/21/2025 5:00:18 PM
So true, there is no explanation for love. Your words are true. I fell in love with the man I married when I was 13, we both married other people, which failed. We found each other when I was 23 we married.
Your friend Rose
Invisible! (Poetry) - 8/27/2024 4:28:18 PM
it is that we are too visible to be seen but to chance a distance perhaps not remembered...remembering not to over speak a presence that we may want to be forgotten... as i found love mine self and let it be seen by others and always have them there. And it be those of yourself you love....
Come, Now, Make Love to Me- Revised (Poetry) - 6/27/2021 6:25:17 PM
Interesting encounter... ...and what may come beyond.
Love and peace,
Regis. 🍁
Inexplicable-Revived (Poetry) - 6/27/2021 6:22:11 PM
Metaphorically meaningful, Mr Johnson. Love, peace, and best wishes to you,
Regis. 🍁🙏🌳
Inexplicable-Revived (Poetry) - 9/16/2018 11:51:06 AM
Perfect. There's no explanation for love. It just happens.
Inexplicable-Revived (Poetry) - 9/15/2018 12:38:51 PM
It certainly is when good fortune befalls us. You know how to express it so well with so few words.
Ron
Inexplicable-Revived (Poetry) - 9/14/2018 12:02:45 PM
They say that opposites always attract each other, and I believe it to be true. You'll never know and can't explain when love hits you, then you just love.
Sandie
Inexplicable-Revived (Poetry) - 9/14/2018 9:54:46 AM
Dan -
Well spoken !
And ...
Thought-provokin’ ✌🏼
Quiet Dawn-Revived (Poetry) - 9/6/2018 9:03:12 AM
Refreshing. But, I went back to get some of that sunshine this morning and it clouded over. In fact, for about a week we've had a high percentage of rain. There is a small window when I can get some sun each day. Unfortunately, while it is been sunny in the morning, when that window comes, it immediately clouds over. On top of that, it hasn't rained but .28 inches in three days. We are in desperate need of rain and it is reining all around us, but we are not getting it.
You can see I'm not in a sunny disposition. But my dawns are quiet, just not sunny. ;-)
Ron
Quiet Dawn-Revived (Poetry) - 9/5/2018 4:37:20 PM
What better way to appreciate the dawn than after a stormy night? True of nature and life.
Quiet Dawn-Revived (Poetry) - 9/4/2018 9:59:01 PM
Nice moment captured, so peaceful. Thanks!
Quiet Dawn-Revived (Poetry) - 9/4/2018 3:48:57 PM
I've appreciated the challenge of writing in disciplined formats for many years: Haibun, Triolet, Haiku, Tanka, Tanka-bun. Cinquain is one style I have not tried. I like the progression in this, Dan. The air after a storm, when it's saturated with negative ions, is fully refreshing. Thanks for sharing. r
Quiet Dawn-Revived (Poetry) - 9/4/2018 12:46:14 PM
AND...WHETHER IT'S NATURE OR OUR LIVES...A QUIET DAWN AFTER A STORM IS, INDEED, A BLESSING! THANKS FOR THE SHARE, DL. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Quiet Dawn-Revived (Poetry) - 9/4/2018 12:01:32 PM
This makes me think of the diamante style of poetry.
A diamante poem is a poem that makes the shape of a diamond. The poem can be used in two ways, either comparing and contrasting two different subjects, or naming synonyms at the beginning of the poem and then antonyms for the second half for a subject.
In the poems, the subject is named in one word in the first line. The second line consists of two adjectives describing the subject, and the third line contains three verbs ending in the suffix ing which are related to the subject. A fourth line then has four nouns, again related to the subject, but only the first two words are related to the first subject. The other two words describe the opposite subject. The lines then are put in reverse, leading to and relating to either a second subject or a synonym for the first. Here is the order:[3]
Noun
Adjective-Adjective
Verb-Verb-Verb
Noun-Noun-Noun-Noun
Verb-Verb-Verb
Adjective-Adjective
Noun
Nicely done, Dan. Love and peace.
Regis
Quiet Dawn-Revived (Poetry) - 9/4/2018 11:59:56 AM
Short but very effective, I have enjoyed your poem D.
Quiet Dawn-Revived (Poetry) - 9/4/2018 10:39:50 AM
Photo by Jody Miller Photography
Come, Now, Make Love to Me- Revised (Poetry) - 8/25/2018 10:10:43 AM
My wife and I adore the Oregon coast. Especially from Coos Bay down. We've vacationed there numerous times. I lived in Seattle for nine months when I was on the road with music. Traveled through Montana as well. The imagery in this was effective in serving to bring to mind. Most places you mentioned I've been to. Enjoyed this. Peace... r
Come, Now, Make Love to Me- Revised (Poetry) - 8/22/2018 8:45:24 AM
Never been there, but your descriptive wording sure made it sound good. Well Done.
Come, Now, Make Love to Me- Revised (Poetry) - 8/22/2018 8:17:48 AM
I don't know about the original, but your revision got to me and brought a tear to my eye. A beautiful personification of a beautiful place. A place that seduces like a young love. I was also taken by your conversation with Anon (short for anonymous?). You reminded me of when my partner first saw and fell in love with the Grand Tetons. She certainly was seduced by them but didn't know the myth. That early pioneers saw those mountains and gave them that name from their appearance… the Big Tits. It sure got lonely for those early trappers and fur traders. Why many of them married Indian women.
Thoroughly enjoyed…
Ron
Come Sit With Me-Revised (Poetry) - 8/15/2018 12:23:54 PM
"we will drink sweet wine…
get lost in each others glow
And forget about father time"
You betcha!!!
Come Sit With Me-Revised (Poetry) - 8/15/2018 9:27:37 AM
Sometimes just sitting next to each other can be pure bliss. No words are necessary.
Come Sit With Me-Revised (Poetry) - 8/15/2018 7:55:02 AM
I envy those, perhaps you, who have experienced this with a loved one. It was something I sought in my youth, but never achieved. To think that young women would be even attracted to going off with me, a pimply faced skinny kid, to even have a picnic under a shade tree by the creek? Oh, how I longed for a beautiful fishing buddy. It never happened. Those experiences you wrote about in this poem, for me were real, but very lonely without her love.
Ron
Come Sit With Me-Revised (Poetry) - 8/14/2018 7:15:26 PM
I liked this. This is like so softly spoken and imageries you have created are so beautiful! I have not read the first version, but this revised version obviously has my vote.
Sandie
Come Sit With Me-Revised (Poetry) - 8/14/2018 5:30:25 PM
Nice imagery and thoughts.
"where willows bend
and the winding creek blends time"
This phrase is very effective IMO. Well done. Enjoyed. r
Gone, Gone, Gone (Poetry) - 8/10/2018 9:41:33 AM
I think many will relate to that state of mind, Dan; I know I can. Love and peace,
Regis
101313-Haiku (Poetry) - 8/1/2018 2:48:33 PM
Nicely crafted Haiku. Well said in just few words.
Gone, Gone, Gone (Poetry) - 7/28/2018 12:26:33 PM
You have me wondering. Were you just flying off somewhere because you could? If I were you in your shoes with feet that no longer felt the ground, I'd think about just leaving this world and that pain behind. In fact, I think I'm coming up upon that eventuality lately. Only, I still have feeling in my right little toe of a dog chewing on it.
Ron
All Keyed Up (Poetry) - 7/25/2018 12:30:19 PM
I love the poem. The title fits the words. The only other title that might work is "I'm a Lover," since you didn't mention it twice.
Little Kids (Poetry) - 7/22/2018 4:00:31 PM
An awful image comes to mind.
Little Kids (Poetry) - 7/22/2018 9:02:20 AM
Has been happening for decades. It needs to be restructured.
Little Kids (Poetry) - 7/19/2018 11:55:41 AM
Such a sad state of affairs all over this world. Love and peace to you, Dan.
Regis
Little Kids (Poetry) - 7/16/2018 8:22:14 AM
Nobody wrote about any discrepancies when Obama
was in charge most of the pictures shown on the news
about the kids were taken in his era
Little Kids (Poetry) - 7/13/2018 9:55:09 AM
This thing has been happening all the time, even in Obama and Bill Clinton's eras. Bill Clinton was the one who had passed this bill, and Obama exercised on this. Obama even went as far as to raid families at night while they were sleeping, took their children away. It was all documented in videos. I wonder why there were no outcries of injustice from the left during Bill Clinton and Obama's eras but only comes to surface now when Trump is the president. Trump may not be perfect, but he does and has been trying to correct many things that had been wrong in the Bill Clinton and Obama eras. He is trying to overturn this, but this can't be done overnight when people think it's him who is doing this to the families. So much brainwashing from the media and people only know half-truths and keep barking on the wrong tree. It's really pathetic!
Sandie
Little Kids (Poetry) - 7/11/2018 8:06:24 PM
Putting my political beliefs aside, this is a good poem that tells a few of our fellow human's perspective. Great poem. It's achieved its purpose of helping us all see things through another's eyes.
5 Sentences (Poetry) - 7/8/2018 5:45:17 PM
Writing can be fleeing. I'm always chasing her.
Little Kids (Poetry) - 7/4/2018 10:14:27 PM
Many of these kids are being USED.
Coyote parents bring them over the border.
Then once they are across, they abandon these children.
Just like a terrorist uses children as a shield.
These pseudo-parents are NOT always what they seem.
Then there are some parents who have committed serious crimes.
They also know that WE in the USA will shout out in PROTEST if they are separated from their children while placed in jail.
So even some criminals are being temporality reunited now.
Then, of course, there are innocent parents who are locked up for crossing the border and are separated needlessly.
These are now being reunited with families and placed in shelters.
I have lived in military barracks and have been placed in secure bases surrounded by fences. I assure you, these folks and their children are being fed and given medical care that is 110 times better than the countries they came from.
So it is not a SIMPLE problem. We in the USA have compassion. However, how long can we continue to care for so many?
If just ONE illegal family were to pitch a tent and live in your back yard. How long would you take care of them? Then if you did, if 10 more pitched tents your yard because of your compassion, would you be willing to provide food shelter and medicine to them as well?
How about the folks who come here LEGALLY? Is this fair for them?
It's NOT an easy problem to solve. So, in the process, many kids are being USED as posters for POLITICAL reasons. This has GOT TO STOP!
As a parent, I have much compassion for families. As a Christian, I have helped many homeless families. Still, I have limited resources and need to take care of my own before I can over-extend my outreach.
Think about the abandoned teenage kids in the streets of our cities. Have we provided safe places for all of these kids to go? If we did, so many would not be homeless.
So, what is the solution?
If each American would give their time to HELP the kids who are need help this would be a start.
It’s EASY to PROTEST but TOUGHER to PARTICIPATE in the solution.
Let US all be a part of the SOLUTION and NOT part of the problem.
One-by-one, we can all make a POSITIVE difference!
Amen!
REFERENCE: USA TODAY
Did the Trump administration separate children from their parents at the border, then lose track of the children?
No.
Earlier this year, DHS reported that thousands of children arrived at the U.S. border alone, without their parents. Most of the children came from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, fleeing violence and turmoil in their home countries.
The children are considered unaccompanied minors. Under U.S. law, they cannot be deported right away. They are placed with sponsors, who are typically close relatives such as parents, siblings or aunts and uncles that live in the USA. About 10% of the time, the minors are placed with people who aren't related to them.
Placing these children with sponsors is a policy that dates back to the Obama administration.
Published 12:25 p.m. ET May 29, 2018 | Updated 1:48 p.m. ET June 19, 2018
USA TODAY
After news reports revealed in May that the U.S. government couldn't account for the locations of nearly 1,500 immigrant children, some people wondered how this could happen.
Then, in June, the "zero tolerance" policy announced by the Trump administration earlier year drew more scrutiny. The Department of Homeland Security said that since it started enforcing this policy, it had separated nearly 2,000 children from adults at the border from mid-April to the end of May.
So, what's going on? As with much to do with the federal government, it's complicated.
There are essentially three policy issues that have become conflated in recent months: separating children from their parents at the border, unaccompanied minors at the border and families seeking asylum. We break down what those issues are and what it all means.
The administration's new 'zero tolerance' policy
The Trump administration announced this year that there would be a "zero tolerance" policy for families trying to cross the border illegally.
"If you cross this border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. It's that simple," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in May. "If you smuggle illegal aliens across our border, then we will prosecute you. If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you, and that child will be separated from you as required by law. If you don't like that, then don't smuggle children over our border."
The Trump administration insists that this is not a new policy. Children have long been placed in foster care when their parents were criminally charged with an immigration violation.
"The underlying policies ... have not changed," White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said in May.
The key difference with the Trump administration compared to previous administrations is that Trump officials are enforcing "zero tolerance," meaning they are prosecuting all adults who are trying to cross the border. This has led to more separations happening; DHS said that 1,995 children had been separated from 1,940 adults from April 19 through May 31. These separations have dominated headlines.
Little Kids (Poetry) - 6/29/2018 2:53:28 PM
That's a good Nazi trick that the Trumpster is learning from his dictator buddies on the way to genocide. For those who follow him are so afraid of their privileged white supremacy be taken away, not by Mexican gangs, but by hard-working, Christian people that only want to get ahead and find a safe place for their children.
He is making sure that crossing the border here without a wall is not safe.
I'm sorry that I forgot to tell you that this is a wonderful poem.
Ron
Little Kids (Poetry) - 6/27/2018 6:06:59 PM
If you say so.
Little Kids (Poetry) - 6/27/2018 12:53:55 PM
Dan - we’ll done - I like it !
Simple - Direct - Sincere - Truthful !
That POS dictator is ruining this country & All the Ostrich
Supporters don’t have a Clue !
He is “draining the swamp” alright - and filling it with other
Rich SOB Millionaires who don’t give a “ Rat’s Ass” about
the little guys!
I pray that November changes the dictatorship of the GOP -
aka the “Party of NO” !!!!
God Bless American - hopefully with astute new legislators
that have “Common Sense” !
🇺🇸😇🇺🇸😇🇺🇸😇🇺🇸
Invisible! (Poetry) - 6/26/2018 9:34:46 PM
This is soul-stirring and thought-awakening, Dan. A sad truth about life. Time is speeding up for me, the older I get. I would not mind it slowing down a little. Thank you for sharing this. Love and peace,
Regis
Invisible! (Poetry) - 6/26/2018 11:57:11 AM
I have an 81 years old friend who had helped his children succeed, bought them each a house to live in; yet in his old age, he lives alone while his children continue to prosper and have no time for the old daddy. They all claim they are busy. One son-in-law even said to him not to count on them for caring for him in his old age. I don't know what the problem is between the two men, but I hope the son-in-law's children will treat him the same way he treats his father-in-law. I'm not relating to this old man, only met him in a doctor's office, and he felt so bad he had to pour it out to a stranger - me.
I can't believe the insensitivity of his children. Yes, the time has changed! It's called the age of the digital love. Seems nothing is real anymore.
As for senior citizens, I would just advise them to live their lives to the fullest. While others don't care about them, they do not have to worry about them either! If you have money... Spend it on yourselves, make yourselves happy! Treat yourselves as the most important person in the world. You are living on borrowed time. Do things with your senior friends and be care-free!
Sandie
Weather Change- A one-line Haiku (Poetry) - 6/23/2018 11:32:41 AM
No matter the format, the words storms, to thunder within meanings
72 Words-Revised (Poetry) - 6/19/2018 1:12:47 PM
I love the phrase, "Between sheets of depression." Those voices grow louder and more persistent at night.
Weather Change- A one-line Haiku (Poetry) - 6/9/2018 11:02:02 AM
After several years, you captured the essence of a fast-moving front.
Ron
Weather Change- A one-line Haiku (Poetry) - 6/8/2018 6:48:36 PM
Hi Dan:
I don't recall reading anything about Haiku being in a one-line format, but without reading what precedes this one-liner it would be hard to judge this for lack of its entirely. However, it's great description of the weather in a few words.
Sandie :)
Would You? (Poetry) - 6/8/2018 6:44:58 PM
I probably would if he were my favorite politician...
Sandie
Would You? (Poetry) - 6/8/2018 10:59:51 AM
It depends I guess who's on the train; but my gut answer seems to be NO! A fine poem raising an interesting question.
Would You? (Poetry) - 6/7/2018 1:49:53 PM
I would never do it for a politician but maybe for someone famous who touched my life. Maybe for Kate Spade to show that I feel for her pain to take her own life.
Would You? (Poetry) - 6/7/2018 11:25:17 AM
We were all housed in the West Side Motel for my cousin's wedding to an Italian princess of Manhattan and a daughter of St. Pat's school. Quite a step up from my cousin's lowly beginnings in a small town of 300 people in central Wisconsin. When we arrived at the motel from Philadelphia, my grandmother told me that she walked the four blocks to the Cathedral that morning, waited in line for four hours and passed by Bobby's coffin as he lay in rest there.
I had left a new girlfriend in California, arrived at my twin brother's place in Philly two days before and hardly had seen or heard the news of Bobby's death. Probably because I had no TV and only listened to music on the radio. Anyway, that evening we had rehearsal at Immaculate Consumption Cathedral because my cousin wasn't Catholic so they couldn't get married in St. Patrick's anyway. Lucky for them because their wedding would have been postponed for the viewing.
The next day was the wedding and we were very busy, unable to go see Bobby. So I came very close, but missed the train.
Ron
Would You? (Poetry) - 6/7/2018 8:02:33 AM
It was a different time, and RFK was something extra special who touched peoples lives. A few years back, Pres. George w. Bush came through our town in his bus. He didn't stop, but people lined the street hoping to get a glimpse of him. I wasn't among them, But I would do it for Trump's funeral, but only to celebrate. Our country needs a uniting voice like Kennedy's now more than ever.
Would You? (Poetry) - 6/7/2018 7:07:47 AM
Good soul-searching questions, Dan. I'm thinking only a small handful would even care anymore. From what we experience here daily in SoCal; society is nauseatingly obsessed with self, taking selfies, and self-interest. Perhaps the only way these types would even know the train was going by is if they accidentally took a picture of it with their iPhone. Enjoyed your thoughts. Peace. r
Two Boys on the Bus (Poetry) - 6/1/2018 4:00:21 PM
A thought-provoking sharing, Dan; it really does make the reader (me) think about those two and their particular burdens. Most of us carry burdens we do not wish to share. Love and peace,
Regis
Two Boys on the Bus (Poetry) - 5/30/2018 7:53:05 AM
A wonderful observation of human nature. You actually created more mystery than revelation. I want to know what the Tuesday boy's disability was. I suspect that it was cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a brain disorder at birth, often from injury. People with this disability often have good minds but have a great deal of difficulty controlling their muscles, facial expressions and speech. Caregivers that work with CP have to be given a lot of credit because these individuals demand a lot from those that help them. That fellow really did crave love and attention. Most of us do, but control our emotions better.
Wednesday's lad is more troubling. I get the distinct impression that he may have been sexually abused. He probably was in the country illegally and felt that he can only connect with people in public by flattery and not genuine connection.
Throughout my life whenever I traveled on public transportation, I kept an open mind and tried to engage in conversation those near me… Except in the New York subway, where my brother warned me not to stare at anyone or talk to anyone for fear of being attacked. But I found that my brother never rode the subway. He always took taxis from the Pennsylvania station to his consulting jobs. He was just spreading the myth that the subway was dangerous.
What I found was I met many interesting people on planes, trains and vans and we shared viewpoints and histories with each other. Much better than having my nose in a book, sleeping or worse, sitting there stoically staring ahead and hoping to get out of this ugly environment as soon as possible like so many seem to. Today it is cell phones. We need to put down our cell phones and talk to one another.
Ron
Two Boys on the Bus (Poetry) - 5/30/2018 6:53:08 AM
An interesting capture, Dan, that (I think) would make a good film short. Thanks for sharing. r
Two Boys on the Bus (Poetry) - 5/29/2018 11:45:45 AM
You are very observant of others' needs. Not all people can notice those unspoken emotions from others. God bless you for your empathy!
Sandie
My Heart Still Cries Out (Poetry) - 5/26/2018 11:54:57 AM
Intense and the kind of poem that keeps you hanging on each word, Dan.
All in the Key of C (Poetry) - 4/28/2018 10:01:33 PM
Very sweet. Your grandson is a lucky boy to have you to write poems for him.
Two Haiku (Poetry) - 4/27/2018 1:04:44 PM
Your senryu (haiku have to do with nature and the seasons while senryu deal with the rest... life, love, emotions etc.) deal with a timeless and universal theme. Peace appears to be anathema to men and their insane pursuits of power and greed. Love and peace to you, Dan...
Regis
My Heart Still Cries Out (Poetry) - 4/27/2018 1:01:18 PM
A very realistic sharing of memories, Dan. Love and peace to you,
Regis
My Heart Still Cries Out (Poetry) - 4/22/2018 5:56:01 AM
That certainly was a defining moment in your youth. From what I read, it looks like you only lost 16 chickens in the house was saved. Last year when Harvey came through, we braced for the 40 inches that fell in two days. At the height of the storm water got in and outside electrical outlet and burned up the wire in my living room wall. When the firemen came and couldn't find the problem (there was smoke in the living room) but found that the circuit had tripped, I encourage them to get back out and say people that were in dire need. All that water quickly ran away from our house and went downstream to flood others.
In 1968 when I toured Northern California, I recall coming to a place near Eureka where there was a creek running through a redwood forest. On a tree there was a marker showing that the water had reached over 80 feet from the normal creek bed. I recall seeing it on TV and in Life Magazine in 1958. Terrible.
Ron
My Heart Still Cries Out (Poetry) - 4/21/2018 5:30:10 PM
I can't imagine what you felt as the water rose up to you.
My Heart Still Cries Out (Poetry) - 4/19/2018 3:40:08 PM
Excellent poetic recollection D L.
Hurricane Andrew took away our condo in Homestead, FL. But we loved to tell the tale. Someday I will express what happened poetically.
John Michael
Entanglement (Poetry) - 4/17/2018 10:34:58 AM
Those slimy tentacles get you every time.
Two Haiku (Poetry) - 4/17/2018 7:20:54 AM
A toast to you and these two haiku. No one has shown us the more favorable course better than you.
Ron
Two Haiku (Poetry) - 4/16/2018 4:37:31 PM
True. War is absurd.
Two Haiku (Poetry) - 4/16/2018 3:51:06 PM
Ah . . . But war reigns El Supremo for the most part.
Two Haiku (Poetry) - 4/16/2018 12:55:13 PM
I enjoyed your haiku, I much prefer the second as it speaks of peace, The ideal situation for all of us I think, Thank you for sharing your poem dear poet, have a wonderful evening
72 Words-Revised (Poetry) - 4/11/2018 7:48:35 AM
Yes! I can relate, Dan. In fact, I could not sleep last night. Love and peace,
Regis
72 Words-Revised (Poetry) - 4/11/2018 6:00:13 AM
Deeply emotionally felt. I recognize that kind of depression having been through it myself.
Ron
A Small and Wonderful Thing (Poetry) - 4/29/2015 8:04:39 PM
Good to hear of a positive outcome through your verses, Dan. Thank you for sharing. Love and peace to you,
Regis
All in the Key of C (Poetry) - 3/31/2015 1:04:26 PM
beautiful...nice to read you again...Hugss
All in the Key of C (Poetry) - 2/27/2015 5:53:11 AM
May he go to those places with thoughts in his heart of this poem given with love from the start.
Ron
All in the Key of C (Poetry) - 2/26/2015 10:50:52 AM
Delightful gift for your grandson; nicely done, Dan. Love and peace,
Regis
All in the Key of C (Poetry) - 2/26/2015 9:09:19 AM
very nice sentiment Dan ...
hope he reads it when he can ...
A Solstice Affair (Poetry) - 1/13/2015 11:42:40 AM
...yet the long nights aren't so bright and chipper.
A Solstice Affair (Poetry) - 1/11/2015 6:40:48 AM
I love the sweet simplicity of this hakiu Dan.
A Solstice Affair (Poetry) - 12/27/2014 5:08:48 PM
What a wonderfully crafted haiku, TD! It is so good to be back and reading your poetry when I can.
Love
SPP
A Solstice Affair (Poetry) - 12/22/2014 2:07:07 PM
Beautiful sonic elements! Blessings, Christine
A Solstice Affair (Poetry) - 12/19/2014 10:32:56 AM
On my birthday I will be longing for longer and warmer days, soon to come.
Ron
A Solstice Affair (Poetry) - 12/18/2014 12:19:07 PM
Have spackling. Will travel. :)
A Solstice Affair (Poetry) - 12/17/2014 3:50:17 PM
Funny thoughts when I think of horizontal cracks. LOL
A Solstice Affair (Poetry) - 12/17/2014 1:02:05 PM
And I can't wait for those longer days and warm sunshine.
Michael D.
A Solstice Affair (Poetry) - 12/17/2014 12:34:28 PM
May it be a good one!
A Solstice Affair (Poetry) - 12/17/2014 10:46:54 AM
Yes, we love the winter Solstice!!!!!
Nicely done!
Peace, love and light,
Amber
After The Charleston (Poetry) - 11/3/2014 2:09:05 PM
It falls like a bomb doesn't it? Always love reading where your thoughts are going.
Love,
SPP
Entanglement (Poetry) - 11/3/2014 2:04:42 PM
It is so good to read your words again. I have been away too long. As others have said there is much said in so few words. Well done TD!!
Love,
SPP
Entanglement (Poetry) - 11/2/2014 6:58:45 AM
We were all made naughty. We just don't want to acknowledge it. Jealousy is fueled by the need for power and control, not love. Once one realizes that allowing a loved one to be free is much more enlightening than being jealously possessive, entanglement releases and love breathes free again.
Ron
Entanglement (Poetry) - 11/2/2014 3:53:32 AM
Loves tangled roots - how so sadly true.
Entanglement (Poetry) - 11/1/2014 6:24:01 PM
way to go Dan
short and to the point
Peace be with you
William
Entanglement (Poetry) - 11/1/2014 3:12:47 PM
Sometimes youndon't need many words to say a whole lot. Truly and succinctly written.
Chip B.
After The Charleston (Poetry) - 10/28/2014 11:29:29 AM
Interesting and quirky poem...sad story...
Chip Bergeron
Connections (Poetry) - 7/3/2014 9:29:36 AM
A fine welcoming of spring, Dan. Thank you for sharing it. Love and peace to you,
Regis
5 (Poetry) - 5/27/2014 10:22:20 AM
No more wars! Perfect. Thank you, Dan. Love and peace to you,
Regis
5 (Poetry) - 4/16/2014 6:50:38 AM
It would be lovely to hope and believe
there will be no more wars ever Dan...
Love and Light
Lily
5 (Poetry) - 3/27/2014 4:56:31 AM
'No war this time' if only we could accomplish that all the time.
5 (Poetry) - 3/25/2014 12:10:21 AM
Perfect...No wars...NIRVANA...
Great piece....
Diana.....
5 (Poetry) - 3/24/2014 6:26:16 AM
This is perfect.. and I do hope you write more.. they have all been great, TD
love ya
SPP
5 (Poetry) - 3/23/2014 6:13:24 PM
Quiet a profound write and I feel even more so because of the simplicity and brevity of the poem.
Totally enjoyed and appreciated its message ...
~jeanne
5 (Poetry) - 3/23/2014 4:33:05 PM
...a hypnotic effect of your 5 liner's poem, Dan
brings the tuneful rhythm of a marching soldiers
and strikes an inspiring melody of hope...a happy
experience of both...the verse and sound of a new
World without...a war.
Thank you for sharing.
5 (Poetry) - 3/23/2014 3:15:54 PM
no war any time bring our boys home
out of Iraq and afgan
Peace be with you
William
5 (Poetry) - 3/23/2014 12:44:00 PM
What are marching soldiers to do when there is no war? March.
Ron
Connections (Poetry) - 3/23/2014 12:29:37 PM
Bluebirds. Saw One yesterday!
5 (Poetry) - 3/23/2014 12:17:32 PM
Very nice Peaceful poetic promises... I hope we can keep them!
5 (Poetry) - 3/23/2014 11:37:23 AM
Love it when there's no wars. They don't need that.
Ssndie
5 (Poetry) - 3/23/2014 11:18:20 AM
Well Done Dan !
Short n sweet n to the point !
5 (Poetry) - 3/23/2014 8:44:40 AM
Fine ending - hope you're right. Best, Jan
Connections (Poetry) - 3/23/2014 3:04:01 AM
I will now join you to Shout and Sing,
It finally feels a little like Spring!
Connections (Poetry) - 3/22/2014 9:05:22 PM
and love in the air
enjoyed reading your posting
peace be with you
William
Connections (Poetry) - 3/22/2014 8:10:31 AM
Our garden seeds have sprouted. But they are protected inside just in case one of those freezing fronts come through and destroys their delicate nature like our poor geraniums so vibrant until way after Christmas, no freezer burned and having a hard time enjoying spring.
Ron
Solitaire (Poetry) - 3/22/2014 6:34:47 AM
I totally get what you're saying, my friend... I play bingo..))
love ya TD,
SPP
Dress (Poetry) - 3/22/2014 6:30:36 AM
'love is under arrest'.. I love that line!! great piece of writing, TD ... loved it!
SPP
Connections (Poetry) - 3/22/2014 6:28:04 AM
Amen to that.. and even in the south we are rejoicing and hoping Mother Nature can keep on the right track now..)) Love this, TD!
love ya,
SPP
Connections (Poetry) - 3/22/2014 4:29:10 AM
Had 3 bees so far this year, 2 more than all of last. Maybe they are coming back. Hopefully the buds won't get tired of waiting for them. Bee well.
Connections (Poetry) - 3/21/2014 6:53:32 PM
Great poetic words...of seasonal change
and feeling of readiness to capture
the connecting moment...before the fields
rapture with flowers...bringing renewed
beauty to life.
Connections (Poetry) - 3/21/2014 5:05:09 PM
Wonderful write! Spring, and autumn are the two seasons ib the world that l love most.
Sandie
Connections (Poetry) - 3/21/2014 3:40:32 PM
yes they all do
budd
Dress (Poetry) - 3/21/2014 1:16:44 PM
~DL~
Sizzles sweetly...
Lady Mary Ann
Dress (Poetry) - 3/21/2014 12:10:24 PM
.Sandie, just to let you know, American Mah Jongg can be played with no fewer than three players.
As for the dress; i'll leave that to your imagination.
Cheers,
Dan
Dress (Poetry) - 3/21/2014 10:02:52 AM
LOL!! What kind of dress is that, Dan? Anyway... I like the poem!
Sandie :o)
Dress (Poetry) - 3/21/2014 9:52:41 AM
I didn't know you wore a dress! Nice words nicely expressed.
Ron
Dress (Poetry) - 3/21/2014 9:07:38 AM
you are nabbed
budd
Dress (Poetry) - 3/21/2014 7:47:05 AM
Huh. Okay. You're either taking the female's part in this poem or you are a cross dresser. Heh.Heh Either way the poem was sensuously perfect.
Solitaire (Poetry) - 3/20/2014 11:03:39 AM
This audience fills your dusty place,
write another when you care
or share a time to play your ace ...
Solitaire (Poetry) - 3/20/2014 9:43:54 AM
there needs to be a partner so its anything but solitare
budd
Solitaire (Poetry) - 3/20/2014 9:36:36 AM
Nooo! Not solitaire!! I'd. rather play poker or blackjacks, or go watch some TV's if I were alone.
Sandie :o)
Hi Budd: It takes 4 players to play the real mahjong game, but I have played that alone by myself on many occasions. I would just throw the tiles on the table and pick up the tiles one by one; and with each tiled picked my finger would hold it really tight, pressing the tile surface to my finger, felt the shape of the words on the tile and I would guess what the tile was without looking at it. Sometimes my guess was dead on, and sometimes I was wrong; but it was fun to play like that too by myself. :o)
Solitaire (Poetry) - 3/20/2014 9:16:07 AM
Not me. Solitaire was my mental state of mind for so long that playing it with a deck of cards somehow doesn't sit right with me. I'm still a physically solitary person, but my mind has moved on and left it behind. I am alone, but I'm never lonely.
Bumping (Poetry) - 1/13/2014 11:22:30 AM
I love "bumping" into the right people (usually one particularly special one). Love and peace to you, Dan,
Regis
A November one line Haiku (Poetry) - 1/13/2014 11:20:14 AM
Great question, Dan; sadly, I would not hold my breath. Love and peace to you,
Regis
A November one line Haiku (Poetry) - 11/15/2013 8:23:27 PM
we can only hope... and take a stand against war.
A November one line Haiku (Poetry) - 11/15/2013 5:50:16 AM
Much said in those few words, TD...I love the one-liners.)) Haven't done any in a while...will have to attempt a few soon..)
hugs and cheers, SPP
A November one line Haiku (Poetry) - 11/12/2013 8:41:46 AM
I wish! Your one-liner packs an awesome punch, Dan!!
Anna
A November one line Haiku (Poetry) - 11/11/2013 2:56:35 AM
A powerful question, but I sadly believe that the answer is No since we have been doing it since we first walked this planet, and no end is in sight. We are a Warring Species, forever wanting what someone else has, or not wanting them to have what we have.
A November one line Haiku (Poetry) - 11/10/2013 10:42:41 AM
Never heard of a one line haiku. In fact I thought haiku's were only concerned with nature. In fact I'm pretty sure that it a fact. I think this is a senryu. Never heard of a one-line senryu either, but there are a great many things I've not heard of.
Bumping (Poetry) - 11/7/2013 8:57:53 PM
I loved reading your lovely poem today.
Bumping (Poetry) - 11/3/2013 8:40:48 PM
And Yet so Real..
Lady Vivian
Bumping (Poetry) - 11/2/2013 4:08:23 PM
...admirable amble with an ambiance of ambivalence... but it reminds me of that old rhyme: I met a man upon a stair, but when I turned he wasn't there... he wasn't there again today, oh how I wish he'd go away... got that same kind of casual chill... like Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight"... well, D.L. you got a fine touch of temerity about you in this one... I'm mighty glad I stopped by.
Roger
Bumping (Poetry) - 10/31/2013 12:22:21 PM
Reminds me of that old Ray Price tune "my shoes keep walking back to you." Substitute "shoes" with another body part, and "walking" with "Bumping" and you may have a hit! Great write.
Bumping (Poetry) - 10/31/2013 12:10:40 PM
Maybe we could remove all your appendages so they wouldn't protrude? ;-)
It does have a bouncy, bluesy lilt to it. Also a great little story line.
Ron
Bumping (Poetry) - 10/31/2013 7:28:52 AM
Wonderful writing...enjoyed.
Anna
Bumping (Poetry) - 10/31/2013 2:33:48 AM
great write
budd
Bumping (Poetry) - 10/30/2013 2:37:19 PM
an awesome write dan
thanks for sharing
enjoyed reading
Peace be with you
William
Bumping (Poetry) - 10/30/2013 1:39:11 PM
DAN...
LOST LOVES TEND TO DO THAT TO US.
TOMORROW NITE INSTED OF 'THE BUMP' ...
TRY ... "THE MONSTER MASH" !!!
Bumping (Poetry) - 10/30/2013 10:52:17 AM
Oh my dear friend.. I cannot begin to tell you how much this touched me... I feel this way so often but I think you know that. And as much I sometimes wish I could stop 'bumping' I know I would be lost without it..) Truly moving and so real... wonderful wonderful work!
hugs and cheers TD
SPP
Bumping (Poetry) - 10/30/2013 9:09:05 AM
Excellent song! I like it!
Feckless (Poetry) - 10/26/2013 7:02:20 AM
an enjoyable piece Dan
great reading
Peace be with you
William
101313-Haiku (Poetry) - 10/22/2013 1:31:09 PM
This is most apt and timely as we have been experiencing a lot of fog over the past several days. Thank you for sharing, Dan. Love and peace,
Regis
Feckless (Poetry) - 10/15/2013 4:14:05 PM
Sad, as the truth
Always Vivian
Feckless (Poetry) - 10/15/2013 12:16:22 PM
Shoeless and clueless.
Ron
Feckless (Poetry) - 10/15/2013 9:01:17 AM
A most apt and timely sharing, Dan. Love and peace to you,
Regis
101313-Haiku (Poetry) - 10/15/2013 7:51:49 AM
Write on! Dan
Lady Vivian
Feckless (Poetry) - 10/15/2013 2:17:43 AM
How so sadly true, especially these horrendous days.
Feckless (Poetry) - 10/14/2013 10:07:37 AM
Don't even get me started..LOL Well said!
Feckless (Poetry) - 10/14/2013 9:27:08 AM
Well, we are the very culprits who voted for change.
Be careful what you wish for.
~W~
Feckless (Poetry) - 10/14/2013 8:48:55 AM
Insightful, Dan - sometimes I wonder whether Bin Laden knew us so much better than we know ourselves. Did we slip right into his trap? Or is it some other wealthy triad pulling our strung up puppet Congress?
Feckless (Poetry) - 10/14/2013 8:16:05 AM
They must know something we don't know.
Feckless (Poetry) - 10/14/2013 8:13:56 AM
Ab-so-lutely! The whole damn bunch. It is what Hussein wanted.
101313-Haiku (Poetry) - 10/14/2013 7:21:05 AM
We get those days in winter... what an image this is.. nicely crafted TD..)
cheers and hugs
SPP
101313-Haiku (Poetry) - 10/14/2013 5:50:19 AM
passing testicles
involves studying your notes:
a foggy notion
101313-Haiku (Poetry) - 10/13/2013 7:49:06 AM
Walk that road slowly
Be careful of fog bunnies
They like testicles
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 10/9/2013 6:47:03 PM
Cracks just beget cracks....a pantina , a timelessness short of completely crumbling. Like dignified wrinkles on a face, ah yes, cracks we can only hope we don't fall through. Enjoyed this!
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 10/8/2013 6:50:23 AM
Symbolically meaningful; I am sure many can relate, Dan. Thank you. Love and peace,
Regis
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 10/7/2013 5:42:16 AM
the lovely thing that this poem says to me is that all these cracks and jagged edges are displays of, courage to 'live' and weather the experience with such strength as to not crumble...simply showing a few cracks that indicate character and persevereance.
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 10/3/2013 11:15:04 AM
I see them in myself too Dan, well penned.
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 10/1/2013 7:55:20 PM
Part of Life..enjoyed your poem!
Lady Vivian
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 9/27/2013 5:07:53 PM
can't hide a crack I have them allover my pation
but have to be alert for the cracks in life
Peace be with you
William
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 9/27/2013 6:23:11 AM
Aren't cracks simply signs that things move, breath, live? Yes, mayhem reigns, but there is in a cosmic sense, order in that. You seem to have a panoramic, insightful view of it ... well put.
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 9/27/2013 3:18:54 AM
Better to see the cracks and mend them then to ignore that they exist.
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 9/26/2013 12:20:12 PM
Even though they seem random, even the cracks have a chaotic order to them. A destined path, if you will.
Mayhem is created by the perceived randomness and our attitude towards it.
Good job Dan, and remember....crack kills
Walt
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 9/26/2013 12:14:52 PM
I see all the warts, pimples and freckles, too. But I don't see the farts. ;-)
Ron
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 9/26/2013 9:59:05 AM
Hah! They are your cracks, you a able to use the mayhem word if you sp choose. I enjoyed reading about you dealing with your cracks.
I See The Cracks (Poetry) - 9/26/2013 7:27:37 AM
Well stated, DL. But I think you forgive most of them.
5 Sentences (Poetry) - 9/25/2013 1:28:23 PM
Laughter Good for a serious subject, Dan
Lady Vivian
5 Sentences (Poetry) - 9/24/2013 7:19:37 AM
The first line is a keeper… Dan (I won't call you DL) “My imagination left the building.” And I might add… And has left my insight entirely.
Ron
5 Sentences (Poetry) - 9/23/2013 4:55:02 AM
Silly is often Good - and much better than a three-day hangover! (I've had those myself.)
5 Sentences (Poetry) - 9/23/2013 2:17:10 AM
it happens i am afraid
budd
5 Sentences (Poetry) - 9/21/2013 9:57:48 AM
One sentence or five... oh have I been there..) Love it!
hugs and cheers
SPP
What? (Poetry) - 8/15/2013 4:36:15 PM
Points well made, Dan... ...and a sad commentary on our world. Love and peace to you,
Regis
What? (Poetry) - 6/28/2013 10:53:34 AM
Beautifully penned Dan and truly thought provoking, let's hope it provokes mercy as well.
What? (Poetry) - 6/23/2013 4:46:40 PM
Not much to add to Sage's sage words, but to say this is a bit of a darkened verse. Like Jerry suggests, these people are not angels at all, despite what your verse implies. Nevertheless, I have to agree with Kate that avoidance is inexcusable. The measure of love is the extent to which it is shown to the least of those among us. Yet we must not coddle or enable self-defeating actions, nor ought we perpetuate false hopes by falsely portraying hard-luck cases as angelic beings.
Ought we not avoid dignifying those who fall outside our realms of respectability just as much as we embrace them for their humanity? It is equally inhuman of us to exaggerate their purity or (as Sage suggests) their anti-purity. They are subject to the same temptations as we all face, but they may lack the willpower and the physical security to overcome them. Here we can help.
I know in your heart, you mean well, D.L., but the road to personal destructions of all types is paved with the best of intentions.
So lets let angels be angels and maybe the humans can try a little harder to be a lot less inhumane. We'll all wing our way towards a better life for all concerned.
Roger
What? (Poetry) - 6/23/2013 4:30:11 AM
An excellent write DAN
MOST ENJOYABLE READING
PEACE BE WITH YOU
WILLIAM
What? (Poetry) - 6/22/2013 11:40:15 AM
Avoidance is the worst thing; it's hard when people pretend they don't see when you know they do. Meaningful engagement and interaction is always the challenge - knowing the right response to a given situation. But respond we surely must in the knowledge that we will be humbled by so doing into a right realisation of not only their situation but our own. Heartbreaking and agonising always. xx
What? (Poetry) - 6/21/2013 9:01:49 PM
The good and bad of us!
"What" a great poem, Dan
Lady Vivian
What? (Poetry) - 6/21/2013 7:35:27 AM
There but for fate, where angels tread, go you or I. One of those poems that gives us a lot to think about.
Ron
Absent Lover (Poetry) - 6/21/2013 1:24:41 AM
and still a lover...
What? (Poetry) - 6/21/2013 1:23:22 AM
yes they are everywhere
even in the dark gutters of
societies seeming misfits
every life path is of value
Overcoming Poverty of the Soul
Love & Blessings'Vickie
What? (Poetry) - 6/20/2013 8:01:46 PM
Good stuff here Dan! These are the angels that teach us about ourselves. I need to hear this often, so that one day it might sink in!
Peace,
Dayvid
What? (Poetry) - 6/20/2013 4:48:38 PM
Delusion of the masses. They only see what they want to see, that all angels are light...it's the dark angels that save us from ourselves. Just looking at the circumstances of these angels you speak of in this poetry would cause one to pay heed. The Dark Angels Tarot is a gothic tarot focusing on heaven's outcast angels. It's a good deck. They have a lot to teach us about our shadow selves just like this poetry. Enlightening, Dan...
Sage
What? (Poetry) - 6/20/2013 11:53:35 AM
There but for the grace of God go I many might say, but he or she is a living person which God created and if you have nothing else to give, say a prayer for the person.
George
What? (Poetry) - 6/20/2013 9:57:38 AM
So very true...if we don't look at them are they really there??? Very nicely done, Dan...
Anna
What? (Poetry) - 6/20/2013 8:40:46 AM
I have a story to share with you along these lines... I absolutely loved this and wish it were bronzed somewhere.. your final two lines? well they say it all!! Stunning work, TD.. simply stunning!
cheers and hugs,
SPP
What? (Poetry) - 6/20/2013 8:34:58 AM
Powerful question to ponder. I have met a few angels’ at most critical times in my life. But you will make me forever look different at the angels’ you described. Thank you for sharing…
Ingeborg
What? (Poetry) - 6/20/2013 7:59:29 AM
Aww, I've been there my friend and I was no angel.
