Category: Art
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Winter Haiku
Written during my years in nothern Ohio Winter Haiku Windswept blades of grass,velcro for decaying leaves —crows hunt for treasure Now warm from walking,‘cept for my frostbitten ears —deep earth-tones and gray. Wet snow all around,parking lot puddles soak shoes —tracking salt inside. Sliding down the road,anti-lock brakes staccato —black ice beckoning. Slamming the car…
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Startled Coyote
Startled Coyote They can smell a human a mile awaySo they say We came upon him on our ride homeOn the Tucson Loop Soundless except for the hum of bike chainsAnd tires on pavement He rose from the shadows under a MesquiteApparently startled Mangy, thin, hungry looking, surveying usWarily as we approached Quickly veering toward…
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Angry Lake Erie
Angry Lake Erie (a recollection) Nighttime on a north Ohio coastlineDark gray clouds scudding eastwardTwelve-foot luminous gray wavesWashing over the concreteBreakwall No rain … yetMaybe yes, maybe noWind blows cold through my clothesHair whipping over my shouldersAs I face her voracious howl Erie’s angry tirade lastsThe whole nightBut I came down and sleptThrough her final…
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Alibis
Alibis Lives full of alibisDeny responsibilityCulpabilityPoint the fingerSomeoneAnyone elseThe blameWe have ourAlibis Our socialCognitiveDissonanceIntellectual dis-HonestyPuts the lieTo progressiveAnd conservativeClaims ofHumanity –LE
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My Residence in Kent – Memoir Continued
My Residence in Kent, OH Toward the end of my time in Kent, Kristen and her family came to visit me. That included her husband, Jerry, and her two sons, Jerid and Colin (my grandchildren), who were a year or two younger than my twins, Dylan and Caitlin (their aunt and uncle) We had a…
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Martial Arts During My Temp Work Career, ‘Till Retirement – Memoir Continued
Martial Arts During My Temp Work Carreer, ‘Till Retirement Most evenings and weekends, I worked on perfecting my own styles of martial arts, Aiki-jujitsu and Aikido, and Tai Chi Chuan. I also took lessons in Bagua Zhang and Xingyiquan. But I didn’t get very far in them, just not enough time. I should have started…
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Temp Work – Diebold and Phillips – Memoir Continued
Temp Work – Diebold and Phillips One of my temp technical writer positions was for Diebold, Inc. in Canton, OH. I worked on updating their spreadsheets and operation manual templates to reflect the changes dictated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This was another short-term project, lasting about 6 months. It was also the best…
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Tina W. – Part 2 – Memoir Continued
Tina W. – Part 2 So, I made an email account, calling myself El Lobo, and sent her friend, who turned out to be Tina, a couple of poems. Tina liked them and sent me a couple of her’s. Then Sue told me to ask Tina about her cat dying and some other things that…
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Tina W. – Part 1 – Memoir Continued
Tina W. – Part 1 Back at Kinetico, after my split with Anne, one of my co-workers, an older engineer, Sue V., knowing of my recent separation from my wife, wanted to hook me up with her best friend, Tina W. I told her that I wasn’t interested and thought that was the end of…
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