Category: Poetry
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Sunset Road, Beyond the Road to Nowhere
Sunset Road, Beyond the Road to Nowhere Early morning 85-degree ride along the Tucson Loop, with the sun sittingjust 15 degrees off the eastern horizon,108 predicted for the daytime high6 mile/hr tailwind helps drive usnorth toward El Camino Del Cerro ‘the Road to nowhere’ and beyondto Sunset Road, connecting two north-south arteries, either side of the dry riverbed, the…
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The Sultans of Swing
The Sultans of Swing by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits Verse 1]You get a shiver in the darkIt’s raining in the park, but meantimeSouth of the river, you stop, and you hold everythingA band is blowing Dixie, double-four timeYou feel alright when you hear the music ring [Verse 2]Well, now you step insideBut you don’t…
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Out on the Wire
Out on the Wire by the Sweeplings My body is breaking downOut here on the wireAnd I can’t turn back nowCause if I stay I’ll die here Is anybody listeningAnybody anybody wishing we could walk awayIs anybody laughingAnybody will anybody fight for thisWe should walk away My body is breaking downOut here on the wireAnd…
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Memoir Continued – Community College ’67
The New York Commune adventure happened between the fall and winter quarters of the events cited below. I’ve posted the poem below preiviously, but this is where in the scheme of things it belongs. Lorain County Community College (LC³) – ‘67 Started taking classes, the basics, including English, Psychology, Western Civilization, Philosophy. Tuition was pretty…
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The New York Commune – Memoir Continued
I’ve posted most of this adventure previously, but this is where it belongs in the narrative. The New York Commune During the mid-to-late ’60s, I read a string of Hermann Hesse novels. There was Journey to the East, Siddhartha, Damien, The Glass Bead Game, Steppenwolf, and Narcissus and Goldman. They struck sympathetic notes in me…
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Hot Town, Summer on the Bikepath
This is the result of my 6 AM ride last Friday morning. The high for the last 10 days or so has been consistently around 110F and 82 for a low at night. Hot Town, Summer on the Bikepath cicadas singing their hearts outdeep in the foliage of eucalyptusmesquite and palo verde withambient backup of…
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Sommerset by Leo
Leo was an Indie Rock Band from the early 2000s. My oldest son, Ian, was their front man, lyricist, and lead guitarist. This selection is from their album, Nightmares. Sommerset by LeoLyrics by Ian Eddy Staring down the roadI wonder where it’s gonna end this timeAnother episodeIt’s just a sequel to the one I left…
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Archery
Back in late 1969 through 1971, I played with archery for a while at LCCC, the jr college I was attending. Hadn’t thought about it until recently, when my partner’s son, who lives next door to us, constructed an archery range in our mutual backyard. So, I purchased a 40lb, recurve bow, 12 arrows, armguard,…
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Nathan La Franeer by Joni Mitchell
Nathan La Franeer by Joni Mitchell I hired a coach to take mefrom confusion to the planeAnd though we shared a common spaceI know I’ll never meet againThe driver with his eyebrows furrowed in the rear-view mirrorI read his name and it was plainly written Nathan La FraneerI asked him would he hurryBut we crawled…
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Happy Independence Day
Things to think about on this ‘Independence’ day: Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park DAPL Dakoda Access Pipe Line Protests: BLM, starting with the George Floyd arrest (murder): And there have been many more going back to the founding of the country and before. Time to think about our true history and forgo the propaganda… Some…
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