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Wants and Needs
What people want and people need Are often very different things indeed! –Russ Towne Dear friends: As a writer I sometimes get the nagging feeling that something I’ve just written and think of as my own creation might actually be … Continue reading
My Poetry
Hi everyone. This post is an elaboration of a reply I gave to a relatively new reader of my blog’s comment along the lines of that he likes poetry and wishes he could write it too. I thought you might … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Music, Photos That Touched Me
Tagged Friend, friends, poem, poems, poetry
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My Daily Fix
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if it were possible, speak a few reasonable words. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (1749-1832) (Source: … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Music, Quotes I Love
Tagged A.Word.A.Day by Anu Garg, advice, Anu Garg, blogging, dramatist, fine, food, friends, good advice, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, novelist, philosopher, picture, poem, poet, reasonable words, song, wonderful
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In That Instant
Two lonely strangers on opposite walls Of a room full of partying people Each of the lonely hearts wondering How soon they could go Without being rude. They felt they didn’t really fit in With this popular raucous crowd. There … Continue reading
Posted in Breakthroughs, Loneliness, Love, Poetry I Wrote
Tagged crowd, hearts, instant, introvert, introverts, lonely, Love, partiers, party, poem, raucous, strangers
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Did You Know?
One of my recent posts was titled “Last Dance”. Did you know that it was about two leaves falling to the ground in Autumn? If not, did you wonder what I meant by the last line? Was my poem too … Continue reading
Enchanted
Some folks say there’s too much silence When out in the country If only they could hear All the sounds that inspire me The leaves on each tree do their own little dance As they sway to every tune When … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Poetry I Wrote
Tagged birds, choir, drop, enchanted, forest, forest choir, Love, moon, music, nature, owl, poem, rain drops, Russ Towne, song, symphony, tinkle, tune, waterfall
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OK, Now I’ve Gone and Done It: The Dance
I’ve successfully avoided writing poetry for virtually all of my 55 years, but today I caved in. I blame it on two words: Dappled Shadows They popped into my head about an hour ago and wouldn’t go away. I tried … Continue reading
The Wrong Kind Of Clever
My latest songwriting project tells the story of a man who must come to grips with the price he has paid for being far too clever for his own good. In a dream he learns the brutal truth and it … Continue reading
Posted in Forgiveness, LIfe Lessons, Song Lyrics I've Written or Co-Written, Song Updates, Songs I've Written or Co-Written
Tagged bank account, bed, brutal truth, car, chasing fame and fortune, choking, clever, conuest, cunning, darkness, false friends, fame, Forgiveness, fortune, Friend, friends, game, good, grabbed, habits, Happiness, heart, joy, lasting, lasting joy, lies, Life, lifetime, lifetime of habits, long-term pain, Love, loved ones, lover, lovers, Money, neck, need, needs, past, Pleasure, poem, poetry, puzzle, redemption, richer, short-term pleasure, sng, Songwriting, story, The Wrong Kind Of Clever, tomorrow, tonight, trophy, truth, value, Wealth, wreck, your past is just a story
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