Long ago school days
Waiting on the day end bell
Years pass so quickly
Author: AWR72
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The Honeysuckle Poem
The Honeysuckle Poem
Digging back in the archives for this one.
The Honeysuckle Poem
When I walk,
I love to smell,
Honeysuckle.
I love to see,
it hanging,
from the vines.
I love to see,
it blooming white.
I love to taste,
its nectar,
growing wild.
Yes,
I love the Spring,
the warm weather,
and
Honeysuckle.
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Daily Prompt
What was the last live performance you saw?
The band Tesla just before the Pandemic hit – about a month before. They are an Eighties band I grew up with. You probably know this song.
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Daily Prompt
What’s a job you would like to do for just one day?
A fisherman on that Deadliest Catch show because that’s about how long I would last – a day. But I would love to try it.
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Haiku – Cicada Brood
Cicadas Emerge 7 #cicadas #bugs #nature
A verse of nature
Watching cicadas emerge
Digging from the Earth
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I took a bunch of short videos for my Verse of Nature YouTube Channel highlighting the cicada emergence in North Carolina. They are everywhere down here.
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Daily Prompt
What gives you direction in life?
My family. They help me steer my way through my days. Creativity is another thing that gives me focus and direction.
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Daily Prompt
Not so much a quote but a song: No Plane on Sunday by Jimmy Buffett
Lyrics:
You can throw your luggage down
Lose your cool and stamp around
But there’s nothin, nothin you can do
Wipe away your girlfriend’s tears
Go to the bar and have some beers
There ain’t no way the bird’s gettin throughNo plane on Sunday
Maybe be one come Monday
Just a hopeless situation
Make the best of it’s all you can do
till they get throughOverheard the engineer
Say somethin’ ’bout the landing gear
Now we’re runnin’ strictly on island time
I know you got someone back home
So do I it’s tough alone
Awh come on, it’s just a minor crimeNo plane on Sunday
Check it again come Monday
Just a hopeless situation
Make the best of it’s ’bout all you can do
Baby it’s trueWe shouldn’t spend these precious hours
Tryin’ to figure this out
We don’t know where the story ends
Let’s don’t go back to just being friendsSo they went walkin’ on the beach
Quarter moon within their reach
So they stole it and tucked it in their hearts
That’s when they heard the engines hum
And realized the dawn had come
It was over, over from the startNo plane on Sunday
Just another lonely Monday
Awh make the best of a bad situation’s
‘Bout all you can do
Baby it’s trueOh-oh-oh-oh baby it’s true
Oh-oh-oh-oh baby what’s new
Oh-oh-oh-oh baby what’s newI think the song itself is about an affair but what I like about it the most is the fact that it tells you that no matter what is going on try and make the best of the situation you are in. That’s how I try to go about my day each day making the best of whatever is presented to me. I also did a podcast episode for this song on the Song Lines and Tan Lines Podcast.
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Daily Prompt
What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite?
Halloween season
Favorite time of the year
Full of the macabre
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Halloween has long been my favorite holiday. I am a horror fan and it’s that one time of year that horror becomes the norm.
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Daily Prompt
A few times. It’s not anything I love to do, but when I get the chance to go I go.
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Daily Prompt
When do you feel most productive?
Mornings are the best time for me and sometimes, usually after a good nap, I can be productive in the afternoon. At night, I am a human slug.
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Daily Prompt
Describe a risk you took that you do not regret.
Starting a Podcast in 2020, Song Lines and Tan Lines, and now it’s at 219 episodes. I have enjoyed working on it. Still do.
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Haiku – 4/24/2024
Heat through the cool vents
Warms the dark chilly bedroom
Spring takes a small pause
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Daily Prompt
I was going to go with traffic, but that doesn’t get me all that much unless I am on a two lane road or in heavy traffic or if my kids are with me. What does make me nervous is the political climate these days and how nobody can find a common ground. It seems like Democrats and Republicans have always had issues, but it seems like now it’s all or nothing. Either you agree or disagree and there is no middle ground. It makes me nervous and anxious for the future we are creating for our kids. And I lean one way politically most of the time, but I think both sides are equally at fault. Just wish they’d find a way to get it mostly together.
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Daily Prompt
How do you unwind after a demanding day?
I listen to music or a podcast or watch something like a movie. Sometimes I take a walk.
I try to read before going to bed – helps the mind to relax.
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Daily Prompt
Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.
Beer.
I don’t know why this popped into my head. I don’t and can’t drink beer anymore but I do sometimes miss it.
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Haiku – 4/17/2024
YouTube videos
Chasing an elusive star
Hoping for success
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I have run a Podcast for about 4 years, Song Lines and Tan Lines, and that’s tough to put together week in and week out, but YouTube, that’s a totally different animal. Not only do you have to nail the audio, but the thumbnails, and the video too. Crazy how much work goes into making a YouTube Video and a YouTube Channel. I do have two new shorts available if you want to check them out. Thanks for following and putting up with my many adventures in the fiction world.
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