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Keeping On, Keeping on
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Keeping On, Keeping on |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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seventy-six damn years old birthday next April will make me a year older drat . . . I'm still trying to push words around finding it more difficult these days hunched over the keyboard pulling up the past anything to not think about the future sometimes I believe I gotta lot of nerve to do that the old gray matter destroyed by the mean streets and those who populated those streets but I found love there I've peered from behind iron bars I've been right at home at sawdust floor juke joints I saw a man beat into a comma with pool cues New Orleans alley harsh price to pay for cheating he called for his mother at the end when he knew he was done for part of my life painted by blood I have much to draw from when I write my poems the novels and short stories hasn't been all bad there have been good times even so dark clouds always seemed to hover around whenever I think of them but writing's what I do even when words refuse to come maybe tonight they will come ©January 24, 2015 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Reality hurts sometimes, Jerry I have had quite a dose of it myself at times and I know what you mean about the birthdays. I have 72 coming right up in March. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you, Ida, for somewhat relating to my poem today. It's just one of those things that grabs you every so often when you look and see where you are going in life . . . ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"when I write my poems the novels and short stories hasn't been all bad there have been good times" And that is "Keeping On, Keeping on" Nice write, bud! JL  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I hear what you're saying, JL, and as I said in my poem, and you quoted, they aren't all bad for sure. Thank you very much. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
You have aligned yourself in this poem with Willie, and Whalon, and the boys...and to me that is a good thing...I'm sure they are still writting their lives out on scraps of paper...your life has turned out much like theirs, but without high fame, or spotlight. keep writting "Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance." |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I thank you kindly, Ice for your thoughts which put me with the greats of country music. I am amazed that you would think that way of me and again I thank you. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (02-08-2016 08:18 AM).] |
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booky1940! Member
since 2009-04-16
Posts 136Canada |
Happy Birthday to you, JerryPat2, when it comes in April, enjoy it! |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks booky. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Hey Jerry! I get where you're coming from. Seen a lot myself in my lifetime. Just like you explain, some good some bad. You're right, life is a precious gift and we feed off all the experiences. Learning, learning, always learning not wanting to stop. I don't think you're anywhere near pulling in the reins and stopping. Age will never stop you, you're not that way. I've read enough of your work to know that. You're a fighter writer. A lot of the time battling yourself but always finding a way to win the battle. Write on brother you still have lots to offer. Eric true love never looks after it's own interests |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Eric, Eric, what a wonderful comment you have given me, and I thank you so very much for it. The roads and pitfalls we travel through life are one and the same within our souls. We find and decipher what we need and the experiences become us. Thank you so much again, Eric. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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