Posted in Poetry, upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy", tagged Cooperstown, Cooperstown New York, Dallas, Metro Areas, New York, New York City, Texas, United States on October 14, 2013|
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Last year was a visit to the Carrol Clinic in Dallas.
My back and hip had been hurting me for some time.
The findings were not good.
A Class Four hip.
A crack in my spine bone.
Two disks in my spine fused together.
I knew when it happened.
A fall over ten years ago while attempting to trim a tree
in our front yard.
The fall at that time resulted in nine staples in my head
and eventual surgery on my knee.
The other injuries laid in wait.
My future in enjoying the rest of my life was in doubt
with the activities I enjoyed so much in my past.
My mind went back to Cooperstown in upstate New York.
I was sixteen and working the summer on a dairy farm.
It was part of the “Fresh Air Program” of New York City for young men.
I remembered the rolling hay wagon.
Throwing ninety pound bales of hay
eight tiers high on the wagon.
I remembered the muscles in my arms
my strong thin waist
with a tan equal to a black man.
We worked hard that Summer.
It was the “Haying Season.”
The work went fourteen hours a day
seven days a week for two and half months.
Looking back now
I now realize how really happy I was
each of those summer days in Cooperstown.
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Posted in Poetry, Texas' Poetry, upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy", tagged Arts, Lord, Online Writing, Poetry, relationships, Romance, Texas, Tree of Life on October 12, 2013|
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Posted in Remembering Youthful Love, tagged A Memory of my Youth, dreams, Google, Lord, Psychology, Social Sciences, Texas, United States, Youth, Youthful Love on October 12, 2013|
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“One of my favorite pictures off the internet.”
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Posted in Passion Never Dies, Remembering the Passion of Youth, tagged Airline, God, Lord, Passion, Poem, Poetry, relationships, Texas, United States, Wisdom and Youth on October 11, 2013|
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Posted in Love Surpasses Death, Poetry, upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy", tagged a binding of hearts, A non-profit fund raising opportunity for the Collin County area of Texas, A Poem dedicated to my friend Bruce Waterman of Tool Texas, A published poet who has won the Collin County Texas Poetry Award, A Special Valentine Poem for the Special One, A Valentine Poem for 2011, A Valentine Poem from a Texas' Poet, Airline, Arts, Author of "Amist Series of Poetry Books', Bruce Waterman of Tool Texas, Commentary (magazine), Gifts, God, Jesus, McKinney Texas home of a local international poet, non-profit poetry books for the "homeless cause" in McKinney Texas, Online Writing, Poem, Poetry, Profits for "Homeless charities" in McKinney Texas, Shopping, Texas, Tool Texas, Top 200 poets internationally in Who's Who, Will of God, Winner of the Collin County Poetry Award, Winning Poet of the Collin County Texas Poetry Contest on October 6, 2013|
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Courtesy photo by Pat Dollins. Taken at Treasure Hunters Roadshow in Placerville.
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Posted in A Broken Heart, tagged A broken heart by mckinney poet john j rigo, a connection of all our souls, A love poem by a McKinney Texas poet, A McKinney Poets' charity programs, A McKinney Texas' newest poetry work, A Poem of a Broken Heart, A published poet who has won the Collin County Texas Poetry Award, Arts, God, Online Writing, Poems, Poetry, relationships, Romance, Texas, texas poetry on October 3, 2013|
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Posted in "Rainbows Amidst Storms" Second Published Book, To our past Friends in Colorado who were never sincere of heart, tagged Christianity, Cliff, Cliff Richard, God, IBM, Jesus, Master, Men, New Testament, pain, people, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, relationships, Religion and Spirituality, Texas, The value of friends, Tom, Veterans Health Administration on September 24, 2013|
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With the passing of time
I have come to realize that there are truly
spaces that are never filled
by the loss of friends who were very personal
to my mind and heart.
Through the years
do the memories of Cliff and Tom
constantly come to my mind.
Never are they dead in my heart.
I see each of them
special in their concern for me
as the friends they were to me
and yes the love they rendered to me.
Have they been replaced in the void left by their absence?
No one has accomplished that.
Cliff was the short, large man from the deep South
always with a tale of lesson and advice not wanted
but when given
seemed well placed.
He spoke of home and craw-fish
his Mother and his victories in life
never of his losses.
You knew he was special
a special person to know.
The same stories he related never got old
just deeper in meaning.
The straight-laced
IBM type of guy was Tom.
He seemed to have found victories too early in his life
burning, dying as a shooting star.
An anger was present about him that could never be explained.
Tom loved a good meal and good drinks.
Save the waiter or waitress who spoke too much while serving!
He was there to savor the moment
should it be his last.
As Tom’s life was coming to an end
he maintained his pride to the last minute in a VA hospital
wearing a blue blazer that no longer fit;
no one cared about his past.
I miss Tom’s advice to me,
his laughter at my watch
that he thought was such a great sales job
because I had to push a button
to tell time.
His loud laughter rang in the night
raising high his special drink
to wish me and all
the best of life.
I miss both of these men.
They were the special friends of a lifetime
never to be replaced.
They are in my heart each day
with the warmest of love to my dearest friends
Cliff and Tom.
Whenever you both may be
in the great wonder of it all
I am one person
who misses you both
oh……….. ever so much.
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Posted in "Rainbows Amidst Storms" Second Published Book, A christmas journey, Selection from "Roses Amidst Thorns" published in 2005, tagged Arts, dreams, God, Literature, Psychology, Romance, Social Sciences, Texas on September 21, 2013|
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…..is never lost. Picture courtesy of John J. Rigo copyrighted 2013
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Posted in A Banner Day of Over 41000 hits, Poetry, tagged Commentary (magazine), Eustace, Eustace Texas, Gun Barrel City Texas, Henderson County, Henderson County Texas, Texas, WordPress on September 20, 2013|
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As of September 20, 2013, the “Texas‘ Poetry Site” reached another milestone of 41,000 plus hits. My deepest thanks and appreciation to the WordPress family, and all those who share my spiritual poetry work, as well as my Texas’ Commentary posts regarding my new communities in Henderson County, Texas, Eustace, Texas, Gun Barrel City, Texas and the Nation.
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Posted in Love Surpasses Death, Poetry, upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy", tagged a binding of hearts, A non-profit fund raising opportunity for the Collin County area of Texas, A Poem dedicated to my friend Bruce Waterman of Tool Texas, A published poet who has won the Collin County Texas Poetry Award, A Special Valentine Poem for the Special One, A Valentine Poem for 2011, A Valentine Poem from a Texas' Poet, Airline, Arts, Author of "Amist Series of Poetry Books', Bruce Waterman of Tool Texas, Commentary (magazine), Gifts, God, Jesus, McKinney Texas home of a local international poet, non-profit poetry books for the "homeless cause" in McKinney Texas, Online Writing, Poem, Poetry, Profits for "Homeless charities" in McKinney Texas, Shopping, Texas, Tool Texas, Top 200 poets internationally in Who's Who, Will of God, Winner of the Collin County Poetry Award, Winning Poet of the Collin County Texas Poetry Contest on October 6, 2013| 1 Comment »
Courtesy photo by Pat Dollins. Taken at Treasure Hunters Roadshow in Placerville.
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