Tag Archives: appalachian

Mid-Day Poem, April 25, 2020

Posted on April 25, 2020 by labeak52

The dirt on the head of the mattock Has been there since who knows when I don’t think Pawpaw has used it since they moved here That was before I was born. But I lift it from the wooden workbench … Continue reading →

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Evening Post, October 12, 2016

Posted on October 12, 2016 by labeak52

Blogging changes one’s perspective.  I can dash off a poem at ten in the morning and within twenty minutes it will have been read by maybe hundreds of people, lots of whom are in very far-away places.  I’ve got regular … Continue reading →

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Voices XII

Posted on July 28, 2015 by labeak52

Saying Goodbye To Marvin Bays It was a hot, lazy day in late summer when Marvin Bays stopped on his motorcycle and told me that he was going “up on the hilltop” that evening and asked me if I wanted … Continue reading →

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new story, part six

Posted on June 6, 2015 by labeak52

(this post is the sixth installment of a story that I have been developing, post by post on this blog.  If you haven’t read the other parts, you can find them just by backing up on this blog.  I am … Continue reading →

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Midnight Post, April 8, 2015

Posted on April 8, 2015 by labeak52

After supper he took the coffee pot from the burner and poured himself another half cup and sat down again at the kitchen table, now cleared of dishes.  He tipped the cup over his saucer and dripped the coffee into … Continue reading →

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Thank You

Posted on March 1, 2015 by labeak52

Gotta say that this worked.  My novel, In The Forest Of The Night, is now #2 on the Amazon list for free books in the category of Literary Fiction.  Thanks for downloading!  If you read it and like it, I’d … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Thirteen Moons, by Charles Frazier

Posted on December 28, 2014 by labeak52

I read lots of books.  I’d read more of them if time allowed and I anticipate such a happy circumstance soon, as the date of my retirement approaches.   I read a good bit of non-fiction.  In the past few … Continue reading →

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After The Solstice

Posted on December 27, 2014 by labeak52

This morning I rose before the alarm.  Don’t know exactly why, but I had some new energy, some new will to get our of bed and get started.  I had nothing particular to start on.  I’m still on a holiday … Continue reading →

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Country Hit

Posted on October 24, 2014 by labeak52

(Here is a verse or two I wrote decades ago when I was still thinking about publishing and recording songs.  It’s the work of a much younger man, obviously, and, obviously, very incomplete.  But, here it is, in all its … Continue reading →

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Poem Of The Evening, August 7, 2014

Posted on August 7, 2014 by labeak52

Here is the poem The Creek in its entirety.  Thank you, readers, for bearing with me in these three stages.  I appreciate the helpful and thoughtful comments thus far.  I welcome further conversation about this poem.   The Creek I … Continue reading →

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