Tag Archives: boomer poetry

Overtime: A Basketball Parable (chapter 26)

Posted on October 5, 2015 by labeak52

  26.     When I got the call from Sam Janetti in March I thought he would be asking me to vote on West Virginia Coach of The Year.  In years past it had been galling to me to … Continue reading →

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Success Story in The Making

Posted on September 11, 2015 by labeak52

My wife just finished reading The Martian, by Andy Weir. She loved it, as does, apparently, everybody else. Andy’s success story is a very interesting one. It appears that he – like almost everybody else – could not find an … Continue reading →

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Voices VII

Posted on July 14, 2015 by labeak52

I’ve never told this to anybody, but there is something about the air right after a summer rain that takes me away. Only then does the whole world feel so light and fresh; it’s like you could almost float on … Continue reading →

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Poem Of The Day: August 4, 2014

Posted on August 4, 2014 by labeak52

AUGUST 1970 That Olds was a v-8 and it would run faster than his old man ever imagined. He didn’t really gas it till we were clear out of the valley, into the mountains on Route 60. I cannot imagine … Continue reading →

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