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Please Let Me Wonder

Posted on November 8, 2021 by labeak52

“And now here we are together…” Posted on August 25, 2016 by labeak52 The whole trip had been my idea, but it hadn’t been hard to sell. We drove 200 miles from Charleston, West Virginia to Roanoke, Virginia last weekend to see Brian … Continue reading →

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Morning Post, February 17, 2021

Posted on February 17, 2021 by labeak52

Remember snow days when we were kids?  While it was still dark Mom or Dad would crack the bedroom door and say ‘You can sleep in, buddy. No school today.’  Was anything ever more relaxing; more welcome?  Then breakfast was … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Poem #2, February 16, 2021

Posted on February 16, 2021 by labeak52

. The ice sheet hovers atop the lawn Pierced here and there only by those spikes of grass That survived October’s last cutting A thin, translucent membrane, never seen before The roof for some tiny night world that will thrive … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Poem, February 16, 2021.

Posted on February 16, 2021 by labeak52

. The heavens are miserly this day Even with the snow The flakes blow sidewise In a mad dance I could count the petty few of them Even the sluices of heaven are frozen Like the doors of some abandoned … Continue reading →

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Please Let Me Wonder

Posted on February 9, 2021 by labeak52

“And now here we are here together…” Posted on August 25, 2016 by labeak52 The whole trip had been my idea, but it hadn’t been hard to sell. We drove 200 miles from Charleston, West Virginia to Roanoke, Virginia last weekend to see … Continue reading →

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A Happy Ending

Posted on September 20, 2020 by labeak52

It had already been a long day. A case I thought I had settled blew up again.  My star witness gave a statement to the defense.  I don’t know why and everybody in the office seemed to blame me for … Continue reading →

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Morning Poem #2, June 6, 2019

Posted on June 6, 2019 by labeak52

You walk along in this sea of summer green And think all is normal That all has been homogenized in this Expanse of suburban lawn And then you see it Some flower, loud as a scream, Singing the color of … Continue reading →

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The Streets of Baltimore

Posted on December 7, 2018 by labeak52

Posted on December 6, 2018by labeak52 One of the charms of country music is its economy of expression.  A great country song expresses complex emotions in simple words and accessible metaphors: “Your love is colder than a foggy river, rollin’ over a heart … Continue reading →

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The Streets of Baltimore

Posted on December 6, 2018 by labeak52

One of the charms of country music is its economy of expression.  A great country song expresses complex emotions in simple words and accessible metaphors: “Your love is colder than a foggy river, rollin’ over a heart of stone.” In … Continue reading →

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The Old Guitarist

Posted on August 24, 2018 by labeak52

    The old guitarist plays slowly He trusts the song itself to speak And the steel and wood of his instrument To carry the message As they have for the thousands Who played before

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