My poem “Memorial Day” is live at Verse Daily.. I am grateful to editor J.P. Dancing Bear for publishing this piece, which appears in my latest chapbook, Buddha’s Not Talking, available from Slipstream Press. Signed copies are also available via Loud Bug Books.
This is quite the honor for me. I never dared dream about having a poem on Verse Daily, as such things don’t happen to random old guys off the street. Until they do!
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A good one, Bob! Congrats – those old guys, they know a thing or two!
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Ha! Thanks, Lynne. This is by far the oldest poem in the book—written in the early 2000s, during lunch, which was when I drafted most of my poems back then.
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Congratulations!
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Thank you, Andrew.
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The poem is a compelling one, Robert. I can see why it was chosen. Congratulations!
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Thanks, as always, Tre!
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You’re most welcome!
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Congratulations, Bob! It’s a compelling poem.
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Thank you, Liz.
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You’re welcome, Bob.
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I saw this first thing this morning (Verse Daily is my favorite poetry site) and I was thrilled for you!
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Thanks, Alison. Imagine my surprise when I was asked for permission!
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Why do I not think of you as a random old guy off the street🤪😂
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Ha! Well, it’s certainly the way I think of myself. 🙂
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I will check it out but you are certainly the antithesis of a random old guy on the street!
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Thank you! And ha!
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Congratulations!
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Thanks, Andrew!
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You’re welcome, Robert.
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Congratulations! Sometimes the darkness is enough…(k)
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Thank you! There’s that subtle, fine line of not enough and too much…
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Congratulations. Great poem and well deserved! ❣️
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Thanks very much, Cindy.
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You’re so welcome! 💞
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Wonderful! Congrats, Bob.
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Thanks, Ken. The world is full of surprises!
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Congratulations – a good one to read more than once – having had a somewhat similar awakening once long ago and ever since puzzling off and on about what I missed. Not sure if I was reaching for or trying to shrink away from the “it” I’ve never been able to define …
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Thanks, Jazz. I’ve only had this one occurrence, and it was enough. But yes, I wonder what was missed.
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Congratulations Robert …
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Thanks, Ivor. It was quite the honor!
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Well done indeed Robert …
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Congratulations. Lovely concrete imagery. Hope you are well.
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