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Parker Owens

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  1. I like that name: Bridge form. I’ll opt of the Golden Gate
  2. The couple it Sonnet 34 spoke to me the first time I read it, and again in considering this new poem. You probably also noticed the modified skyscraper form for this poem. So many gifts you give us. I’m very glad these first seven connected with you.
  3. Parker Owens

    The Suicide

    I feel so very sad at the end of this chapter. To know this happens too often each and every day makes me sadder still. You have made clear how important it is to make the problem of depression in veterans widely known. Thanks for this.
  4. You are so good to share your experiences in this emergency with everyone. I can feel the effects of isolation in so many ways. I loved the yoga program you linked. Yoga was something I had to give up when I hurt my shoulder. Maybe it’s worth another try, as I’ve missed it for the peace and strength it brought. Peace, love, blessings and hugs.
  5. It’s hard to fight battles as chaotic and fraught as this one. Isolation is a very hard thing, yet it’s what we seem to have to do in order to keep one another safe. Like you, I wish our leaders would fight as if they were all on the same side. Thanks for this.
  6. Parker Owens

    Week One

    Such a hard week. You’ve put words to the anxious, sad tune so many of us are singing. Stay safe and healthy.
  7. Thank you for taking time to read these, and for your responses. I’m very happy you liked April 1. I so enjoyed writing it.
  8. Parker Owens

    Small World

    Your words express my yearning to be on the other side of the window. The yard is blue with flowers, and my old bird friends are returning. Will we be different when all this ends? I surely hope so. xx oo
  9. Thanks so much for reading and responding to these. Isolation has plenty of ups and downs, and I’ve never been fond of roller coasters. No need to pick a favorite, but it makes me glad April 3 appealed to you.
  10. Thank you for responding to these. I'm very grateful you took the time to read. You were right on both counts.
  11. Thank you Chris. I'm very happy you found something that connected with you in these.
  12. Hugs and thanks back. It's how it feels sometimes.
  13. Thank you very much for responding to the first week. I'm glad you liked both desk and birthday cake; I found April 5 to be a real challenge, along with April 1. I seemed to box myself in, looking for rhymes for youth.
  14. I am unsure of the mystery author's identity. What a good thing there's time to do some digging...
  15. April 1 Teach me, oh brook to live within a moment’s flash when one might look upon a stem of mountain ash or contemplate the thunder’s crash; perhaps abash the visage of that tawny youth with grin so brash and manner bold, rough hewn, uncouth, no thoughts of sadness, shame or ruth. Play, lyre and crwth to turn that head of flame-red hair, and sing his truth That I might glimpse his smile so rare,
  16. Poems written for National Poetry Writing Month, April 2020. An assortment of mercifully short poems, I hope you will enjoy them at your leisure.
  17. I had to catch up by a couple of chapters. Sandra bows to the inevitable, yet does so on her own terms. In doing so, she helped more firmly reconnect Grant to his family, and repair the hurts that existed between them. And now Beth. I’m definitely interested in learning more about her. Thanks for another absorbing chapter.
  18. Hank gave Chase a huge gift in helping to reconnect him to their mutual friend group. Chase may be right that he and Hank can move on, but at least there is a part of him that has been restored. Great chapter.
  19. National Enquirer, here we come.
  20. I enjoyed this chapter. So much to get interviewed about: I really liked the part about VINS. But when does he debut on the covers of the tabloids?
  21. Parker Owens

    Cards #1 to #4

    Thanks for the glimpses of isolation as you experience it. I have the feeling there is much we share.
  22. Parker Owens

    Visible

    This is wonderful. Hear my applause.
  23. @AC Benus, @Mikiesboy, @Wayne Gray, Thank you for your responses to this question and insights into your writing. I especially appreciated @AC Benus’s allusions to physics, and @Mikiesboy’s words with texture. And @Wayne Gray’s connection to storms and the power of nature appeals to me too.
  24. I liked this detour to Whitehorse. Brent and Dawson have me smiling now, and good riddance to Perry. You painted him as slime green as any Halloween swamp critter. I suspect this pair will be very tired in the morning. Great chapter!
  25. Parker Owens

    Birthday

    Sandra in control, yet not in control, must be just as unbalancing for her as her physical malady. That, and meeting a possible match in Troy. Gavin’s reunion with Grant was nice to see. But most important to me was how swiftly and certainly Grant’s relationship to Troy has been accepted as a matter of course. Can’t wait for more.
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