Parker Owens
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Well. Three odious, tobacco-growing, ignorant uncles, one sweet mother, and deep, solid friendships that stood the tests of distance and time. You showed us these really well. The touch of soiling the red carpet at the viewing was perfect. And now you come to the matter of the will. What does Wren want with a farm? The uncles are spitting nails, but I bet the grandfather made sure it was airtight. Of course I want to see what happens next.
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Your words fill a reader with yearning. Your last line give us all hope. Wonderful poem.
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Thank you so much Gary. I fed and watered and cared for that horse as my summer job when I was 13 and 14, in addition to yard and garden work. We became friends, and I remember her fondly.
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This is such a fantastic poem. I’m immensely grateful you set it out here, still more that you found a connection between it and this first installment for 2019. You are most generous in reading and commenting on them.
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Eric is a prime example of why some people need shock collars. Ben should realize that nasty men like that won’t stay bought, though. Unless Ben can install a shock collar, too... great chapter, thank you!
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Thank you for finding and sharing this! Here indeed is an essential joy of April and May.
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Thanks, Val! I’m very glad you enjoyed these. I know you would have liked my old friend on the hill. My April 3 tie is in the back of my tie rack. The pines got planted in regimented rows - even after years of storms and bad winters, they still look like soldiers in formation. Thanks for reading and reflecting on these.
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I’m very glad you read these, and I am grateful for your response. April 3 just about wrote itself; I wasn’t sure where it wanted to take me at first. A hawthorn tree here is about the size of an apple tree, and just as tough.
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Thank you, Adi, for reading these and reflecting on them. April 7 is a little melancholy: she’s gone now, my old white and brown friend. But I was fortunate to know her. Let me know how the association brought to mind in April 6 came about. I’m glad April 3 made you smile. I still grin at it, too. Funny that I think of April 4 as a lullaby. Perhaps it is the rhythm of it. I want to pry open April 2’s door. And I’m glad we have a mutual friend in April 1.
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Dugh, I’m so glad you liked these. I envy you your bluebirds; they never fail to lift my heart. There are some days when it’s just as much torture to teach as it is to be a student in class... I hope an April friend will cross your path today. Thank you so much for reading and for responding.
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Thank you, Dodger! I am so very happy these connected with you. I’m especially glad you liked April 4; it was a bit of an experiment. Like you, I saw poetry as something distant and mysterious. Then I found @AC Benus‘s Poetry Prompts, and they re-opened that world for me.
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April 1 April, fey, capricious, green-eyed and grey-clad youth, dancing in puddles for its sheer delight; come play, open crocuses and colt’s-foot, awaken bees and bears, and call me as your love. April 2 Open then this door fixed tightly shut with straight nails hand-forged by the blacksmith and sealed by expectations of our ancestors against newfangled winds that might blow from the direction
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Poems written for NaPoWriMo 2019
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Well, as a perfectly neutral reader, I’m able to tell you I enjoyed two chapters immensely. Thank you for unbinding this story...
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I have some trees I’d be glad to let you have a go at...
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I am . I spent time uncovering flower beds yesterday, and loved finding treasures emerging. Sorry about your missing pages. That’s so frustrating when that happens.
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The sun is warming the earth around my garden; new flowers emerging, and I can open the windows again... happy Sunday to everyone.
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Hello, everyone. I hope you are all enjoying your Sunday.
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I like what I’m reading. You’ve given Wren more dimensions and drawn me into his backstory. Of course I’m looking forward to another chapter.
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Religion and manners (or lack there of)
Parker Owens commented on DynoReads's blog entry in DynoReads' Blog
I’m very sorry you’ve had to endure the unwanted intrusions of your coworkers. I also teach in a close knit school community. What you say sounds all too true to the experience here. My thoughts and hopes are with you. -
NaPoWriMo 2019 Week One
Parker Owens commented on Valkyrie's story chapter in NaPoWriMo 2019 Week One
I enjoyed each of your first six poems. Number 1 for the Robin, of course; Number 6 for its details of taste, touch and scent; and who can resist Chinese cats in Number 4? -
Adi, these are marvelous. Peter particularly tickled my fancy, as did the Jacaranda. I’m so glad you undertook these.
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Oh, grounded? I laughed enough to draw notice. Great chapter. You accentuate the changes happening in CJ and Owen - they are becoming men in their own right, though César had a little trouble with that. But that trouble will pass.
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Seems like there are several antiheroes here. I’m not sure who I like or why. Yet this first chapter piqued my interest. Looking forward to more.
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I’m grateful you take the time to share these best parts of yourself with us. How fortunate I feel that I am the beneficiary of your pen.
