Category Archives: husbands and wives

Easter Sunday

Posted on July 3, 2016 by poemsandponderings

    Back around Easter, as you may probably be aware, I started this poem and I had only the first three lines complete when I put it on the shelf for whatever reason and this morning I happened to … Continue reading →

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The Money Tree

Posted on January 17, 2015 by poemsandponderings

    The following is a mixture of fantasy, folly, humor and humility, wrapped up in a moral.      What if,,, money did grow on trees?     Enjoy, Jake. The Money Tree I’ve wondered how different my life would … Continue reading →

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The High Cost Of Love

Posted on December 5, 2013 by poemsandponderings

    A quick little post this morning and something to think about when you believe that you are falling in love.. Be careful, Jake.     The High Cost Of Love  A love that is true is a gift to … Continue reading →

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Where Did My Little Girl Go?

Posted on August 16, 2013 by poemsandponderings

    Two years ago I posted this poem in honor of my daughter’s wedding. TWO YEARS? Are you kidding me? Now I’m starting to think that the title should be; “Where Does The Time Go?” Rachel and Gregg are … Continue reading →

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Long Before Now

Posted on July 27, 2013 by poemsandponderings

     Ladies and gentlemen, (drum-roll please) I give you now my first attempt at prose. The following short story is a work of fiction, and any similarities to any person or persons living or dead is purely coincidental and … Continue reading →

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Backyard Fun (The Garden)

Posted on June 5, 2013 by poemsandponderings

     Continuing with the Backyard Fun theme, and now that I have my tomatoes planted, here is my take on gardening. I do hope that some of you take more pleasure in it than I do.. Have a “weedless” Wednesday, Jake. Backyard … Continue reading →

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The Golden Age Of Rap

Posted on May 4, 2013 by poemsandponderings

      Those of you that have been with me for a while know that I am a somewhat unaccomplished and untalented song writer, and you may have read this one before, (but now it has been edited and allegedly improved upon) and you know that it is my … Continue reading →

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The Sentence

Posted on April 3, 2013 by poemsandponderings

     Now for something completely different… I do hope you will like it, Jake. The Sentence “What say ye gentlemen, tis it to prison, or nay for this cur that I see, afore me today?” * And thus to my … Continue reading →

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Unworthy

Posted on March 29, 2013 by poemsandponderings

     This being Good Friday, I feel compelled to post a spiritual poem, and express my gratitude to the LORD..  Unworthy Lord, how you’ve blessed me, in oh, so many ways, that I am having trouble, with the counting, these days. … Continue reading →

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December Thoughts

Posted on December 22, 2012 by poemsandponderings

     If you are reading this, you have survived “Mayan Mania” and you are apocalypticly absolved, for now! With just three more days until Christmas the following poem, I believe, sums up the entire month of December. The contrasts, along … Continue reading →

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