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Category Archives: Hurricane
Nature In Haiku
Haiku has become a favorite of mine, I find it fairly easy to write so long as I have a subject. Well today’s subject is nature, and the material is almost unlimited. But we must draw the line … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Flowers, Haiku, Hurricane, the shore
Tagged Angel, art, Haiku, Jack Downing, Jack G. Downing, Jake, literature, Poetry
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The Weather And The Apocalypse
With the end of the world as we know it, about to enter into extinction in the VERY NEAR FUTURE, according to the Mayan calendar, I thought I would express my own opinion as to the world’s “End Game” … Continue reading
America You’re Beautiful
I am aware that it is election day. Thank God it will soon be over! But we have other things to thank God for, we should be thankful that we, as a nation have been given blessings in abundance, and … Continue reading
Posted in Americana, Animals, God, help, history, Hurricane, mountains, political, song writer, Words on Wanderings
Tagged God, Great Lakes, Great Salt Lake, Gulf of Mexico, Jack Downing, Jack G. Downing, Mount McKinley, Rocky Mountains
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October Snow
I wrote this one last year, and we here in the Northeast had a marvelous winter. Mild, and almost snow-less after the early October snow.. This year we got a Hurricane, and the southern mountains and the upper midwest got the … Continue reading
Posted in Earth and Us, environment, Halloween, history, humor, Hurricane, mountains, poet, Winter, Words on Wanderings
Tagged God, Halloween, Hurricane, Jack Downing, Jack G. Downing, Jake, nature, Saturday, WordPress
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Just Pondering
I have just started a new category, and as you can see it is called “Just Pondering” and for this blog site to be properly named, then I needed some ponderings. So now, on occasion I will throw up out a few … Continue reading
Posted in Americana, early risers, environment, help, history, humor, Hurricane, oceans, old days, poet
Tagged Jack Downing, Jake, new category, New Orleans, ponderings, Publishers, Tools, WordPress
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Through Other’s Eyes
While I was “pondering” what to post this morning, I started thinking, which is not always a good thing, and this poem came to me very easily. So I do not have to go back through my “library” today. Here … Continue reading
Posted in environment, Hurricane, inner satisfaction, life, men, peace, rain, Success, wishing, women
Tagged fellow man, perfect life, silver and gold, subway station
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Saint Elmo And The Light
My friend Bim, (see “Honors”) sent me some pictures today from the fisherman’s/seaman’s memorial in Gloucester, Massachusetts. To offer me an inspiration for a poem dedicated to those sailors who have been lost at sea. While the sailors in the following poem would not be lost, they did sail out of … Continue reading
Posted in Americana, apparitions, blessings, Cape Ann, command, craft, Earth and Us, Elders, epics, Gloucester, God, history, Hurricane, Land Lubbers, life, Massachusetts, men, oceans, old days, poet, Point Judith, rain, religion, Rhode Island, sailors, Saint Elmo, seafarers, ships, Spirits, spiritual, stars above, the shore, warning, Windward surf, Winter
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The Mourning After
With my daughter Rachel’s wedding rapidly approaching, I couldn’t help thinking of those who were instrumental in her upbringing, and who will not be in physical attendance. They all passed within a short span of time of one another, as … Continue reading
Posted in Americana, Family, fleeting time, Gramma, history, Hurricane, life, Marriage, mourning, Nana, peace, Rachel's wedding, reception, reflections, scars, spiritual, tears, Windward surf, wishing
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