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Of Dogs and Men
“I like dogs more than people.” I’ve heard my daddy say that a’many times. “A good dog will lick your palm, a bad dog will bite your leg–but at least…
Mar 19
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Porches
Despite having four walls and a roof, I did most of my growing up on porches. Everybody had one, even if they had to add it onto a mobile home or…
Mar 1
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February 2024
Brain Fog
Some poems hobble on little trochaic feet Whilst shuffling hither and yon, they pause for rest in the shade under the Professor’s hat, then the two…
Feb 24
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The Chin-waggin’ Wagon
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Feb 24
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Railroads & Roses
I guess I was about thirteen years old when I came to hate roses. School let out near the end of May and that meant it was time to make the drive from…
Feb 23
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Old Mike
No one knew where he came from, where he lived, or even his last name. Folks just knew him as “Old Mike.” He would come to town about once a month or…
Feb 7
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Hunting and Pecking
You may have noticed that I have not published a new piece this week. There are a couple reasons for that. The first is that I have been working on…
Feb 4
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January 2024
The Storyteller Man
He used to get up in the morning and sit at the window to drink his coffee, listen to the birds sing, and balance a sneaker on his head. “I’ve got too…
Jan 27
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The King’s English
What gave the prose of older writers, particularly Southern writers, such vibrancy and character that it felt contemporary and ancient all at once? A…
Jan 24
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Puppy Love
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” ~Groucho Marx As a boy, I had a whole yard full of dogs and a…
Jan 17
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What I Love about the French
What I love about the French is that I actually am not required to. Picking on the Frogs comes as naturally breathing fresh air, especially if one…
Jan 12
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High Art
Growing up in rural southern Arkansas, I believed that art was as foreign to our people as a goose egg is to the North Pole. My part of the Arkansas…
Jan 9
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