2025 and The 12 Week Year _ today

2025
#organization #visualization #evaluation
The 12 Week Year
My corner of the universe preparations on a flex day off #today where there was the most amount of clutter

2025 #organization #visualization #evaluation

2025 #organization #visualization #evaluation
My corner of the universe preparations on a flex day off #today

Morning with (me) John Conte _ Published Author

When THE BIG BOSS makes you feel you're doing well and inspires you to keep on keeping on #tbt #tb #published #book #release #party #tour #celebration #AdvancingTogether #community #poetry #empathy #care #poetrycommunity #neuroscience #creative #criticalthinking #stimulation #memories #reminiscing #new #ideas #words #vision #HomeHealth #healthcare #everyday #poet #throwbackthursday #th
Good wishes,
John

When It’s Our Turn _ new poem 2024

When It's Our Turn

Paper breath
Loaded with death
Is there a picture to see?
Reading all of the obituaries
Or now are there only words?
Behind the gossamer they're heard
And I see more than this now
It's often hard to say how
All I got are all of these words
Behind the gossamer they're heard
What will they say when it's our turn?

Sunday Morning 5am
November 10, 2024
John Alan Conte` Jr.
Poet

#new #everyday #poetry #writer #writing #poem #when #its #our #turn #poetrycommunity #poet


🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹💙💙💙💙💙🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Everyone You Know _ new poetry 2024

Everyone You Know

Paper breath
Loaded with death
Is there a picture to see?
Reading all of the obituaries
Or now are there only words?
Behind the gossamer they're heard
And I see more than this now
It's often hard to say how
All I got are all of these words
Behind the gossamer they're heard
What will they say when it's our turn?

Sunday Morning 5am
November 10, 2024
John Alan Conte` Jr.
Poet

Veterans Day ‘24 _ New Poetry

With gratitude for all of you who served
(Including my father Attorney John Conte World War 2 Navy and my Uncle Dr. Anthony Conte Army)
#with #gratitude #ThankYouForYourService

$1,000.00 for Perfect Attendance _ Employee Award

$1,000.00 for Perfect Attendance Award at Ohio Valley General Hospital November 8, 2007 #employee #perfect #attendance #award #onethousand #dollars #ohiovalley #hospital #throwbackthursday #throwback #tbthursday #tbt

My Poetry Tuens Into My Work $ #tb

Good wishes,
John

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Eggs $ lol & Why Mark Cuban & Me for Kamala Harris _ Crypto Bros 🤡 lol

Man! @mcuban
Yes!
#OpportunityEconomy = WE All RISE!
Vs. #Trumpocalypse
#aNewWayForward
#WeAreNotGoingBack
Thanks @KamalaHarris
#RepublicanAgainstTrump and agree with M.Cuban +the 400+top economists + @FT @WSJ = Kamala Harris better for economy and way less risky than #WeirdTrump

Met Billy Strings 8/3/24 Penn State University selfies + video of show

Met Billy the next morning of night #2 in Happy Valley and he couldn't have been any sweeter, humble, down to earth, personable & friendly.(Happenstance selfie) ——-{@

Happenstance happens again so here we are! Walking down West College Ave Penn State with an old school West Side roommate and he's like, look the old Imperial Motor Lodge, and I was about to say, Robby Krieger The Doors stayed there when I met him, and there's Billy Strings 😎🌹 "Keep on keeping on, Billy, you're a national treasure" 

———{@

(live video of)

Billy Strings fabulous rendition of Bob Dylan's Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 ("they'll stone you" Dylan song "everybody must get stoned"). Of course Billy's unique, gifted, virtuoso voicing clearly makes it his own and the crowd eats it up! For not having any percussion / drums the low end is there from the big stand up bass and rocked the Bryce Jordan Center where Penn State plays hoops.

https://vimeo.com/995054369

——-{@

Good wishes,

John

- John Conte everyday poet 

MyStrawHat.com 

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Billy Strings Bob Dylan Cover 8/2/24 Penn State University + selfie with Billy

Billy Strings fabulous rendition of Bob Dylan's Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 ("they'll stone you" Dylan song "everybody must get stoned"). Of course Billy's unique, gifted, virtuoso voicing clearly makes it his own and the crowd eats it up! For not having any percussion / drums the low end is there from the big stand up bass and rocked the Bryce Jordan Center where Penn State plays hoops. 

https://vimeo.com/995054369

 Met Billy the next morning of night #2 in Happy Valley and he couldn't have been any sweeter, humble, down to earth, personable & friendly. (Happenstance selfie) ——-{@

"Keep on keeping on, Billy, you're a national treasure" 

- John Conte everyday poet 

MyStrawHat.com  

Good wishes,

John

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The Future Is _ New Poetry July 2024

The future is
Idea shops
Morning wellness
On a Saturday
Up for it
Walking Ley lines
Energy guiding my way
Sometimes stopping
Absorbing it all
Radiating vibrations
Ley lines
New Hope
Seattle
Western PA
Confluence
Vortex
Pittsburgh portal
Enjoy each day

July 6, 2024
John Alan Conte Jr.
Everyday Poet
#walking #leylines #wellness #ideas #shop #new #poem #newhope #seattle #western #pennsylvania #pittsburgh #poetry #everyday #poet #saturday #weekend #positivevibes #the #future #is #goodvibes #energy

Everyday ‪#Business #Logistics #101 #rain #shine #Professional Music Industry: Innovation 404A

Everyday ‪#Business #Logistics #101 #rain #shine #Professional Music Industry: Innovation 404A:
my interview @ Point State Park w/TheEndlessTourProject

Law & Order 101 for Dummy’s #SCOTUS

Law & Order 101 for Dummy's #SCOTUS

#GoodWill _ Full Stop (Period)

Whatever.
Be true to the spirit of Good Will.
#GoodWill

Hanging in the Air Today _ new summer ‘24 poem

Hanging in the Air Today

Vibrations of color
Paintings of sound
Spinning around
Seasonal cycles
Spring rain
Rosebud: blossoms
Petals fade and fall
Harvest under the moon
Shooting stars spraying light
Colorful sounds of vibration
Light, love & joy; celebration
Experiencing it together
The Apollonian – Dionysian split
Inside and out
Outside and in
Frozen blanket; snowed-in
Sunshine tilted
Pinball wizard
Sunshine bends
Grateful spring again

6/23/2024
John Alan Conte` Jr.
Edgeworth – Mars and back

#new #poetry #everyday #poet #poem

Please Like My Post, Man: (New Media Song & Dance)

Please Like My Post, Man: (New Media Song & Dance)

Stop! Hey, wait a minute
Please don't you scroll now
Don't scroll oh-oh now

Look at my feed
Look and see
Is there a Like, a Like for me?

Home from school
Need to be cool
Summer at the pool
Thirsty. You drool

Social media. Social media
Whoa-o
Please complete-ete-ete me
So that others see
All the Likes for me

Waiting for the notification
While my baby's on vacation
Left me all alone
I'm taking selfies at home

Social media. Social media
Whoa-o
Please complete-ete-ete me
So that others see
All the Likes for me

Don't you scroll now
Don't scroll now, oh-yeah

Look at my feed
Look and see
Is there a Like for me

You got to Like me, Like me, Like me! Oh-oh, now! Oh-yeah!

June 25 – 27, 2024 John Conte, Everyday Poet
#songs #melody #new #everyday #media #poetry

Loving the Process (rough draft) _ new poem June 2024: “that’s set Hendrix”

Loving the Process (rough draft) #writing #process #creativity #pen #to #paper #everyday #poet Good wishes,
John

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Blue Grass Dream #blue Earl Jam _ 6-7-24

Blue Grass Dream #blue Earl Jam _ 6-7-24

Blue Grass Dream #blue Earl Jam _ new poem 6-7-24

Blue Grass Dream #blue

Blue Grass Dream #blue Earl Jam _ 6-7-24

Good wishes,
John

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No One Knows Lonely Like I Do _ new poem / song 2024

No One Knows Lonely Like I Do

I'm lonely for you
I'm lonely for you
And no one knows lonely
Like I do

I'm feeling kinda blue
I'm feeling kinda blue
So tell me
Are you feeling blue too

There's a deep creek
Where we once swam
Tadpoles to frogs to Princes
Now no one is as lonely
As I am

I'm too true - it's true
And it's hurting you
But I'm always true
Always true to you

I'm lonely for you
I'm lonely for you
And no one knows lonely
Like I do

3am May 18, 2024
John Alan Conte Jr
Everyday Poet

#billmonroe #stanleybrothers #oldschool #country #blue #grass #hankwilliams #woodyguthrie #lyrics #poem #poetry #everyday #writer #poet #No #One #Knows #Lonely #Like #I #Do

The Real Reality _ new poetry 2024

"The Real Reality"
new poem:
(injecting 60's & 70's inspiration
into 2024)
#new #everyday #poetry
#inspiration
#The #Real #Reality

What a beautiful buzz _ We Are = Penn State

"What a beautiful buzz. What a beautiful buzz" = happy place at home with my books, candles, digesting a nice home cooked dinner, sipping on red wine = knowing @penn_state helped get me where I am today 🙏🌹😎
Good wishes,
John

January Hawk _ new poem 2024 January

January Hawk

A big fierce fast hawk
Intending to pluck from the flock
Sink in its talons and clutch secure
Not even requiring any kind of lore
- the analysis of life -
A typical everyday routine flight
Which way could this go
Morning cold wind and snow
On the hunt in our backyard
With the bird feeders, is it hard?
Feeding the birds so they survive
Everyday is a chance to be alive
And this is not transactional for me
I feed the birds and let them be free
It's not a question "to be or not to be"
Feeding the birds helps them thrive
So we listen to the bluejays cry
Sounding a loud persistent alarm
Warning a Hawk will do serious harm

8:43am January 21, 2024
John Conte

#new #poem #january #hawk #nofilter #naturephotography #outdoors #everyday #poetry

At the Banks of the Confluence _ new poem 2024 January

"At the banks of the confluence" I heard at 7a on @cbspittsburgh KDKA+ Friday morning
And all of a sudden this poem created itself complete with a melody borrowed from the wet earth on the boot heel from a cousin of a steamboat captain who was a musician who took a carriage from the wharf
#amwriting #new #poem #history #melody #borrowed #wet #earth #boot #heel #musician #cousin #of #steamboat #captain #carriage #wharf #river #three #rivers #george #washington #queen #aliquippa #logstownpa #french #english #king #american #democracy