tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86258475291639714192024-03-15T08:17:01.524-04:00My Straw HatMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.comBlogger1421125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-46764077708081041082024-03-15T08:15:00.000-04:002024-03-15T08:16:24.521-04:00The Real Reality _ new poetry 2024<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRQlZkFdaFTKitpBdQEpwB6keiNEuV_ANwhiO32-6rJAL9tgYFNnB8H05FjZThjf6u-0wyMoZpmV4QnjU0_0sMvwip7Bbo3576VHuqVohLiJIC04wEJZ3UkLAOGEfye3FMeoS5T9wWk2xRQJxy0t87jLYVi5Kp8WPju87MjZnSxTqFQ5weWRg-culk7So"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRQlZkFdaFTKitpBdQEpwB6keiNEuV_ANwhiO32-6rJAL9tgYFNnB8H05FjZThjf6u-0wyMoZpmV4QnjU0_0sMvwip7Bbo3576VHuqVohLiJIC04wEJZ3UkLAOGEfye3FMeoS5T9wWk2xRQJxy0t87jLYVi5Kp8WPju87MjZnSxTqFQ5weWRg-culk7So=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7346562971553202354" /></a></p>"The Real Reality"
<br>new poem:
<br>(injecting 60's & 70's inspiration
<br>into 2024)
<br>#new #everyday #poetry
<br>#inspiration
<br>#The #Real #RealityMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-2340997257725687452024-02-08T19:40:00.001-05:002024-02-08T19:40:24.528-05:00What a beautiful buzz _ We Are = Penn State <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD0DwyRZX7ZUor-RccUusQ7fOjVPWGkjcYtwe5myfCq_rdjXhLHRv2isI7aSMFeQ4v4U9OvWu6zRIC6n8CD0vp-fqX9d3qz27qCj7X2eTuvp-Lw4_vCVAGx80eJi1vSr_KErdEVYdDCDafPU_4N7_8HGbMoILNVahoo2WXcPGkp3ySIU24qTTx3E_Tsos"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD0DwyRZX7ZUor-RccUusQ7fOjVPWGkjcYtwe5myfCq_rdjXhLHRv2isI7aSMFeQ4v4U9OvWu6zRIC6n8CD0vp-fqX9d3qz27qCj7X2eTuvp-Lw4_vCVAGx80eJi1vSr_KErdEVYdDCDafPU_4N7_8HGbMoILNVahoo2WXcPGkp3ySIU24qTTx3E_Tsos=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7333395634462200946" /></a></p>"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 🙏🌹😎
<br>Good wishes,
<br>JohnMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-50575484662413382412024-01-21T08:59:00.000-05:002024-01-21T09:00:59.454-05:00January Hawk _ new poem 2024 January <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyB1UonPBqzWhoiryWbMCWHxToTMnnEGQuYB0jOtEqF4qgtJAUdvIR39cJ72akLcYc6n8gOn9MsaMOG7nYlKHcEGCz2p-06MogBmlIos9DtOFMTEGbiBlidNP0D31FZuCd4DAGY7f2QeUXk7A8xD_ln7ouUHYlkBCvpiEmtXsuT4YS-3uoHJ99_dWLZQk"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyB1UonPBqzWhoiryWbMCWHxToTMnnEGQuYB0jOtEqF4qgtJAUdvIR39cJ72akLcYc6n8gOn9MsaMOG7nYlKHcEGCz2p-06MogBmlIos9DtOFMTEGbiBlidNP0D31FZuCd4DAGY7f2QeUXk7A8xD_ln7ouUHYlkBCvpiEmtXsuT4YS-3uoHJ99_dWLZQk=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7326551322339538610" /></a></p>January Hawk
<br>
<br>A big fierce fast hawk
<br>Intending to pluck from the flock
<br>Sink in its talons and clutch secure
<br>Not even requiring any kind of lore
<br>- the analysis of life -
<br>A typical everyday routine flight
<br>Which way could this go
<br>Morning cold wind and snow
<br>On the hunt in our backyard
<br>With the bird feeders, is it hard?
<br>Feeding the birds so they survive
<br>Everyday is a chance to be alive
<br>And this is not transactional for me
<br>I feed the birds and let them be free
<br>It's not a question "to be or not to be"
<br>Feeding the birds helps them thrive
<br>So we listen to the bluejays cry
<br>Sounding a loud persistent alarm
<br>Warning a Hawk will do serious harm
<br>
<br>8:43am January 21, 2024
<br>John Conte
<br>
<br>#new #poem #january #hawk #nofilter #naturephotography #outdoors #everyday #poetryMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-92118485379803078372024-01-13T14:04:00.001-05:002024-01-13T14:04:50.417-05:00At the Banks of the Confluence _ new poem 2024 January <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaYunFUQEPNAIWoXePyozpH4jWmpuwNz_0FbhBb5UsrVAbThQ83Cf9q36h0NzsRxrVLsoQ01az5-y2wSBpDHVdsfjRelfNz44_F098iagA5Q416tLemYbsMPVO8UVgIDGalyOEWKksNSaHNT4Y_IQ1C1zNpcMXBuxP_a6M0NjnNb8KJi4VaUlAuMDOBAU"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaYunFUQEPNAIWoXePyozpH4jWmpuwNz_0FbhBb5UsrVAbThQ83Cf9q36h0NzsRxrVLsoQ01az5-y2wSBpDHVdsfjRelfNz44_F098iagA5Q416tLemYbsMPVO8UVgIDGalyOEWKksNSaHNT4Y_IQ1C1zNpcMXBuxP_a6M0NjnNb8KJi4VaUlAuMDOBAU=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7323660945602996674" /></a></p>"At the banks of the confluence" I heard at 7a on @cbspittsburgh KDKA+ Friday morning
<br>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
<br>#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 #democracyMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-91503396078109873812023-12-30T17:17:00.001-05:002023-12-30T17:17:23.290-05:00Mom 5:11am This Dec Morn_ dedicated poem Dec 2023<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7OV6LPgo7GnqfWWIh1Ht2EBB2XGFLYPBsy5jR-rBqi2MEHY1FyPqxEDlYZXcugNF0adyICfqqlpmYa0ozVoOLHbt4Tbu0LGimxkZw9lKp-bJhgOtnVS20VT05JjghxViP8wLLmh_dqHm50iMBhlpvPsypjo9ZXzZDdJLMfvowpeChiryMYHRRu6zct68"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7OV6LPgo7GnqfWWIh1Ht2EBB2XGFLYPBsy5jR-rBqi2MEHY1FyPqxEDlYZXcugNF0adyICfqqlpmYa0ozVoOLHbt4Tbu0LGimxkZw9lKp-bJhgOtnVS20VT05JjghxViP8wLLmh_dqHm50iMBhlpvPsypjo9ZXzZDdJLMfvowpeChiryMYHRRu6zct68=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7318515371620837154" /></a></p>At 5:11am this morning our Mom passed on
<br>———{{{@
<br>Thankful & grateful to be her son and for one of my sisters, Cyndy, asking if I could write a poem that would represent us which I did on the 27th
<br> #mom #passing #on #pre #dawn #today #forever #loveMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-67105542669739118312023-12-27T09:41:00.000-05:002023-12-27T09:42:16.836-05:00The Rights of Nature _ new poem Dec 27 2023<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivAfHYRM_Wus8AINIJwU1Qk3Bj4US0c4UhMvxi2XuVayIZUSAJdBz2ECddi7tRJGoVn4vPPhdgpqkbAxBNs87CVnTiGKbX6LMPwR_VB4tnboSk_OGLVuJYL5NeYoi7Q9GFtSdiX6MIC-umz6veqX-24yodzq4ihx1tNHqxxIw95IYmZiizF5Erp9G5V3M"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivAfHYRM_Wus8AINIJwU1Qk3Bj4US0c4UhMvxi2XuVayIZUSAJdBz2ECddi7tRJGoVn4vPPhdgpqkbAxBNs87CVnTiGKbX6LMPwR_VB4tnboSk_OGLVuJYL5NeYoi7Q9GFtSdiX6MIC-umz6veqX-24yodzq4ihx1tNHqxxIw95IYmZiizF5Erp9G5V3M=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7317284833760997506" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgflRA0u6WlwFlRAPyRM8YKyZ-i7eIJkoWR6AVqNQHOku97nOtKyzdlaHrPQjBLuCg9cd-_JP7fEqmOQQsBJcCgtIg7RnZQL1VsPR6pNmwdF5LESCHYtXtjJw0ldTOMB1aJGsvM4kVkRo8ahZ__aQmqWcCLgu84d6LfUTWSv_rQQYZz7hTKr6o_eUzzUyA"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgflRA0u6WlwFlRAPyRM8YKyZ-i7eIJkoWR6AVqNQHOku97nOtKyzdlaHrPQjBLuCg9cd-_JP7fEqmOQQsBJcCgtIg7RnZQL1VsPR6pNmwdF5LESCHYtXtjJw0ldTOMB1aJGsvM4kVkRo8ahZ__aQmqWcCLgu84d6LfUTWSv_rQQYZz7hTKr6o_eUzzUyA=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7317284846198825074" /></a></p>The Rights of Nature
<br>#the #rights #of #nature #poem
<br>#my #mothers #son #new #poetry
<br>
<br>Good wishes,
<br>John
<br>
<br>Sent from my iPhoneMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-39165463499947791162023-12-07T18:07:00.000-05:002023-12-07T18:08:09.945-05:00Being an American _ new poem December2023<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT3B_ZFwmyn_OGDaWqV69oTNnd4Zk4scdieIZeZnhscyYHLE6bfDR2FP8X_TZB9sRY87jN3EaleAS9cW9wd9433-H4sYeyhTVcLE4Wcigm_nKrBZU_ILMXRq6kTXKNrfNi3eE9Td61WnYDnbFADNIWMj1PatKXb6rI8MTHM_tJNPRXq3BhlOkAWOTXRBg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT3B_ZFwmyn_OGDaWqV69oTNnd4Zk4scdieIZeZnhscyYHLE6bfDR2FP8X_TZB9sRY87jN3EaleAS9cW9wd9433-H4sYeyhTVcLE4Wcigm_nKrBZU_ILMXRq6kTXKNrfNi3eE9Td61WnYDnbFADNIWMj1PatKXb6rI8MTHM_tJNPRXq3BhlOkAWOTXRBg=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7309993500452418562" /></a></p>"What is to be American" ..driving down OhioRiverBlvd past old homes of steamboat captains Friday listening to Bluegrass Junction I asked of myself & then getting the coffee ready for Saturday morning these words & images came to mind with a bluegrass melody #american #poetryMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-27953785217158914522023-11-03T12:49:00.001-04:002023-11-03T12:49:25.813-04:00Tuned-In: Back to No Static _ new poem 2023<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju6Rjn718pT-WX5-pKl4zQbk1vodPB7mXaVogk7RqaIJK1D8kc7k9PTwgBjy9M7H6v5gEbOvtn8ThTGXgUAr5mfHC7vWCt9UixQDfONkCFJVAW51w3Qc5YXIoFJWXoDY260AhE6MBGm42rvygmswmIi39BFsIYDxwlQ0Q6rFBYcBy-bLqRNsN623wCVRw"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju6Rjn718pT-WX5-pKl4zQbk1vodPB7mXaVogk7RqaIJK1D8kc7k9PTwgBjy9M7H6v5gEbOvtn8ThTGXgUAr5mfHC7vWCt9UixQDfONkCFJVAW51w3Qc5YXIoFJWXoDY260AhE6MBGm42rvygmswmIi39BFsIYDxwlQ0Q6rFBYcBy-bLqRNsN623wCVRw=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7297279003127895042" /></a></p>Tuned-In: Back to No Static
<br>He was sick.
<br>Not sure what was wrong.
<br>He had some kind of tick.
<br>Something was going on.
<br>Sweats. Chills. Vomiting.
<br>Paranoia. Confusion. Dread.
<br>Oh, but the creativity in his head.
<br>Let go from drowning to gasp air.
<br>Creating interesting art to share.
<br>That was his one and only care.
<br>Aside from his dog and his wife.
<br>Love told him to choose life.
<br>He fell out of the blue.
<br>He needed to get back in tune.
<br>He wanted to feel like before.
<br>He reached out for help unsure.
<br>After a little bit the doctor had a cure.
<br>He rose up and parted the clouds.
<br>Sun shining on bright and proud.
<br>Clarity was back in the sky of blue.
<br>He knew he was back, it was true.
<br>What a clear signal, back in tune.
<br>Saying prayers for those before.
<br>For those about to enter the door.
<br>Prayers for all those he can reach.
<br>He's back to feeling so complete.
<br>@}}—— November 3, 2023 ——{{@
<br>John Alan Conte, Jr. MyStrawHat.com
<br>#tuned #in #back #to #no #static #hawk #fly #flying #blue #sky #bluesky #everyday #writer #writing #poetry #new #poem #poet #prayersMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-83609825003824834582023-11-01T19:23:00.001-04:002023-11-01T19:23:36.219-04:00Naked in the Atlantic Ocean _ new poem Nov2023<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1x4PLFyZukalTF4C9Y5bD6GZAE0PxjBd9Nf9DfTgueM-M63zfD3hJ-pDvfvFPYhQfk78XXO2EbVmm0ADyyhd4_JOsF9yMUsiwfBZhdJqgUQOiPt7GmKawFTZUsuU4sq37vpp0wXsGlKNPsDMC7m9HO9-9mdqKIdiTc30AmpZIJIVjSbMEy0IbsPtK2d8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1x4PLFyZukalTF4C9Y5bD6GZAE0PxjBd9Nf9DfTgueM-M63zfD3hJ-pDvfvFPYhQfk78XXO2EbVmm0ADyyhd4_JOsF9yMUsiwfBZhdJqgUQOiPt7GmKawFTZUsuU4sq37vpp0wXsGlKNPsDMC7m9HO9-9mdqKIdiTc30AmpZIJIVjSbMEy0IbsPtK2d8=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7296638407881253714" /></a></p>Naked in the Atlantic Ocean
<br>
<br>Swimming in the ocean at dark
<br>There's a difference between night swimming
<br>Salt water always means there could be a shark
<br>My *Deerfield tribe in Boca where I was staying
<br>By the Boca Club we were naked in the waves
<br>Under a burning moon we needed no graves
<br>If a dolphin posed as a great white we saw
<br>We tripped enough that summer to know fraud
<br>
<br>*Punk Rock Band Post Face early 1990's
<br>
<br>Written By:
<br>John Alan Conte, Jr.
<br>Poet
<br>MyStrawHat.comMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-55377539316406403982023-10-24T09:44:00.001-04:002023-10-24T09:44:39.604-04:00Wintertime Music _ new poem 2023<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB1D5rqtAJJLVN1F90QNYpkwUjFU3assm60RwnDCeIYGG9n4r4kePdyfDjSvdajhiga4IiMxYxhwYB1kJDBntHGtmBUCKtn8ESTpYdIJHl_OvZ0ChP7Dz0FMf6lHD7nfdeCCT6yJ6YxRGMwO79yMtHBcsezZPtaLYNy3b1rztIitsyhHHgLtTdbz4-qUs"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB1D5rqtAJJLVN1F90QNYpkwUjFU3assm60RwnDCeIYGG9n4r4kePdyfDjSvdajhiga4IiMxYxhwYB1kJDBntHGtmBUCKtn8ESTpYdIJHl_OvZ0ChP7Dz0FMf6lHD7nfdeCCT6yJ6YxRGMwO79yMtHBcsezZPtaLYNy3b1rztIitsyhHHgLtTdbz4-qUs=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7293520539536300130" /></a></p>Wintertime MusicMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-47422471006459638272023-10-24T09:42:00.000-04:002023-10-24T09:43:20.769-04:00How It Finds You _ new poem 2023 <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtwPF5bXMi36uOBCykqGbe3E1EtbgWILI144armb9lHwH8JQ3x5TjXnszNbIaSLCTgQ4l1AGRF2mKVed7KPXzq4gPGLBk8-0EsiaGH6Q9-ICXFHiEADlGJOsIdmkdWTTOUZdN6h50V2CO6Lfm2MRcijssMWanOK8QEtBOH2QM8-7FouMdymETHBboUeKI"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtwPF5bXMi36uOBCykqGbe3E1EtbgWILI144armb9lHwH8JQ3x5TjXnszNbIaSLCTgQ4l1AGRF2mKVed7KPXzq4gPGLBk8-0EsiaGH6Q9-ICXFHiEADlGJOsIdmkdWTTOUZdN6h50V2CO6Lfm2MRcijssMWanOK8QEtBOH2QM8-7FouMdymETHBboUeKI=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7293520199731826178" /></a></p>How It Finds YouMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-92050228203861439742023-09-22T21:26:00.000-04:002023-09-22T21:27:12.416-04:00Not Making it Home _ new poem 2023Not Making it Home
<br>
<br>Oh, Lord, please
<br>On the side or the road
<br>I might not make it home
<br>It's a Friday night
<br>Things feel right
<br>But I've wrong
<br>Now sing the song
<br>"Sing, me back home"
<br>Pinch myself
<br>Can't feel a bone
<br>All alone
<br>On side the road
<br>
<br>September 22, 2023
<br>John Alan Cone Jr.
<br>Poet
<br>MyStrawHat.com
<br>
<br>Good wishes,
<br>John
<br>
<br>Sent from my iPhoneMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-48059350499032746482023-09-09T11:37:00.005-04:002023-09-09T14:42:03.972-04:00The Babushka _ new poem September 2023<p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">The Babushka </span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">It’s not a person.</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Like an immigrant boxer / mill hunky</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Greased like a pig in the ring</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Pursed pig lips ready for a cigar</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Pierogi chest muscles to feed slums</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">No six pak abs but a quarter barrel keg</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Blue eyes filled with hate and intolerance </span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">And the fear maybe it’s not 100% fixed</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">And he may be exposed as a 100% fraud</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">No spin from “the boys” could substantiate a win.</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">It’s not a place.</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Like a club for men and whites only</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Filled with permeating thick cigar smoke</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">The pungent smell of sloppily spilt stale beer</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Men in three piece suits and beaver pelt hats</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Pocket watch chains dangling on fat stomachs</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">A place they’d never let in suckers that vote for them</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Suckers on the teat of spoon-fedfed division; culture wars</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Slapping each others backs where lying is the art of the deal</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">It’s a thing.</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Brought to North America by immigrants most of us are</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">And like other American fashions adopted by our ethnicities</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">A symbol of the melting pot of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania </span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">With a utilitarian attitude expressing rugged commonality </span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">My grandmothers and their friends wore them almost always </span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Except when they wore something more formal for Mass</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">In my mind I recall my young attractive mother with one </span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">As others of her age at Steeler games on Sunday television </span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Waving them in the air on big 1970’s Pittsburgh Steeler plays</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Written Saturday Morning September 9, 2023</span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">By John Alan Conte, Jr. </span></p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">Poet</span></p><p style="color: #e4af0a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;"><a href="http://MyStrawHat.com">MyStrawHat.com</a><span style="color: #454545;"> </span></span></p><p>
</p><p style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p>My Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-86841267515591302622023-08-20T19:50:00.000-04:002023-08-20T19:51:10.323-04:00Before Your Very Eyes_New Poetry Summer 2023<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6C7b9ZxNmj3MD3RbYzJHkuPSZOB9UbhMVwTPM5nkjRz3WoqONRSaqajEuq_ImIadJT6F8TnsaGT0vdW8iD-AgxN1q_fS-wuNiF39YzRUuT-5S9DfGujm9n4J_F0FGx4_tfaQGsSz_pNjdRUNIopMFkUDI6yFU6X_dkj_WLafucLvuHrYkneJ_kfA2vTw"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6C7b9ZxNmj3MD3RbYzJHkuPSZOB9UbhMVwTPM5nkjRz3WoqONRSaqajEuq_ImIadJT6F8TnsaGT0vdW8iD-AgxN1q_fS-wuNiF39YzRUuT-5S9DfGujm9n4J_F0FGx4_tfaQGsSz_pNjdRUNIopMFkUDI6yFU6X_dkj_WLafucLvuHrYkneJ_kfA2vTw=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7269556294839450994" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOwVb1S1JjjqCZjIqMX0KkscW3SHLqFnWSxMyYq1eM1zwth41WJ8G6w1AnYi5PDSNRTXpkIm9fLfBHdCnAOUVfaX9FTHJBr2anbp0q5RMPt25HTg_IzG2f2I2fbNqd1wJaQpdXUDoPy7bjgA-rutr-NcfYxufsQZf39ZSQ_-EEOgFXvpkg0yfPmQdJ3ng"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOwVb1S1JjjqCZjIqMX0KkscW3SHLqFnWSxMyYq1eM1zwth41WJ8G6w1AnYi5PDSNRTXpkIm9fLfBHdCnAOUVfaX9FTHJBr2anbp0q5RMPt25HTg_IzG2f2I2fbNqd1wJaQpdXUDoPy7bjgA-rutr-NcfYxufsQZf39ZSQ_-EEOgFXvpkg0yfPmQdJ3ng=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7269556306597038770" /></a></p>——-{{{@
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<br>Before Your Very Eyes
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<br>In the land where campfires glow
<br>The only kind of life you know
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<br>Waking up this early morn
<br>After an overnight storm
<br>Where everything was looking worn
<br>The new day feels refreshing
<br>Like a spiritual blessing
<br>Rain falling down from the heavens
<br>Prayers answered with forgiveness
<br>Washing away our sins
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<br>A blade of grass
<br>A green leaf
<br>A colorful flower
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<br>Time goes fast
<br>Nature speaks
<br>Inside a rain shower
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<br>Summer 2023
<br>July - August
<br>John Alan Conte Jr.
<br>Poet
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<br>#new #summer2023 #poetry
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<br>——-{{{@My Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-83046007508797834662023-07-15T13:36:00.001-04:002023-07-15T13:36:38.974-04:00Untitled One: new poetry July’23<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-yUe2iK1Z-LvMUdeJe4o6JYcq6ItMNxwqZY4K-tBi1nN6Jvm0dm-AGO2jAPJyFZ_5E8wexO6eq5u-KojHln5lWc8CeQ4TXz7AWjqytEzBgroA3-ORsiCMhWM8nm1sUPrhDvgqDY7swgSJfTKvl5OF-mxMJ8GoaaUgc7v9KbbZMSAct9BqitZs6S3T7e4"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-yUe2iK1Z-LvMUdeJe4o6JYcq6ItMNxwqZY4K-tBi1nN6Jvm0dm-AGO2jAPJyFZ_5E8wexO6eq5u-KojHln5lWc8CeQ4TXz7AWjqytEzBgroA3-ORsiCMhWM8nm1sUPrhDvgqDY7swgSJfTKvl5OF-mxMJ8GoaaUgc7v9KbbZMSAct9BqitZs6S3T7e4=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7256100716815513730" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic4ddWaNtZ2WAZ1cYDUY2QL0M86NYJE3XaA3hw7g-CopQbXYhEbdN7ODFjIrcYqYefTwuJ9rCA4OoHcVkxSJ7-N4In6BRUyD9m5j4lGXU3GYIl0upojn4yAkeH1jpan7achC1zyToBfxAHfUIX_7NjIzPqW4MoYWyJ8vS92DVHYdzJ6Em8GK8G6jgex64"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic4ddWaNtZ2WAZ1cYDUY2QL0M86NYJE3XaA3hw7g-CopQbXYhEbdN7ODFjIrcYqYefTwuJ9rCA4OoHcVkxSJ7-N4In6BRUyD9m5j4lGXU3GYIl0upojn4yAkeH1jpan7achC1zyToBfxAHfUIX_7NjIzPqW4MoYWyJ8vS92DVHYdzJ6Em8GK8G6jgex64=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7256100731400324866" /></a></p>Was feeling so low
<br>Like a drowned boat
<br>Was down so long
<br>Wondering where I belong
<br>Then there was hope
<br>Holding a grain of sand
<br>In the palm of my hand
<br>Finding heaven in a flower
<br>Feeling eternity in an hourMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-87118131653533579612023-07-08T21:48:00.001-04:002023-07-08T21:48:22.192-04:00How I Fell Into You _ July New Poem 2023 <p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 28px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-weight: bold;">How I Fell Into You</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">We were all kids </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">In our reach there was a crick</span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Where we would catch crawfish </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Rocks we'd turn over and flip </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Often finding a healthy salamander </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">In that cool downward rushing water </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Oh, how our summer loving would last </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Yeah, you could say we had ourselves a blast </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">In the summertime, summer's past </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">You've been forewarned </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Summer's almost gone </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Holding hands for the fall</span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">You cheerleading football </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Pictures torn and frayed </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Smiling through we made our ways </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">-July 8, 2023 </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">J. Conte </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">MyStrawHat.com </span></p><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Good wishes,</div><div>John</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone</div>My Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-66731955472010632942023-07-08T21:45:00.001-04:002023-07-08T21:45:56.469-04:00“How I Fell Into You”<div dir="ltr"><br><br>Open my shared note:<br><div><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.icloud.com/notes/0ceHTtSP7TW1msSO9MM9koTqA#How_I_Fell_Into_You" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E9E9EB;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E9E9EB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(233, 233, 235, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:9px 1px 9px 9px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-leftIconItem" width="30"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.icloud.com/notes/0ceHTtSP7TW1msSO9MM9koTqA#How_I_Fell_Into_You" draggable="false"><img src="https://www.icloud.com/mail_resources/app_icons/notes.png" srcset="https://www.icloud.com/mail_resources/app_icons/notes.png 1x, https://www.icloud.com/mail_resources/app_icons/notes@2x.png 2x, https://www.icloud.com/mail_resources/app_icons/notes@3x.png 3x" draggable="false" style="pointer-events:none !important;display:inline-block;width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:3px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-leftIcon" width="30" height="30" data-unique-identifier=""></a></td><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 8px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.icloud.com/notes/0ceHTtSP7TW1msSO9MM9koTqA#How_I_Fell_Into_You" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">How I Fell Into You</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.icloud.com/notes/0ceHTtSP7TW1msSO9MM9koTqA#How_I_Fell_Into_You" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">Notes</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Good wishes,</div><div>John</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone</div>My Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-26391696341544886872023-04-30T11:05:00.000-04:002023-04-30T11:06:18.637-04:00Predawn Prayer Song <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGfBqDrNqsVwF3iQqBcxV1F2hZmylNpKp3xvLiwq6LY_8J_KS1ZsaV-2c-TbwFpymmwiX29mq6VURnDikxi7yfMOMOUB_UVTa-1AqCRP-z6XRwKvzKO8HmJE74nQHKz79eJ9uSjmhvLFWu9ZzX6E8YlSpzvuMdBZVaGVgBuG9nm6cTnM18Ei_ZxNyb"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGfBqDrNqsVwF3iQqBcxV1F2hZmylNpKp3xvLiwq6LY_8J_KS1ZsaV-2c-TbwFpymmwiX29mq6VURnDikxi7yfMOMOUB_UVTa-1AqCRP-z6XRwKvzKO8HmJE74nQHKz79eJ9uSjmhvLFWu9ZzX6E8YlSpzvuMdBZVaGVgBuG9nm6cTnM18Ei_ZxNyb=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7227859499056706162" /></a></p>Why do birds sing in the predawn?
<br>Is it a sort of roll call from the infinitesimal to the cosmic collective?
<br>If so, I'd like to sing back. I'm here.
<br>An infinitesimal prayer for peace & love to the cosmic collective to the omega …
<br>#pre #dawn #sunday #morning #song #prayer #for #peace #and #love
<br>Good wishes,
<br>JohnMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-91951674041065015422023-04-30T09:08:00.001-04:002023-04-30T09:08:50.791-04:00The Queen of May _ new poem 2023<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx0MZkhkZq3IUoGBRIlKj4yRwZrlCkNjVliwtHwB8dnFHUCMXf9DAXvUTUps3Zl-aNcPc_MNGm6Br1LlddY9LoQtnE-MCzayxGb36DppvmuYfTlxa2k1zcBBeiIuWV1yJBMwXMnfCS1LY8kQvEvnr9U1xtRE7EqoAckQIMWr5keagI7gLwqGZrUw0x"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx0MZkhkZq3IUoGBRIlKj4yRwZrlCkNjVliwtHwB8dnFHUCMXf9DAXvUTUps3Zl-aNcPc_MNGm6Br1LlddY9LoQtnE-MCzayxGb36DppvmuYfTlxa2k1zcBBeiIuWV1yJBMwXMnfCS1LY8kQvEvnr9U1xtRE7EqoAckQIMWr5keagI7gLwqGZrUw0x=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7227829228670159730" /></a></p>The Queen of May (a day early)
<br>#the #queen #of #may #new #poetry
<br>#a #day #early #everyday #poet #poem
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<br>Good wishes,
<br>John
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<br>Sent from my iPhoneMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-91723333901704921442023-03-31T09:18:00.001-04:002023-03-31T09:18:31.889-04:00Silver Lining _ new 2023 poem <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiQ4F1Phg9x1Ti2zrNDVGLd_Wq9au66FPaM6T8WoMTKGfj45GuujPTXZTyB777KvTuEhyIPlRzjXB9FFW-SGdj1WOKfmm-Pf3YW1BhjdTxRW3iXM0JFxrM4vVVQIpP8iPg8VbFXSte6KL1Uy_JweliReb2icpmP7gKFkbBINBNHwHUnqf_ImOtfUNR"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiQ4F1Phg9x1Ti2zrNDVGLd_Wq9au66FPaM6T8WoMTKGfj45GuujPTXZTyB777KvTuEhyIPlRzjXB9FFW-SGdj1WOKfmm-Pf3YW1BhjdTxRW3iXM0JFxrM4vVVQIpP8iPg8VbFXSte6KL1Uy_JweliReb2icpmP7gKFkbBINBNHwHUnqf_ImOtfUNR=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7216699172246295042" /></a></p>#silver #lining #poetry #picture #amwriting
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<br>Good wishes,
<br>John
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<br>Sent from my iPhoneMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-66533968442469615632023-03-11T12:18:00.000-05:002023-03-11T12:19:15.550-05:00The New South _ new poem March 2023<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4VurXjETbONPgReaEVd5KehXEZvVhGEK1cdi56sV_P9_QHMmDMI6PsJl1yYNTr4i-iq-nMZc_jOspzbRdDH6jIXM6QrVjCaTNfm8AAsEifVET7EnuDuUmKbAC8Q4YMjXOt9YEmQPLDClPu5SlQ5W8SquzOwJSYGO8ZGEujsE7pdgGRe6md98C3Y_y"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4VurXjETbONPgReaEVd5KehXEZvVhGEK1cdi56sV_P9_QHMmDMI6PsJl1yYNTr4i-iq-nMZc_jOspzbRdDH6jIXM6QrVjCaTNfm8AAsEifVET7EnuDuUmKbAC8Q4YMjXOt9YEmQPLDClPu5SlQ5W8SquzOwJSYGO8ZGEujsE7pdgGRe6md98C3Y_y=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7209339504504236466" /></a></p>The New South
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<br>It was one of the best meals I ate
<br>As I cleared that dinner plate
<br>With fried chicken in my mouth
<br>It read: Welcome to The New South
<br>We do not segregate
<br>We learned old Jim Crow
<br>Isn't the way to grow
<br>Now I'm waiting on a train
<br>For my cousin from Maine
<br>As I stare at those tracks
<br>Ghosts appear with whipped backs
<br>Listen to these words from my mouth
<br>Down here in The New South
<br>We aren't afraid of some CRT
<br>A losing man was General Lee
<br>We do not segregate
<br>We learned old Jim Crow
<br>Isn't the way to grow
<br>Now I'm on a talking panel
<br>On the Bluegrass Junction channel
<br>We learned to live a new way
<br>And it's more than words we say
<br>Our doors are open as long as you can stay
<br>{March 11, 2023 MyStrawHat.com}My Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-90614516684250322672023-02-23T22:17:00.001-05:002023-02-23T22:17:35.414-05:00Asked to Take Photo of Me for Fashion <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_Cw0TDMt9Yeop5Sq54dGuAK5PgYhElYPxBQHkXSXdp3WV6qrXIecrEa4AzawHG8UUZHpx_4okS2UDyZwzFU0P0I33huZgxIQzRRGPneng1eTBKw2UPxAF0Qwd3jFYbfaNV8QMyVRGXy9MMwMJw_I1DfPe-yGSGzDrJW5EgFukhm-Ij3ZaajBPSbQ3"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_Cw0TDMt9Yeop5Sq54dGuAK5PgYhElYPxBQHkXSXdp3WV6qrXIecrEa4AzawHG8UUZHpx_4okS2UDyZwzFU0P0I33huZgxIQzRRGPneng1eTBKw2UPxAF0Qwd3jFYbfaNV8QMyVRGXy9MMwMJw_I1DfPe-yGSGzDrJW5EgFukhm-Ij3ZaajBPSbQ3=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7203556329232874514" /></a></p>Was just approached by a young woman accompanied by a young man while sitting on bench after eating a turkey sandwich, taking a call, typing a couple work messages and the woman said she was a fashion student and asked if she could take my picture for a project! Lol! So let her. And I figured I better take a look at what I got going on for her to ask to take my picture (I thought they were gonna ask me to take their picture) lol! #solicited #for #fashion #project #picture #lol #cool #look #river #road #sunglasses #hair #beard #smile #blue #sky #outdoors #nature #fort #macintosh #history #beaver #county #pennsylvaniaMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-81491031391052912022023-01-12T08:54:00.001-05:002023-01-12T08:54:33.369-05:00Dad _ #ThrowBackThursday _ Love Light<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii8SyWDMyq1r1ZxSD5-CQ6KDNJTiwgS6-ICiZLmGfGG-l1XdfTyBJexeYlcHvDv-bREcoViSgOjaSBNuHMWyvErQ3I4l8Do2qd7BQnKJFfTzjVb_ihGbA3x4bnPyEFc6-BLZjbGo7w1qfVFj4auhCozCK3b1q-U9STbvfBOpi0V_CV2gY7IniYHHv3"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii8SyWDMyq1r1ZxSD5-CQ6KDNJTiwgS6-ICiZLmGfGG-l1XdfTyBJexeYlcHvDv-bREcoViSgOjaSBNuHMWyvErQ3I4l8Do2qd7BQnKJFfTzjVb_ihGbA3x4bnPyEFc6-BLZjbGo7w1qfVFj4auhCozCK3b1q-U9STbvfBOpi0V_CV2gY7IniYHHv3=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7187763808677545522" /></a></p>Dad, I miss you! Sometimes I feel you're love light shinning (as love is love and will not fade away) #grateful #dad #love #light #tbthursday #tbt #throwback #throwbackthursday #tbt❤️
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<br>Good wishes,
<br>John
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<br>Sent from my iPhoneMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-28421466093023176672023-01-11T20:17:00.001-05:002023-01-11T20:17:21.494-05:00Dear AARP This Is Our $ NOT GOP!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1KJHkw44r3pgkJ2awBSJG9iHI7cl5h3XFJZT5NSjfHT-y7qo9weewhlMBqFL_faPHkG9-mbZRlXm0qPeZnqxi2tT0ZGG0BqnlI8Q7nMq93JgW9QqgWKCnN4y1N16uD4A7YkCg91KSAgY3_9gF5T8GtgIClcdvW6-4jP7zCw_xgwgkiM_7dCp40V6x"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1KJHkw44r3pgkJ2awBSJG9iHI7cl5h3XFJZT5NSjfHT-y7qo9weewhlMBqFL_faPHkG9-mbZRlXm0qPeZnqxi2tT0ZGG0BqnlI8Q7nMq93JgW9QqgWKCnN4y1N16uD4A7YkCg91KSAgY3_9gF5T8GtgIClcdvW6-4jP7zCw_xgwgkiM_7dCp40V6x=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7187568687926578514" /></a></p>Dear @AARP,
<br>The house republicans @HouseGOP @IowaGOP @SpeakerMcCarthy including total fraud of New York hair twirling @NassauNYGOP @Santos4Congress are actively working to cut Medicare / Medicaid and Social Security UNDER FALSE PREMISE THAT THESE ARE ENTITLEMENTS & NOT OUR MONEYMy Straw Hathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141916286212384700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625847529163971419.post-80583858153715183782022-12-31T20:32:00.001-05:002022-12-31T20:32:48.554-05:00Winter Morning: Mourning Doves _ new poem <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7rn0YVX6PSSYl3cas2M6LRtUkc4R6JKGsnc4kIjOYSSO5hkhLvoW02z3gH1ObJgcuHoIxqaFIcEdUOp4_OzaMtF8ZKgQ86nYAPzi1DOpqeszULKTKvRJe6EPMNjQwoQqwbTBJBhAw9kZbBXhTqRqAdut3RdjtR-LxugxAdSLUQ9pDe-2Jfyh7b7xz"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7rn0YVX6PSSYl3cas2M6LRtUkc4R6JKGsnc4kIjOYSSO5hkhLvoW02z3gH1ObJgcuHoIxqaFIcEdUOp4_OzaMtF8ZKgQ86nYAPzi1DOpqeszULKTKvRJe6EPMNjQwoQqwbTBJBhAw9kZbBXhTqRqAdut3RdjtR-LxugxAdSLUQ9pDe-2Jfyh7b7xz=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7183490727106644818" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBxEc7HkjhEMb0XJw1dtI5nOZQykz9QNfMZwsuoqWhos-xC62hGRzsr_R_dpfUUgfs-wLIiuVdMHGfU1ZCzOx0P0eVowjYhsBjyXoUrh5_aEBadhzb8luciEzoDo9DdaHjY2ZXL4CtaqAPnDDtgZeLbrjHNKVNSyx9F0kaByvWzAiiK7g4Ksbx_fd8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBxEc7HkjhEMb0XJw1dtI5nOZQykz9QNfMZwsuoqWhos-xC62hGRzsr_R_dpfUUgfs-wLIiuVdMHGfU1ZCzOx0P0eVowjYhsBjyXoUrh5_aEBadhzb8luciEzoDo9DdaHjY2ZXL4CtaqAPnDDtgZeLbrjHNKVNSyx9F0kaByvWzAiiK7g4Ksbx_fd8=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7183490733807025282" /></a></p>Early winter morning brings
<br>Whistling of a mourning doves wings
<br>As they fly from the ground to sky
<br>It may sound like a lament; a cry
<br>But that's just what their wings are doing
<br>Doves are mainly monogamous; cooing
<br>Open the door and hear their sound
<br>In the moment, we know we're still around
<br>—Winter Morning
<br>Poet, John Conte
<br>MyStrawHat.com
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