Incense at a Funeral Mass _new poetry May 2025

Incense at a Funeral Mass

Purifying the sacred place
The soul is present in the space
Rising in air with our prayers
Mixing with spoken ancient words
Stirring songs we for years heard
Fragrant smoke ascending to heaven
Greeted by brilliant light of angels
Triggering delicate memories
Rose petals and rosaries
Family friends from the old country
Lasting ties in this young country
Kept alive with all the stories
Playing in our minds as short movies
We honor the dead at a funeral
Being present for the family; nothing more real

Blue Glass Head _ New Poetry Song 2025

These words came to me and in my head @billystrings singing them with a melody 🎶 yesterday in the kitchen fixing lunch taking a break on a Saturday afternoon. Then this early Sunday morning @bobdylan was in my dreams editing showing me the way #keeponkeepingon #saturday #afternoon #sunday #morning #memorialdayweekend #weekend #words #music #poetry #song #blue #glass #head
Good wishes,
John

Meet the Conte’ _ throw back #tbt

Grateful 🙏🌹💜💜🌹🙏 #tbt #family #home #throwback

Tribe. New Original Poem. May 2025

Tribe. New Original Poem.
#tribe #hawaii #flowers #new #earth #energy #vibration #light #love #music #friends #poetry
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John

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Catholic Convent _ Sisters Playing in the Band w/ Me #TBT #Family

Thanks to my sis Maureen for texting me this this morn = Grateful for my big loving Catholic family in a big family home up on the hill over looking the Ohio River outside of Pittsburgh in SouthWestern Pennsylvania was & still is so special to me - including the Sisters of St. Joseph who taught me about Jesus and how to play guitar (especially Sister Ruth who taught me bass guitar and encouraged me to join her on piano & vocals + Sister Roseanne on guitar & vocals to play during school mass services) 🎸 #TBT #family #guitar #throwback #love
Good wishes,
John

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Looking Glass #new #poem

Looking Glass #new #poem #poetrycommunity #everyday #writer #writing #poetry #looking #glass #april #spring #am #nofilter

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John

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Have never felt better in my life March 2025

MyStrawHat.com

15-16 #poetry books on mystrawhat.com +other stuff 

B the way a few #books formats jacked in  the beginning of new e-day media days so the actual poetry is beneath the e-mails sections (for other media to consume) 

Best of the Roses 🌹

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Have never felt better in my life. 15 - 16 poetry books here my father helped me Jackie-Jump-Start all the way back in the late 80's - 90's with "In This Pace: a Book of the Nineties" (by the way a few books formats jacked in the beginning of the new e-day media days so the actual poetry is beneath the e-mails to the "At the Moment" legacy media 

Best of the Roses 🌹 

And yes Diana Falzone would still be my #1 

(Outside the other published books of poems I'm involved with and back to conversations about mystrawhat.com new everyday media)

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John

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A Life in a Day _ new poetry March 2025

A Life in a Day

Talking vending machines 

Convenience of allegiance 

She's in again.

Born again

Crazy as sin.

You work for a status symbol.

Sidewalk smiles 

Hello in your eyes 

What do mine say?

I love 

Everyday 

A life 

In a day 

John Conte March 12, 2025

Everyday Poet 

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John

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Who Are You? Who Are We? And Who & What Defines Us?!…

Who Are You? Who Are We? And Who & What Defines Us?!…

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John

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Level Green #business #909

Level Green #business #909 #level #green

Dear “Mean Girls”, _ Feb 2025

Dear "Mean Girls", I literally bumped into OG Mean Girl Lindsay Lohan outside the pool house at the unquestionable famous #ChateauMarmont in West Hollywood, California and she was gracious not a "mean girl" and so why do some business women feel the need to be a "mean girl" as an "F you" to those who demonstrate compassion, courtesy & care to those they serve that contributes to their paycheck & bottom line? #priorities #attitude #why #negativity #question #mark

Attorney Melvin Belli & My Attorney Dad = History_ undeniable 🤑

Attorney Melvin Belli

Turn of the Century _ new original everyday _ January 2025

"Turn of the Century" _ new original everyday poetry _
#turn #of #the #century #new #original #everyday #poetry

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
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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


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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