2 poems

“The Balance of Faith”

How in Mid-August you feel fall

How the first of February you feel spring

The cold hot stars at night 

Making you feel just as bright 

The feeling with the chills

You’ve been here before

How everything looks at dusk 

Chasing the sun it's no over 

From Pittsburgh there's always California

Hope in tomorrow

The brightest sun-rise you’ve ever seen

🌹🙏August 17 - 21,2026 Johnny Conte 

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“Beyond Unknown”

Some things are indescribable 

for a writer of words

Beyond. The Great Unknown.

Maybe a classical composer like 

Beethoven better expresses

 or a visual artist or a film maker

CGI Focused on metaphysics / conceptual physics.

As a writer I wìll say this

Life is real. Death is real.

Yet death is not the end.

It’s only a beginning.

You’ll see

Be good.

Lore,

Johnny Conte

8-21-2026

12:47 am

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Beyond the Satellites _ new poetry June 14, 2026

Beyond the Satellites Standing at the dresser Pulling clothes out What goes in the suitcase This time felt different There have been lots of trips Lots of reasons In every glorious season This time felt different Going someplace new But yet very familiar Somplace intuitively known Why did he stop here anyway It seems as if only a day Although it had been years His mother & father conceived Born in July into the family He -the writer of poetry Thousonds of years Tens of thousands of years Light, love and joy he prayed For all those on this earth Past, present, Future MyStrawHat.com 3: 23am June 14, 2026 John Alan Conte’ Jr. Good wishes, John Sent from my iPhone

Stuck Ontop of Pittsburgh _ new poetry May - June 13, 2026

Stuck Ontop of Pittsburgh 🫧🕶️☕️☕️🕶️🫧 That which has been spoken has been written in wine That which has played out was done in time Hands around a coffee Sporting oversized frames of the darkest of shades Drove-up to Mt. Washington for something to do Was a clear day wow, what a view Thought bubblegum was meant to chew So on a hot sticky day why's it on my shoe Now I’m stuck in place Thinking of you MyStrawHat.com May - June 13, 2026 John Alon Conté Jr. #American #city #life #art #poetry Good wishes, John Sent from my iPhone

THE NEPOTUA _ new poetry June 7, 2026

THE NEPOTUA: Palace of Satan’s Hell Fire (Portrait Hall of Evil in Motion) MyStrawHat.com Sunday Morning June 7, 2026 8am-9am John Alan Conte’ Jr. #NEPOTUA #life #art #new #poetry {listening pairing suggestion Get a Transfer by The Nashville Bluegrass Band https://youtu.be/kqI10rHfdBE 🎶}

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Meat Orchard _ new poetry May 9 - June 5, 2026

 

American Ghost _ new poetry May 2026 _ Memorial Day

American Ghost 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 She was waiting by the river With each shiver her lips would quiver When the mocking bird sang it’s refrain Over and over again she chanted his name She pictured him bravely fighting and dying He was so sweet & honest, he wouldn’t be lying Yet one thing was very certain, he wasn’t there 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 In a foreign battle theater he died alone It’s there in that strange land his soul roams In despair knowing she’s there, he’s not home It burns as the sun each time she waits for me The President in command his face he sees Roses bloom by the river and he’s overseas 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 American Ghost 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry {listening pairing suggestion When the Roses Bloom Again https://youtu.be/QclnHbH6PMA} 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

American Ghost She was waiting by the river With each shiver her lips would quiver When the mocking bird sang it’s refrain Over and over again she chanted his name She pictured him bravely fighting and dying He was so sweet & honest, he wouldn’t be lying Yet one thing was very certain, he wasn’t there Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost In a foreign battle theater he died alone It’s there in that strange land his soul roams In despair knowing she’s there, he’s not home It burns as the sun each time she waits for me The President in command his face he sees Roses bloom by the river and he’s overseas Oh honey, the roses are in bloom I’m waiting for you to come back soon I miss holding hands while strolling the most And as I sit here now, waiting, I feel your ghost 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 American Ghost 3:48 a.m. Memorial Day 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #American #Ghost #MemorialDay #life #poetry {listening pairing suggestion When the Roses Bloom Again https://youtu.be/QclnHbH6PMA} 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Good wishes, John Sent from my iPhone

The Lever _ new poetry May 2026

 

The Lever 🌎👨‍🎨 🌧️ 🐌🐚🪺✨

Limbo

Exposed to decay

Crawling to safety 

Wet earth - minerals 

Rich soil - alchemy 

Birds of prey 

Eat me that way

For there are 

Those that pray

Seeing that as

A new beginning 

Like a banshee 

Heart in hand 

Life to life 

There is no death 

Unless you decay 

And so we pray 

Birds of prey 

Eat me, this way 

The end.

3:10 a.m.  May 2, 2026

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John Alan Conte’ Jr.

#Poetry #Art #Music #Life #Nature 

https://share.icloud.com/photos/085WUZZga1ilt0PfA92epLhNQ

The Lever 🌎👨‍🎨 🌧️ 🐌🐚🪺✨

3:10 a.m.  May 2, 2026

MyStrawHat.com 

John Alan Conte’ Jr.

#Poetry #Art #Music #Life #Nature 

Mind Control _ new poem April 2026 (w/ listening pairing)

Mind Control new April poem by MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte` Jr. Sunday April 26, 2026

Ms. Adran Elynn was tall and thin

She read a lot and knew to begin

Carry the microwave down the cellar

If she owned a shotgun she'd blast it

But she connected dots .....

They won't control her thoughts

That's what they did to Biden 2024

Scott Gallagher look like blonde Jesus Christ

He longed for those bright city lights

Then he discovered Grateful Dead

And went on tour instead

The Bart Simpson acid rearranged his head

He was finally free to be

And became a pillar of community

Kind, peaceful, thoughtful, generous 

And he remembered the lessons of Risk

Redneck Randy loved to watch Fox News

Redneck Randy loved to drink cheap booze

Redneck Randy loved violent video games

Redneck Randy was a patsy to blame

Programmed by subliminal messaging

Never realizing what a mess he's in

He loved being in that crowd

He swelled at being so loud

But was he really a true assassin

Or was it microwaving Swanson TV dinners

That made the Kremlin Redneck winners

Sunday April 26, 2026

MyStrawHat.com 

John Alan Conte' Jr.

musical pairing The Inner Light by @thebeatles  

#new #poetry #life #music #art 

https://youtu.be/swT6YTPYwgM

When You Ain’t Got Anybody Left (You’re Alone) _ new poetry April 2026

When You Ain’t Got Anybody Left (You’re Alone) —- After the tears she cried When her husband died Her sad face dried She had to sell She’s not feeling well They had one child He passed at seven And he’s up in heaven When you ain’t got anybody left You’re alone She’s now in a nursing home 🌹 A man at Wendy’s eats alone He was part of a crowd They talked real loud Now they’re all gone It hasn’t been long He’s up at dawn In his home He’s on his own The youngest of five None of them alive They all died 🌹 She looks at her empty hands Staring out the front door he stands They should enjoy each other’s company Their memories make for good poetry How can we get them together 🌹 When you ain’t got anybody left (You’re alone) 💜🙏 MyStrawHat.com April 16, 2026 John Alan Conte’ Jr. When You Ain’t Got Anybody Left (You’re Alone) 💜🙏 🌹 MyStrawHat.com April 16, 2026 John Alan Conte’ Jr. #life #family #friends #nature #poetry {listening pairing suggestion 🎶 "MOONLIGHT SERENADE" BY GLENN MILLER https://youtu.be/rjq1aTLjrOE 🎶 Good wishes, John Sent from my iPhone

Nashville Sunday _ new poetry April 2026

Nashville Sunday 🎶🌹💜🙏☀️☀️🙏💜🌹🎶 It’s a Nashville Sunday Trying to wash off the sins Of honky tonk Saturday 🎶 I got my guitar Here to play Give some praise Sing “Day by Day Oh Sweet Lord These things I pray” 🙏 🎶 on a Nashville Sunday Trying to wash off sins Of honky tonk Saturday 🎶 🌹 I got my guitar Here to play Give some praise Day by Day 4:20 a.m. Sunday April 12, 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. 🎶🌹💜🙏☀️☀️🙏💜🌹🎶 Good wishes, John

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Cairo _ new poetry art April 2026

Cairo A song carried me to Cairo Who was I to marry tomorrow Notes 🎶 with wings upon I go But it was just Cleopatra’s ghost She clamored to be an international host I was no Mark Antony And maybe had some mutiny’s Because no one is king People worship no- thing Sand through your hand Listen to a peace plan The River Nile flows Civilization grows Friday April 10th 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. Cairo Friday April 10th 2026 MyStrawHat.com John Alan Conte’ Jr. #life #nature #art #music #poetry {Listening Pairing Suggestion: Egypt Strut https://youtu.be/kojTS9-z39k 🎶} Good wishes, John Sent from my iPhone

Cairo _ new poetry April 2026

Cairo 

A song carried me to Cairo

Who was I to marry tomorrow 

Notes 🎶 with wings upon I go 

But it was just Cleopatra’s ghost

She clamored to be an international host 

I was no Mark Antony 

And maybe had some mutiny’s 

Because no one is king 

People worship no- thing 

Sand through your hand 

Listen to a peace plan 

The River Nile flows 

Civilization grows 

Friday April 10th 2026

MyStrawHat.com 

John Alan Conte’ Jr. 

Cairo 

Friday April 10th 2026

MyStrawHat.com 

John Alan Conte’ Jr. 

#life #nature #art #music #poetry

{Listening Pairing Suggestion: Egypt Strut https://youtu.be/kojTS9-z39k 🎶}

Slanted Sunlight _ #new #poem March2026 ☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️

Slanted Sunlight 

(Inside your head)

There are 23 choices 

Two or three wooden doors

You hear collective voices 

A familiar theme before 

Outside the house in Sun 

Opening the shed for fun

Morning promise is bright 

Standing in glory of light 

Everyone you've ever known 

Leads to a labyrinth of prayer 

A reflection of everything shown

Love uninterrupted on a conveyer

Mid morning with no shoes 

Drinking your cold coffee 

Thinking of shades of blues 

Grateful it's all there to see

The slanted golden sunshine ☀️ 

With its illuminating rays 

Elevates your frame of mind 

As colors appear in different ways 

Thankful for this time of day 

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Sunday 4:43 a.m. - 10:04 a.m. 

March 29, 2026 

John Alan Conte' Jr.

 🎶🌹🙏☀️

Slanted Sunlight 

☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️

#new #original #poem

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Sunday 4:43 a.m. - 10:04 a.m. 

March 29, 2026 

John Alan Conte' 

☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️

#sun #art #music #life #poetry 

{pairing Stay Forever by Ween https://youtu.be/9Z1v_xtHpU8 🌹}

☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️ ☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️ ☀️ 🎶🌹🙏☀️

Good wishes,

John

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Listen to My Heart _ new poetry March 2026

Listen to My Heart 

Listen to my heart 

Sing a prayer for you 

I'm not gonna say 

Too much 

Because it means more 

Than words 

When I act this way 

To show how 

Much I care 

I care more 

And more 

Each day 

And for you 

My heart it prays 

Listen to my heart 

Sing a prayer 

For you 

3:25 a.m. 3/26/2026

MyStrawHat.com 

John Alan Conte' Jr. 

#explore #art #music #poetry #life 

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

Listen to My Heart 

#explore #art #music #poetry #life 

3:25 a.m. 3/26/2026

MyStrawHat.com 

John Alan Conte' Jr. 

{listening pairing suggestion Charley Pride Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger https://youtu.be/hPSMkjC4pII 🎶}

#explore #art #music #poetry #life 

💜💜💜 💜💜

Good wishes,

John

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Poisonous Beauty _ new poetry March 2026

Poisonous Beauty 

It's not a pretty cherry 

It's a kind, make you sick 

She sure looks like a cutie

A belle named Tootie Fruity 

But her bite, worse than a tick 

Paid good money, took a trip

Took a plane, took a ship 

But the advertising, was a trick 

A TV Star with a cheap gimmick 

Slick sheiks, snakes, oil & gold 

Belly dancers, silk, & story told 

Looks beautiful, tastes like mold 

Smells delicious but already sold 

There's no poison in your eyes 

They know no evil, know no lies 

A life of truth not for a prize

That feeling the sun will rise 

MyStrawHat.com 3:55 a.m.

Dedicated to Theo of Golden 

March 25, 2026 

John Alan Conte' Jr.

{listening pairing suggestion Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace

https://youtu.be/4b-by5e4saI 🎶}

💰💰💰💰💰🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚💰💰💰💰💰

Poisonous Beauty 

💰🦄🧚🦄💰

MyStrawHat.com 3:55 a.m.

Dedicated to Theo of Golden 

March 25, 2026 

John Alan Conte' Jr.

🎶

{listening pairing suggestion Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace

https://youtu.be/4b-by5e4saI 🎶} 

#explore #art #music #life #poetry 

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

Good wishes,

John

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