Untitled One: new poetry July’23

Was feeling so low
Like a drowned boat
Was down so long
Wondering where I belong
Then there was hope
Holding a grain of sand
In the palm of my hand
Finding heaven in a flower
Feeling eternity in an hour

How I Fell Into You _ July New Poem 2023

How I Fell Into You

We were all kids 

In our reach there was a crick

Where we would catch crawfish 

Rocks we'd turn over and flip 

Often finding a healthy salamander 

In that cool downward rushing water 

Oh, how our summer loving would last 

Yeah, you could say we had ourselves a blast 

In the summertime, summer's past 

You've been forewarned 

Summer's almost gone 

Holding hands for the fall

You cheerleading football 

Pictures torn and frayed 

Smiling through we made our ways 

-July 8, 2023 

J. Conte 

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“How I Fell Into You”

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Predawn Prayer Song

Why do birds sing in the predawn?
Is it a sort of roll call from the infinitesimal to the cosmic collective?
If so, I'd like to sing back. I'm here.
An infinitesimal prayer for peace & love to the cosmic collective to the omega …
#pre #dawn #sunday #morning #song #prayer #for #peace #and #love
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The Queen of May _ new poem 2023

The Queen of May (a day early)
#the #queen #of #may #new #poetry
#a #day #early #everyday #poet #poem

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Silver Lining _ new 2023 poem

#silver #lining #poetry #picture #amwriting

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The New South _ new poem March 2023

The New South

It was one of the best meals I ate
As I cleared that dinner plate
With fried chicken in my mouth
It read: Welcome to The New South
We do not segregate
We learned old Jim Crow
Isn't the way to grow
Now I'm waiting on a train
For my cousin from Maine
As I stare at those tracks
Ghosts appear with whipped backs
Listen to these words from my mouth
Down here in The New South
We aren't afraid of some CRT
A losing man was General Lee
We do not segregate
We learned old Jim Crow
Isn't the way to grow
Now I'm on a talking panel
On the Bluegrass Junction channel
We learned to live a new way
And it's more than words we say
Our doors are open as long as you can stay
{March 11, 2023 MyStrawHat.com}

Asked to Take Photo of Me for Fashion

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 #pennsylvania

Dad _ #ThrowBackThursday _ Love Light

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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Dear AARP This Is Our $ NOT GOP!

Dear @AARP,
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 MONEY

Winter Morning: Mourning Doves _ new poem

Early winter morning brings
Whistling of a mourning doves wings
As they fly from the ground to sky
It may sound like a lament; a cry
But that's just what their wings are doing
Doves are mainly monogamous; cooing
Open the door and hear their sound
In the moment, we know we're still around
—Winter Morning
Poet, John Conte
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2022 Backyard Highlight Award: Nature Wins

2022 Backyard Highlight Award: Nature Wins = Hawk is hanging out on fence. Cat jumps up, sticks the landing like an ex-pro and scurries like the squirrels do along the top of the fence. Amazing 😻 #nature #wins #backyard #hightlight #award #top #cat #hawk #jump #on #fence #perfect #balance #outdoors #newyear #2022 #outside #photo #happy #healthy #joyful #safe #2023

So You Know _ new poem

Fever drew me back home again
Floating outside my father's den
Praying I can read all the books
Without it being like what it looks
Lying in a fever dream death bed
Remembering every inch of homestead
I love my family so and I hope they know
When I'm buried I won't let go …
Oh, no, I love you so … so you know
—- So You Know
John Conte
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December 29, 2002

A New Year Poem _ new poetry

What we may wish for today
Some people say …
That a cardinal is a loved one past
That a cardinal is signaling love does last
And those cardinals all alone in the snow
They are here at year end and another to go
As December comes to a close
January skies may be dark but stars will glow
Days, weeks, months, years pass us by
As simple as it is, it's a gift to be alive
Happy New Year to you and yours
—-A New Year Poem
By John Conte
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By the Numbers: Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead

By the Numbers: Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead

Will Trump’s #SCOTUS End Democracy? _What Mark Twain Would Say

If Mark Twain were alive today he'd write that the Independent Legislature theory that #SCOTUS just heard allows for the equivalent of a "participation trophy" in our politics for political losers.
…And, furthermore, encourages habitual losers.
#MarkTwain #American #democracy #writer

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Happy Democracy = Anti-Imperialism

Thankful to have grown up in the hills very near the Indian Village of Logstown, Reverand Father Joseph De Bonnecamps, S.J. celebrated the first Holy Catholic mass in South Western Pennsylvania, Beaver County, August 9, 1749 = with democracy for all and anti-imperialism #grateful

Loretto PA GOAT _ New Nov 2022 Poem Song

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Existence Proceeds Essence

Reaching back out to you breaking day
Pittsburgh morn stretching to West LA
My morning prayer includes good stuff
Praying for plants, animals and, well, us
There is no greater freedom than to be
A people who choose and act to be free
It's our existence that proceeds essence

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Working On Guitar for Original New Song

Sing 🎶 along 🎼 music 🎵 

Been #working #on this new song since 3am March 2nd 2022 when I heard it in my head. Looking forward to shaping it up with some friends soon

https://youtu.be/MjOmGO4VH-Y

#sing #along #music #new #song #fender #nashville #telecaster #electric #guitar #fender #sonic #amp #room #setting #pittsburgh #pennsylvania #edgeworth #basement #sun #sunshine #summer #weekend #weekendvibes #recording #playing #original #friends

8/7/2022

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Working On Creating Original New Song @john conte @NewEverydayMedia

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Sing 🎶 along 🎼 music 🎵
Been #working #on this new song since 3am March 2nd 2022 when I heard it in my head. Looking forward to shaping it up with some friends soon
#sing #along #music #new #song #fender #nashville #telecaster #electric #guitar #fender #sonic #amp #room #setting #pittsburgh #pennsylvania #edgeworth #basement #sun #sunshine #summer #weekend #weekendvibes #recording #playing #original #friends


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8/8/2022

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A Drive in the Country _ new poem July’22

"A Drive in the Country" written 3:30am 7/21
#new #poem #a #drive #in #the #country #everyday #poetry #amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #writer #poetrycommunity #poet #nature #water #green #grass #trees #emerald #shade #sun

Difference Between Dreams & Lies

The Difference Between Dreams & Lies

Difference between dreams and lies
Difference between a flower and a gun
It's identifiable in the eyes
Those of ecstatic innocence
Those of sneaky spies
There is love in dreams
There is hate in lies
Dreams inspire good
Lies make people die

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Summer 2022

“When Tuesdays Are Saturday”

"When Tuesdays Are Saturday"

Sometimes it locks in place
Like a pod taken you to space

2am headlights turning on now
Mountain fire too high to drown

Cold and wet keep moving on
'Til the breaking light of dawn

And for a Tuesday night
It sure feels like a Saturday

And for a Tuesday night
It sure feels like a Saturday

And for a Tuesday night
It sure feels like a Saturday 😎🌹

This river could swallow our whole crew
Better build ourselves a good canoe

Gotta get out sometime and head west
Yet not quite influenced it's really best

Looking to cash in on a promise made
Keep moving along so we all get paid

And for a Tuesday night
It sure feels like a Saturday 😎🌹

And for a Tuesday night
It sure feels like a Saturday 😎🌹

And for a Tuesday night
It sure feels like a Saturday 😎🌹


Versus

(6 lines in sets of 2 = 3 sets of 2 for each = total of 12 lines broken in half for chorus in middle and then chorus at end)

A. E. F. C.

1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2

1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2
————-
1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2

1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2
————-
1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2

1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2 / 1 - 1, 2

(Waltz(y) Hearts & Minds Son Volt)

Chorus 3x

Da - da - da, da, da night

Da - da, da …. like a Saturday

————

Da - da - da, da, da night

Da - da, da …. like a Saturday

————-

Da - da - da, da, da night

Da - da, da …. like a Saturday


Same rhythm / timing from versus in between each chorus

(Holding onto notes for pauses coordinated with lyrics for rhythmic melodic emphasis)


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Time in a Picture _ new poetry 2022

Poetry

Time in a Picture

Written just about an hour ago

#poetry #picture #time #now #just #about #an #hour #ago

All Encompassing Love: activation of energy dream

All Encompassing Love: activation of energy dream January 28, 2022 journal entry #page #writing #journal #january #middle #night #early #winter #snow #morning #activation #of #energy #dream #meditation #all #encompassing #love

Friends _ journal entry Dec 10, 2021

The Heart That Is Everything _ new October 2021 poem

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American Words _ new poetry September 2021

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Escape Velocity _ new 2021 poem

Inspired poem while reading @michiokaku's The God Equation. Saturday & Sunday I voraciously read up to page 122. It's a great read at a good time. It's not only physics but also a form of sociological insight. @Morning_Joe @MSNBC @nytimes @NewYorker @latimes @WIRED @physorg_com

March 2019 (the last of Parker Bean the best Lhasa Apso ever)

This time of year
Beginning March
Snow reflecting a muted sun
On wintertime's hard ground
Earth frozen and spinning
Tilting for spring to start
This time of year has a sound
A morning song chirping along
Everything alive is stirring
Insides churning and yearning
Here comes flowers bursting through
As the cabin door lets in early sunlight
It smells like melting snow and pine
Decayed leaves and nor'easter winds
Coffee shrugging off the veil of night
March 3, 2019
John Conte
MyStrawHat.com
& TheNewEveryDayMedia.com #this #time #of #year #new #poetry #earth #winter #spring #snow #sun #sound #smell #flowers #birds #singing #everyday #writing #newmedia #authentic #original #poet #nofilter

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Here I Stand _ new poem January 2021

Again I'm waiting for spring so I can see

Pink & white blossoms on apple trees

Standing in the pouring rain

Down over my back feeling no pain

It's not God who put fear in you

I fought something to help us thru

Can't you imagine what's in their head

Dreaming they're talking with the dead

When I'm beside you I don't want to say goodbye

That's not in the plan

So here I am - hello

An average man - I know

Here I stand 

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written by John Conte at 12:30am January 5, 2021

Nashville Tennessee _ new December poem 2019

I used to believe in justice 

And how things outta be

Then I saw a person hanging from a tree 

I couldn’t believe they called this place free 

That’s when I moved to Nashville Tennessee 

You’re grown enough to know what’s wrong

Feel the existential truth in this here song 

It’s a coming around the bend 

It’s your destiny - just hit send 

Like a stormy day when the sun comes out

Listening to music that makes you shout 

There isn’t time for you to be fuss’n about 

Pack your things & tune your strings to the city 

There ain’t a place like Nashville Tennessee 

Black, brown, red, yellow, white you may be 

There ain’t a better city to be feeling free 

You’re grown enough to know what’s wrong

Feel the existential truth in this here song 

It’s a coming around the bend 

It’s your destiny - just hit send 

Like a stormy day when the sun comes out

Listening to music that makes you shout 

Come play with me in Nashville Tennessee 

Written December 3, 2019

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*Dedicated 2 the 2 girls who rocked my world in Nashville

My Parker Bean _ poem

‪My Parker Bean‬
‪I have memories of you‬
‪And I have pictures too‬
‪I haven’t pulled out all the old video ‬
‪I wouldn’t be able to get up and go‬
‪And I know I’d go down a rabbit hole ‬
‪So I am grateful you’re in my dreams ‬
‪You’re proof life is better than it seems ‬
‪-John Conte- written October 30, 2019- #dogs #pets #love #forever #memories #video #dreams#pictures #everyday #life #new #poetry #poet #dedicated #dog #poem#my #parker #bean #lhasaapso

"Starlight" _ new poetry for Labor Day Weekend 2019

John Conte San Francisco 1997 Russian Hill Jack Kerouac House

“Starlight”

That’s an impressive file

It reads like a vowel 

I vowel to love you.

I vowel to love the Earth.

I know what it’s worth.

It’s meant to be free.

The magnetic pull of the tides

It’s in your eyes

As they roll back

Starlight stirs 

The fire inside 

john conte mystrawhat.com

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3am August 30, 2019

"Tragic Animals" _ August 2019 new poem

*Tragic Animals

Creatures of the night 

Practicing in the day

In the heat of lights shinning bright

They had something to say

People loved to hear them play 

It’s as much about statistics 

As it is the nature of the game 

Sex, drugs & rock n roll

Can really take a toll

You got high because you got sad

Not thinking about it like a dad

A shotgun blast above the garage

Or passing on in rehab 

Wolves howl at the moon

For all of us who leave too soon

A wolf howling at the sky

Don’t you know, don’t you know 

You’re a shooting star passing by

John Conte August 2019

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For "BUDDY" (Greg Erhard). Buddy came up with the title for it and was the inspiration to create such a poem based on an intellectual musicologist conversation we've been having

Learning to Live _ New Poem April 2019

Learning to Live 

When passing a man on the side of the road 

Kneeling in some grass on the hill at a cross

His stretched arms placing an Easter wreath 

“Me, oh, my,” about death I started to speak 

Thoughts to myself about life and loss

Seeing stiff green stems dressed up with red

When all else of the hillside is rotted and dead

Inching its way down under the concrete bridge

I saw her profile and recalled what she had said 

“It’s the life cycle and it’s okay for you to cry”

I had to wrestle with my mind to realize why

Learn about living before we’re dying to be alive 

I had to confront what it is to die and to live

It’s okay to cry and think about death to be alive

New spring winds blow winter’s grime in my eye 

With all this suffering from death we must live 

In a way it’s my job to be this example to give 

Saturday April 13, 2019

John Conte

Poet

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Lonesome Feeling _ new March poem 2019

Lonesome Feeling 

How can I make this lonesome feeling

Go away like a shadow on the ceiling

I want to feel normal again

Like it’s morning about a half past ten

And we got all day together 

Every time I said I love you 

I meant forever and ever 

John Conte

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March 24, 2019

*Dedicated to Parker Bean Conte

May 2003 - March 20, 2019

Never Again _ new poem March 2019

Never Again

It’s not 

“I promise God,

I’ll never drink that much again.”

It’s the reality of your 15 almost 16

Year old beloved Lhasa Apso Parker Bean

Will not be there at your legs while sleep,

You’re not waking up to him ready to go

In cold, rain, sleet, dark, frigid, blinding snow.

He’s gone and nothing’s gonna bring him back.

Never again will he be waiting at the door for you

When you come home from whatever stole you.

Never again will you walk sidewalks together.

Never again. Until the end. Until the end.

This is the end. This is the end, my friend.

My heart is drenched in wine.

You’ll be on my mind.

Forever 

John Conte

March 23, 2019

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*Dedicated to Parker Bean Conte

May 2003 - March 20, 2019

Love Song _ new lyrical poem _ February 2019 _ dream song

Love Song

If I tell you

That I love you

And we’ll never be apart

Is that a perfect place to start

So I can win your heart 

If I say it’s forever 

That It will be 

I’m all in

Does that seem

Like a good place to begin

If I take you 

In my arms

Show you that I’m strong

Make you feel I’ll

Never do you harm

Can we share a home

Where will be together 

And never feel alone

Together forever 

In a place of our own

Oh oh what a love song

Oh oh where we belong

No there’s nothing wrong 

Since you came along

My light is always on

February 2, 2019

*pre-dawn John Conte

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*woke up with this fresh song in my head this morning with the words to 

an acoustic guitar melody 

= in my head it sounded like 

a cross between the band Ween and 

Simon & Garfunkel