Silver Lining _ new 2023 poem

#silver #lining #poetry #picture #amwriting

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John

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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❤️


Good wishes,
John

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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
MyStrawHat.com

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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
MyStrawHat.com
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
MyStrawHat.com

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John

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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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John

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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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John

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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

MyStrawHat.com & TheNewEveryDayMedia.com

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John

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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

https://youtu.be/MjOmGO4VH-Y

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John

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Working On Creating Original New Song @john conte @NewEverydayMedia

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MjOmGO4VH-Y&feature=share


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


Good wishes,
John
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

MyStrawHat.com
& TheNewEveryDayMedia.com
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)


Good wishes,
John

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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