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A non-fiction piece.

azzow2 comments on Aug 11, 2018:

I have been writing a novel have about 30,000 words do not want to post it to protect intellectual property. So do these shorter writes help you flow in other wtiting?

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 11, 2018:

Yeah, it keeps you in practice.

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Freedompath comments on Aug 11, 2018:

Very interesting! I have been a book reader for years and I just gave up my more than a thousand books, as I am downsizing! I also had a period where I did not want to read, the thoughts of other people...I wanted to delve deeper into what my own thought are! However, I am starting to collect ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 11, 2018:

I've been reading almost compulsively since I was a little kid. I'm going to give away some of books soon to my ex-wife who opened a used book store. Gotta make room for some more.

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LiterateHiker comments on Aug 11, 2018:

Since I was a child, I have immersed myself in reading books. Reading teaches me about different cultures, people, countries, parts of the country, families and lifestyles. In my teens, I began doing literature surveys, reading great authors from different countries and cultures. I extensively ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 11, 2018:

Absolutely!

When you want to stay on your phone.

Captnron59 comments on Aug 10, 2018:

How many people need that

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 10, 2018:

I know right?

Talking to the Cat 10 Well, cat.

azzow2 comments on Aug 10, 2018:

Like overthinking an issue then presenting it through your prospective losing all intended meaning of the issue. Complex write

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 10, 2018:

Yeah, sometimes I'm bad about overthinking. But I got that down on paper too.

Cranberry Backcountry Dirt road along the rapid river— tossed boulders smaller rocks; ...

dede18 comments on Aug 10, 2018:

I'm sitting on a sun kissed boulder, next to your stream, seeing it all through your eyes. Besides uncaught golden trout shimmering there, is there also a glimpse of agate and jasper in that stream? Love it, Tom, I'm in need of a refuge like that right now ... thank you for sharing!

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 10, 2018:

Thank you. I don't recall any agate or jasper. It's about a camping trip I took with my son's Scout troop several years ago.

Good question.

azzow2 comments on Aug 9, 2018:

Chief justice of the supreme court John Roberts.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 10, 2018:

@azzow2 You could be right. I just didn't remember the Chief Justice being on the list.

Good question.

azzow2 comments on Aug 9, 2018:

Chief justice of the supreme court John Roberts.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 10, 2018:

I don't think he's in the line of succession.

Cranberry Backcountry Dirt road along the rapid river— tossed boulders smaller rocks; ...

schway comments on Aug 9, 2018:

Nicely in the moment.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 9, 2018:

Thank you.

It doesn't work like that, unfortunately.

metalhead222 comments on Aug 8, 2018:

On this site way to much seeing reruns, this good1 though

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 8, 2018:

I can't keep up with everything that's been posted on here.

Velocity I’m just here.

Lincoln55 comments on Aug 8, 2018:

Take your own path in your own time. It's the one with the best view

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 8, 2018:

Yep.

This baby......

Captnron59 comments on Aug 7, 2018:

But who's going to print on velvet?

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 7, 2018:

All you gotta do is rub it the other way.

Here's a little essay I wrote a few years ago: I’m going to present an idea here that has grown...

dede18 comments on Aug 7, 2018:

Tom, long ago a co-worker gal told me that even with the knowledge that possibly her smoking might lead to an earlier death, or the horror of emphysema, that she will never quit because it makes her feel so good ... she.actually described it a a ‘high’ ... that she considers it worthwhile. ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 7, 2018:

I'm sorry about your diagnosis. But you should have no regrets, as long as you've enjoyed your life.

Getting drunk vs. getting high

Justjoni comments on Aug 7, 2018:

I’ll choose high every time. Drunk = puking for me, just as things start getting fun. So, yeah. A little wine with dinner is nice, tho.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 7, 2018:

I'm a drinker, and thankfully not a puker. But getting high is nice too.

Makes sense to me.

Omots comments on Aug 7, 2018:

Is it tasteless?

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 7, 2018:

Depends on how you mean.

Here's a little essay I wrote a few years ago: I’m going to present an idea here that has grown...

Lincoln55 comments on Aug 7, 2018:

I have been a Cardio Pulmonary RN for 24 years. When I was doing clinicals in Nursing school, I had a patient with only half his jaw. He was endstage cancer. I would take him out to the loadind dock every four hours so that he could burn one through his throat. I was stopped one day by the floors ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 7, 2018:

Yeah. It's like a picture I saw of a patient that had his bed wheeled out on a balcony to have a cigarette and a glass of wine before he died.

Something tells me he didn't write this profile.

mistymoon77 comments on Aug 7, 2018:

LMAO,,, she should be in standup.. she would get a standing O.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 7, 2018:

@mistymoon77 Call me Tom.

Something tells me he didn't write this profile.

mistymoon77 comments on Aug 7, 2018:

LMAO,,, she should be in standup.. she would get a standing O.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 7, 2018:

I haven't given anybody a standing O in a long time! (Double entendre intended.)

Here's a little essay I wrote a few years ago: I’m going to present an idea here that has grown...

Cast1es comments on Aug 7, 2018:

Rather like a woman who loves her abuser .

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 7, 2018:

But the difference is that with smoking the abuse comes much much later in the relationship.

Here's a little essay I wrote a few years ago: I’m going to present an idea here that has grown...

ProudMary comments on Aug 7, 2018:

I've been an on again/off again smoker all my life. Thought I had it licked several times. Right now I'm struggling...wearing the patch but still occasionally burning one. And when I do, I enjoy every puff. I think it's one of the reasons I haven't been going much of anywhere because driving is ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 7, 2018:

It's tough. I fell off the wagon after my separation.

Well, having read Dan's piece about the Last King of Scotland, I'm inspired to post a piece of ...

gigihein comments on Aug 6, 2018:

This is friggin great. I could hear the music in the background ...Great picturing you drinking through each verse.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Thanks!

I wrote this way back in 2005 as an introduction to my book "Reaganville".

Tomfoolery33 comments on Aug 6, 2018:

I don't know what to say. I like the idea, but maybe it was a little overworked? Maybe not. I'm still digesting. Good writing, though.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

@schway True. As it should be.

I wrote this way back in 2005 as an introduction to my book "Reaganville".

Tomfoolery33 comments on Aug 6, 2018:

I don't know what to say. I like the idea, but maybe it was a little overworked? Maybe not. I'm still digesting. Good writing, though.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

@schway There's definitely a whole metropolis there, in the heart.

Love Song Our shoulders bump in the night— a sudden gasp of breath, a sharp rustle of ...

gigihein comments on Aug 6, 2018:

sounds like an ending that needs to happen sooner than later.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

It took a while. We had been together for 30 years.

I need some input on this one.

gigihein comments on Aug 6, 2018:

I loved the descriptions in each. I was not sure I got the gist of all of them. But #3 was one I really related to as it reflected the contrasts in life that sometimes happen simultaneously. You are an excellent writer.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Thank you very much. This is a very personal poem, so I probably shouldn't expect a complete understanding of it. I'm glad you liked it.

Losing Things When I was a child I lost things.

Charles1971 comments on Aug 6, 2018:

A bittersweet poem that probably most people can relate to. I think we tend to attach memories and sentiment to objects. We hate losing them because they remind us of the past and of people that may not be around anymore.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Yep.

Strong Currents Born of friends of my friends, Among people I had known, had been to school ...

Charles1971 comments on Aug 6, 2018:

Oh... as I was reading this I was expecting something more upbeat but then it took a sad turn. Still, a good poem.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Thank you.

(I finally made it) That squirrel on the power line running running as the sun slipped out and ...

Charles1971 comments on Aug 6, 2018:

I like it. Reminds me a bit of Billy Collins.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Thank you.

Winter Kitchen Sunday afternoon in winter: steam from the pressure cooker fogging up the ...

gigihein comments on Aug 6, 2018:

Wow, I love the descriptions of everything from the steam, windows, family members, who sneaks a book and the warmth of both the kitchen and the home. I have no dinner experience to compare to this. I loved this poem.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Thank you. I had a great childhood.

Something's going on here...

Anonbene comments on Aug 6, 2018:

There's probably a lot of call for that. After I heard that there's a business for just cuddling, no sex, I'm not shocked at much anymore. Who wouldn't want their feet rubbed at the end of a long day?

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

@SukiSue Something like that.

Something's going on here...

Anonbene comments on Aug 6, 2018:

There's probably a lot of call for that. After I heard that there's a business for just cuddling, no sex, I'm not shocked at much anymore. Who wouldn't want their feet rubbed at the end of a long day?

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

It's odd though that he specifies "professional ladies 50+".

Okay, I know this is too long, but it's from my journal, and it's some reflections on a lifetime of ...

CallMeDave comments on Aug 6, 2018:

Forgive brutal honesty please. You are not a poet. You are a writer. Write. If someone else calls it poetry, that's their problem. Forget it 3 seconds after your hear it. In those three seconds, you might be a poet. But it doesn't matter. Just write. " A man cannot say, “I will compose ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

I see what you mean. I hadn't applied it as broadly as that.

@dede18's Poem about Existence made me think of one of my "Talking to the Cat" poems that briefly ...

gigihein comments on Aug 6, 2018:

you made me laugh. I didn't see that coming.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Thanks.

Classy dude..

Mofferatu comments on Aug 6, 2018:

His belt buckle? :P

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

LOL! Good one.

Two types of people

Mofferatu comments on Aug 6, 2018:

Haha lol!

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Damn! You beat me to it!

Six Crows fly from the hilltop down to the tree with bare limbs where they like to sit, ...

ProudMary comments on Aug 6, 2018:

Another landscape from the master.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Thank you! Be careful, or you'll give me the big head.

Six Crows fly from the hilltop down to the tree with bare limbs where they like to sit, ...

Justjoni comments on Aug 6, 2018:

Very cool ?

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Thanks.

Six Crows fly from the hilltop down to the tree with bare limbs where they like to sit, ...

Cast1es comments on Aug 6, 2018:

Nor a murderer .

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Never.

Six Crows fly from the hilltop down to the tree with bare limbs where they like to sit, ...

gigihein comments on Aug 6, 2018:

Could picture the scene. Nicely done.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

Thank you.

Okay, I know this is too long, but it's from my journal, and it's some reflections on a lifetime of ...

LB67 comments on Aug 6, 2018:

Intuitive mystic. That seems like the perfect description for a poet.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 6, 2018:

It helps.

@dede18's Poem about Existence made me think of one of my "Talking to the Cat" poems that briefly ...

stinkeye_a comments on Aug 5, 2018:

Reminded me of Emerson's line about being a "transparent eyeball". I love the cantankeroue attitude and folksy voice!

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

Thank you.

Okay, I know this is too long, but it's from my journal, and it's some reflections on a lifetime of ...

Lincoln55 comments on Aug 5, 2018:

OK Tom. Are we Friends? I'm not going to wait for your reply on that one because i think you have already stated your case to a degree. Get youself a copy of Dashiell Hammets 'The Thin Man' and even though the story is quite good, ignore that. Pay attention to the style. Now throw this piece into...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

Okay. Well. Yes, I do tend to over-intellectualize sometimes, but not all the time. It's as much a part of me as the kid with the shit-eating grin. As you were saying about the various "personalities" in yourself, those are both a part of me. And they're still there, or I wouldn't be doing this. So yeah, sometimes I cut loose and have fun with it, and sometimes I fret and worry and think too much. But I do agree that overall, you're right. I need to let the kid out more.

I think I'll pass.

Rudy1962 comments on Aug 5, 2018:

It was martini and Rossi for me....Junior High.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

I got hold of a bad bottle of Boone's Farm in High School, and thought I was gonna die. Kind of ruined the date, too.

@dede18's Poem about Existence made me think of one of my "Talking to the Cat" poems that briefly ...

Justjoni comments on Aug 5, 2018:

Nice poetry. Cats can be cantankerous, but their Sphinx-like quality makes them easy to talk to. You always know they will keep a confidence. But human interaction, or response as you say, is also necessary, messy though it makes be. Good you have both.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

Thanks. And yes, both are necessary.

@dede18's Poem about Existence made me think of one of my "Talking to the Cat" poems that briefly ...

dede18 comments on Aug 5, 2018:

was torn between Love and Ha Ha! so THAT’s why folks like having a cat! Me, I have to reprimand myself for talking to Meself, Me, and I ... and grumbling ‘don’t do that, you’re not senile yet!’. It resonates so strongly when you write ‘so I don’t quietly fall into the bottomless ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

Thank you very much. I talk to all my animals, and if they're not around, to myself or inanimate objects. I can't help myself. I did a whole series of "Talking to the Cat" poems, which I found fun, because I wasn't taking myself seriously. I could use baby talk or weird expressions or accents I had heard, and I didn't worry much about the subject. It was just whatever came out.

@dede18's Poem about Existence made me think of one of my "Talking to the Cat" poems that briefly ...

Lincoln55 comments on Aug 5, 2018:

That is what i think is so cool about this page. We start feeding off each other. But not like some Amazon River Pirahna's. More like some long picnic table in a park. And we all bring a different dish for everyone to taste. And then everyone says, "Hey lets get together again tomorrow. Mary's ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

I know what you mean. I'm so busy enjoying this group, I hardly make it out to other places on the site.

When someone mistakes the dick pic. I bet that'll stop him!

LionMousePudding comments on Aug 5, 2018:

Screenshot and saved for the next dick pic

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

@LionMousePudding I really, really don't understand it. Who thinks a dick is attractive anyway? Maybe in the heat of lust, but just in everyday reality? Please. And not apologizing after you let him know how much it pissed you off? smh

'The Last King Of Scotland' Final Installment by DHMcCarty Editors Note: Ootside of me ...

Tomfoolery33 comments on Aug 5, 2018:

I'll miss those characters. Excellent! Love Lucinda, too.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

@Lincoln55 Personally, I see it as being about Bobbie. The other characters are involved through him, and Jimmie was the overseeing introductory voice. Though now that I think about it, we got into Bobbie's head very little, even though the story revolved around him. So there's what I think, for what it's worth.

When someone mistakes the dick pic. I bet that'll stop him!

LionMousePudding comments on Aug 5, 2018:

Screenshot and saved for the next dick pic

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

Thank goodness I don't get dick pics!

Okay, I know this is too long, but it's from my journal, and it's some reflections on a lifetime of ...

dede18 comments on Aug 5, 2018:

Tom, I feel that you have captured, succinctly, what many of us who write poetry have experienced. Mine certainly comes in upwellings and, as Amelie said, not when trying. Also, times of emotional anguish seems to create fertile ground for these upwellings. Not necessarily times of greater ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

@dede18 I'm not that dedicated anymore either. I was for a while there, though. And worked pretty hard. I'm too lazy now.

Okay, I know this is too long, but it's from my journal, and it's some reflections on a lifetime of ...

AmelieMatisse comments on Aug 5, 2018:

I've always felt that things come to you when you aren't trying. My mind always gets in the way. I second guess myself constantly. I come from a background of grant writing with budget narrative explanation.....ugh! In fact I had a friend once who asked me why I always thought in numbers...ouch! I ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

@dede18 Good! The poetry of a situation is what counts in this group, not the technical correctness.

Okay, I know this is too long, but it's from my journal, and it's some reflections on a lifetime of ...

dede18 comments on Aug 5, 2018:

Tom, I feel that you have captured, succinctly, what many of us who write poetry have experienced. Mine certainly comes in upwellings and, as Amelie said, not when trying. Also, times of emotional anguish seems to create fertile ground for these upwellings. Not necessarily times of greater ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

Yes. Writing is something I have to do, to relieve the pressure of emotions. I do like to make it as a good as I can, so that others can feel it too. The better writer I am, the more I can share things completely.

When someone mistakes the dick pic. I bet that'll stop him!

JeremyTaylor comments on Aug 5, 2018:

Reason number #2 not to send an unrequested dick. Reason #1 is that's it just rude and gross.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

True dat!

Okay, I know this is too long, but it's from my journal, and it's some reflections on a lifetime of ...

AmelieMatisse comments on Aug 5, 2018:

I've always felt that things come to you when you aren't trying. My mind always gets in the way. I second guess myself constantly. I come from a background of grant writing with budget narrative explanation.....ugh! In fact I had a friend once who asked me why I always thought in numbers...ouch! I ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 5, 2018:

Thank you very much. Sometimes I have trouble being concise and exact, and admire people who can be.

All In The Family By DHMcCarty When you got Maise and Mose in the same story, you know you got...

Tomfoolery33 comments on Aug 4, 2018:

I've gotta come back and re-read this one. I like it, but I'm a little confused.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 4, 2018:

@Lincoln55 I am an ENFP as well. Glad you let those characters out to visit us. And we all have an Amina and an Animus, as well as a shadow.

Thought I'd throw this out there today.

Lincoln55 comments on Aug 4, 2018:

You are playing with words and thoughts a lot. Perhaps that is called stream of consciousness. "words that Once spoke lean and hard' followed by "once spoke soft And pliable bending into the sounds that I Had heard before speaking" seguing into "the musical night To which I burn candles." ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 4, 2018:

Thank you. Yes, I have matured. Like I said with this one, words came, and I wrote them down. It was the sound and flow more than the meaning that I was playing with. Now I actually have subjects and meaning for my poems. (Most of the time.) I understand your confusion. If I tried to take this one literally, it would confuse me too. It's more about sounds and images.

Thought I'd throw this out there today.

Justjoni comments on Aug 4, 2018:

This stream of consciousness babbles along beautifully, artfully.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 4, 2018:

Thank you.

Thought I'd throw this out there today.

AmelieMatisse comments on Aug 4, 2018:

It is so stream of consciousness or even what is called automatic writing. It is really interesting

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 4, 2018:

Thanks. Stream of consciousness is exactly right.

Thought I'd throw this out there today.

Lincoln55 comments on Aug 4, 2018:

Hmmm. Its not coming to me Tom. I think I'll come back to it later

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 4, 2018:

I understand completely.

Thought I'd throw this out there today.

ProudMary comments on Aug 4, 2018:

I've got to tell you, on first reading I really like this. I'll read it again later also.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 4, 2018:

Thanks.

Thought I'd throw this out there today.

dede18 comments on Aug 4, 2018:

for me, as for @AmelieMatisse I feel it as stream of consciousness . My perception is that as we age and gather experience we gather the essence of a poem like this, and crystallize from it ...

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 4, 2018:

Makes sense to me.

I realize that this is not an original or unusual way of thinking, but when I see a minuscule insect...

Tomfoolery33 comments on Aug 3, 2018:

Why is your existence torturous?

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 4, 2018:

@RobLawrence Sounds like it would be worth doing, though I've never been much of a vegetable lover. I already have non-diabetic neuropathy in my legs and feet, cause unknown, and I know what a pain it is.

I realize that this is not an original or unusual way of thinking, but when I see a minuscule insect...

Tomfoolery33 comments on Aug 3, 2018:

Why is your existence torturous?

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 4, 2018:

@RobLawrence I understand. I've been lucky so far, health-wise, but I've just been told I am pre-diabetic, and I'm getting tested for Parkinson's next month.

Okay guys, I've had a few, and for anyone interested, I'm going to post a picture of the real me, ...

Donotbelieve comments on Aug 4, 2018:

I think you're cute.

Tomfoolery33 replies on Aug 4, 2018:

Thanks!

Okay guys, I've had a few, and for anyone interested, I'm going to post a picture of the real me, ...

ProudMary comments on Aug 3, 2018:

You've inspired me. I think I'll do the same.