Tag: living
member name: Ricky Fico
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December 02, 2006 03:04 AM EST --
"Leaves are fallin' all around, it's time I was on my way." I'm singing along to this song, Ramble On by Led Zeppelin- from the album that Trish borrowed from her friend, . . .
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November 18, 2006 07:43 AM EST --
From the wonderful comments left from my new friends here on Gather I say this: "It is my reality that I had good enough fortune to endure so that I was able to make it here - today!"
And, . . .
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November 16, 2006 08:34 AM EST --
I was walking under the canopy of the Freemont Street Experience here in Las Vegas , waiting for the next light show. It would be my third of the night, a different theme each time. Rockets, jet airplanes, . . .
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November 17, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
Vagabonds of despair,
traveling and unraveling
mysteries in the lair
Of a journey's daunted
and fools taunted
by the eyes
of a demonic stare
Visions blinded
by ancient fire
in the depth's . . .
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November 28, 2006 09:12 AM EST --
The Lake
(Dedicated to Yvonne Petit)
I awoke to the wake of dawn
Amidst the Lake
heron duck, geese
and trails of fawn
My first cup, a quick release
-a morning yawn
Before the tree – a mother . . .
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November 20, 2006 07:39 AM EST --
A few months ago I was watching a National news program and there was a segment about all the contraband confisicated at our nation's airports; those items that could be considered weapons -things . . .
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December 01, 2006 08:09 AM EST --
I AM THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, THE MOST INTELLIGENT BLOGGER EVER TO GRACE these pages. Make no mistake about, I have it all. . . the charm, the looks, the extraordinary IQ. I'm the greatest blogger ever . . .
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December 11, 2006 07:37 PM EST --
Emmett,
Again I am profoundly grateful for your contributions and admiral devotion to your family. You are truly a man of integrity. I am forever indebted to you for all your help here on . . .
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November 17, 2006 10:09 PM EST --
Wading through the shallow, then falling into the deep . . . climbing a tree, hanging on a limb . . .
caught in the downpour, getting blown away . . . into the darkness, transposed into the abyss . . . . .
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November 19, 2006 07:39 PM EST --
As a young boy with youthful yearnings and miniscule earnings derived from my lop-sided paper route, I decided it was time I do something really nice for Momma and maybe, just maybe, she'd forget her . . .
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November 16, 2006 11:24 AM EST --
This morning, unlike most mornings, I'm at a loss for words. I'm staring at the blank screen, hypnotized by the blinking cursor. It is wearying heavy upon my eyelids. I'm falling . . . falling . . .
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December 01, 2006 05:56 PM EST --
If memory serves me right, it was sometime after the war when our front porch became refuge for a few of society's outcasts—members of the down-trodden and misguided; it was a place where we'd . . .
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December 04, 2006 07:43 PM EST --
Typhoon-like winds swirling and whirling all around, the roars of thunder pounding inside my twelve year-old head. The piercing spears of blue - jagged and frightening - striking near the periphery . . .
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December 13, 2006 05:50 PM EST --
Following Susan P's lead I, too, want to take this time and dedicate this page to my beloved Aunt Dorothy who will not be with us physically this Christmas. Her spirit, though, will forever remain . . .
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November 23, 2006 09:09 AM EST --
On this Thanksgiving Day, I look out the window. Beyond the patio, oh, about 25 yards begins the lake. Before it, spread 25 feet apart, two small trees. At the base of these trees - small pumpkins, flowers . . .
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November 20, 2006 08:38 AM EST --
Of a World Fated
Wars have been fought
throughout the ages
the history of humankind
written across the pages
of wisdom sought
still ignorance rages
I look deep. . .
our world fated
by the hand of . . .
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November 20, 2006 09:34 PM EST --
I had just spent twenty-something hours polishing my manuscript so that it would look shiny in my literary agent's hands. I must tell you, I'm worn out and need a diversion. And what would that . . .
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November 21, 2006 08:01 PM EST --
Being born into poverty does have its advantages, let me assure the naysayers and those born with a silver spoon in their mouths. I wouldn't trade my hoe for your silver spoon if you'd paid me . . .
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December 01, 2006 05:18 AM EST --
I had earned a few extra hours out of my cell so what a blessing it is to be able to channel my energies by utilizing the state-owned computer and reading furiously the headlines and . . .
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December 02, 2006 12:48 PM EST --
A brief biography:
In my life I had witnessed so much, and at times, perhaps not enough. Sometimes, what I witnessed compelled me to stand taller than I would otherwise; other times, unfortunately, . . .
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