Old men sitting outside of a mom & pop store Passing time around a checkerboard Talking bout all their yesterdays & knowing they can’t go back anymore they talk about the plans they made the twists and turns along the way that made them who they are today their triumphs, tragedies, and what they mightContinue reading “Passing Time”
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Just Life’s Way
I remember a man who I called a friend He gave me a guitar w/nylon strings because he knew I played I lost the guitar years ago, and that loss is a shame but even worse is I couldn’t tell you how the man’s doing these days Life moved on and we lost touch, sometimesContinue reading “Just Life’s Way”
Anaheim
Let me tell you all about one memory of mine, from the brief time when I was out in California, in the city of Anaheim, it was a pitch black night except off in the distance fire lit up the skies Watching it, I really couldn’t believe my eyes By: J.N.R Dutton
Summer Memories
I often think back on hot Texas Summers of my youth, Though as time passes, some things people lose sometimes, I remember bike rides, & barbecues, & swimming in my friend’s family pool to keep cool Us kids getting in all the fun we could before we had to get back to school By: J.N.RContinue reading “Summer Memories”
Music of Angels
When I was younger I knew a man named David Weldon He played a twelve string guitar in my church worship band I remember being astounded by the talent in his hands The sweetness I heard when he strummed those strings, made me think of what it must be like To hear angels sing By:Continue reading “Music of Angels”
The Bullet
John wore a spent silver bullet suspended on a chain around his neck His grandpa once gave it to him, said “boy treat this w/respect” Then the old man shared the story of exactly how he’d come to possess it He said he got it from a friend,a fellow soldier, back during The Great WarContinue reading “The Bullet”
The A.M. Radio
I remember an a.m. radio, I got it when I was pretty small Who gave it to me,I can’t quite recall anymore since it was too long ago I do remember some nights though, staying awake after lights out, at my daddy’s house, with it on low Secretly listening to country shows Looking back, some ofContinue reading “The A.M. Radio”
Corpus Christi Summers
He used to spend long Summers Down on Corpus Christi Bay Years have passed since he was there last but he still thinks of those care free days Over time some of the finer detail has begun to fade but he remembers thinking “This is the life, I’ve really got it made” By: J.N.R DuttonContinue reading “Corpus Christi Summers”
Youth
In his hair he’s found some white-gray and as his youth’s begun to fade, he thinks back on yesterdays He recalls when he was younger somebody once claimed He reminded them of River Phoenix He never could quite see it but it was appreciated anyway By: J.N.R Dutton
Poetry
I’m a collector of dreams and memories A teller of stories and I’ll always be, Some of the times I feel the most free are when I’m sitting here bleeding out reams of poetry By: J.N.R Dutton
