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SHUUUUUUUUUU!
It’s a secret! It’s a secret garden. Well, I got this idea on how to grow secret stuff in plain sight, from Rick Austin (Just buy his...
tenbrunsel2
Jul 9, 20211 min read


REBIRTH OF MY NATION*
I sit at my lonely, Familiar desk, Caught up in the whirlwind, That whisks me along With it, Willingly at best. As no man is an island,...
tenbrunsel2
Jul 4, 20211 min read


THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER by ACAPPELLA
https://youtu.be/U-SswXHllPw HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY Turn up the Volume and stand up🇺🇸 Kaitlin Ten (far left)
tenbrunsel2
Jul 4, 20211 min read


STAND-STILLIAN
Lord give me a throttle, As I ride up toward the sky. And dear Lord, watch me closely, On steep decente’ As my daughter flashes,...
tenbrunsel2
Jun 29, 20211 min read


THE ART OF CANOEING
HOW TO PADDLE A CANOE There are 7 basic canoe strokes: Forward Stroke, Sweep, Draw, Cross-Draw, J-Stroke, Pry, Brace FORWARD STROKE –...
tenbrunsel2
Jun 22, 20213 min read


GOOD MORNING DAD
Good morning, Dad. You know it’s really uncanny how much we look alike. For years, I never realized it. For I always pictured myself that...
tenbrunsel2
Jun 20, 20212 min read


MISERABLES
Daring, poise, beauty, talent, stage presence, at fifteen a mere child, a star is born, cold chills at her solo performance of “On My...
tenbrunsel2
Jun 17, 20211 min read


THE CLOCK STRUCK FOURTEEN
Day done, I got ready for bed the same routine as always, late nights. In my comfy PJs, I fluffed up My Giza Pillow, just like Mike does...
tenbrunsel2
Jun 14, 20213 min read


TWO TRACKING
Fun? Hell yes! I do this around western NC. Paved road went to gravel, gravel went to two track. Kept pushing through up, down from Max...
tenbrunsel2
Jun 8, 20213 min read


THAT THESE MEN SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN
I came by a man Kneeling On hallowed fodder Praying Praying for his forefather I listened quietly Unnoticed Silent As the man spoke Not...
tenbrunsel2
May 31, 20212 min read


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tenbrunsel2
May 29, 20211 min read


SPIRIT NYMPH
A Sprite, a butterfly, a Spirit, A nymph visited my garden today. I looked up to see such a sweet sight hidden in amongst the vines and...
tenbrunsel2
May 25, 20211 min read


YOUR SMILE
Says “Hi” Talk to me Laugh with me love with me live with me come do with me Touch me hold me hug me make love to me Smile with me...
tenbrunsel2
May 18, 20211 min read


IRIS
Iris, named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow, are a low maintenance flower that come in all coloures, loves all climates. My father...
tenbrunsel2
May 13, 20211 min read


MARY ELIZABETH TENBRUNSEL
1911-1991 Happy Mother’s Day So with these hands do I pray, To wish you, Mom, on Mother’s Day, A prayer, a poem, a song of love, To you,...
tenbrunsel2
May 9, 20211 min read


BLUEBELLS
Their color is the clear blue sky, They hang like bells in towers high, Very early in the spring, I thought I heard a bluebell ring.
tenbrunsel2
May 4, 20211 min read


TACO TO GO
Tick, Tock, Tacos, Get ‘em while their hot. I could eat a dozen, A dozen maby not! But if I go for Tacos, I needn’t go so far, Cause...
tenbrunsel2
Apr 29, 20211 min read


ANNIE SEVEN
She stopped, Seven, Hands on her hips, And thru rose-coloured glasses, Gazed upon her future. “Poetry on My Mind,” p93....
tenbrunsel2
Apr 27, 20211 min read


MOM!
A butterfly haunts me, Oft more frequently than not, Flit and flickering about, Quite boldly lighting on my sun soaked shoulder, As if...
tenbrunsel2
Apr 20, 20211 min read


LEXINGTON GREEN
It all started on Lexington Green, preserved to this day as hallow ground. We the people once stood firm against tyranny. April 19, 1975...
tenbrunsel2
Apr 19, 20211 min read
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