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STONEYKNOB
And so here I sit at my favorite restaurant in the world tucked away in Woodfin, Western North Carolina. Yes in the donut hole of...
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May 11, 20254 min read


QUAKE
The earth quaked 4.1 as I lay awaken For goodness shaked for only four seconds, 9:04 am As the entire Smokey Mountains shook trembling...
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May 10, 20251 min read


BANJO UKE©️
Steep me to the Canyon Fair I wanna hear that banjo flare Just One One More More Time ...
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May 9, 20252 min read


GARDEN HAIKU
“If you Plant it, It will grow” I planted a garden Mulch to do about nothing but seeds, Then casually Adirondacked, Watched it grow Amazingly Amazing tom tenbrunsel Poet Laureate of Gardening Haiku Author’s Note: Today is the planting day after the last frost in North Carolina. Plant it and it will grow😎
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May 6, 20251 min read


TRIBUTE POEM FROM MARAH
9/11/24 the man who rekindled my flame the writer ages but his words never get old his poems are here to stay a story that will forever...
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May 2, 20252 min read


NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
CONGRATULATIONS JAY SECRETARSKI FOR BEING SELECTED NATIONALLY AS BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK MAY 1 2025
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May 1, 20251 min read


DARKNESS DISCOVERED*
(((to be read by three separate people phased in and out, overlayed in swirling verse))) Darkness Discovered Untoward story untold Till...
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May 1, 20252 min read


CONGRATULATIONS JAY SECRETARSKI
Jay was selected North Carolina Player of the Week today after hitting 8 home runs, 2 and 3 per game, in one week. He hit 2 homers...
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Apr 29, 20251 min read


EYELIDS
Caption: “HELLO! Helloooooo down there!” I had closed my eyes on the couch One cozy afternoon Amazed At what was projected on back of my...
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Apr 26, 20252 min read


CONGRATULATIONS JAY SECRETARSKI
*photo by Erin As of today’s Myrtle Beach Baseball Tournament, Jay is leading in high school baseball home runs in the state of North...
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Apr 25, 20251 min read


HIDEAWAY*
Oh my goodness A beautiful spot on earth A hideaway for sure Nestled undetectable Thick in these Appalachians Now bared by Helena Soon to...
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Apr 22, 20251 min read


🙏BOUT SUMS IT UP🙏
🎶don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone they paved Paradise and put up a parking lot🎶 tom...
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Apr 22, 20251 min read


CRASH!!!
Lots of plane crashes lately Wondering why? Keep searching Google Keeps coming up DEI😎 Roman Wolfe Poet Laureate of Psychobabble...
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Apr 18, 20251 min read


A CAUTIONARY JUDGEMENT
Smiths Birds No matter what Transpired My friend I caution Against Your judging Your personal beliefs Your haughty prejudition Your...
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Apr 15, 20252 min read


THE AFTERLIFE
AI. American Indian I was born Ottawa. American Indian is all I knew. No other cultures had ever traversed my land. I was in wonderment...
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Apr 11, 20251 min read


LEAVES EVER LASTING
Nuts! What tree is this, That defies Winter and Nature, So as not to give up its leaves, Till Spring’s round the corner, Why? Why do Oak...
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Apr 8, 20251 min read


RESPITE REALITY
*The French Broad, Asheville, 30 foot high and rising raging I close my eyes Gently To sleep And voila! A beautiful array of bare...
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Apr 4, 20254 min read


HUGKU
*photo by B&L photography Hug someone today Tell them how wonderful they are Hold their hand in yar’s tom tenbrunsel Carl Sandburg Writer...
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Apr 2, 20251 min read


THE CAMPFIRE
Standing against the total darkness of a new moon, Fire holds back the chill as Tom and Tommy swap campfire stories and sort out the...
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Apr 1, 20251 min read


SMELL THE SMOKE
Obscured Appalachians The air thickens around us, Tiny airborne ash particles, Belie distant danger, Where are my mountains high? Smoke...
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Mar 30, 20251 min read
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