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I was born in 1961 the same year as construction began on the infamous Berlin Wall. I was actually born on McConnells Air Force base(where the movie "The Day After" was made the movie was about the aftermath of WWIII.I left the United States in about 1964 and went to Turkey.
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A Flounder for My FatherI thought my Pop's would live forever then one day I caught a flounder and my world came to a crashing halt. -
Fity Years of Veteran's DayzThis year was an even more eventful veterans day for me ...because it almost feels like the troops returning from "Nam" but now they are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. -
Occupy ColumbiaI have not participated but I was invited and I do have plans to play my part in this historic movement that is steadlly growing and is even springing up overseas.
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News from Mr. Chip's Side of the WorldThis a sample of one of my newspaper columns from "The Black News" here in Columbia SC which I write for on a weekly basis. Most news is interesting and happy and sometimes I must report the sad news also.
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Falling into FallThere's a point in the year when I put on my jacket in the fall and the temperature is just right, it's not too hot or too cool with a slight cooling breeze on my back going down wind. -
Thanking Steve Jobsone of the worlds visionaries is with the Lord and he is still giving to the world and technology with his words and applications.
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Eartha Kitt Vs Jane FondaToday I finally found what I had been searching for for a couple of years that Eartha Kitt actual could support the Vietnam vets but oppose the bloody war they had to fight like my dad.
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Re-visiting Disney World Ten Years LaterI pride myself on my long term memory but Disney keeps things so fresh even what I remember still seemed new me all over again 10 yrs later! -
Not All South Carolinians Oppose Raising the Debt CeilingMichele Bachmann and Lindsey Graham do not speak for all of South Carolina when it comes to the Presidents Debt Ceiling Plan.
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Keven Cohen Spreads Lies About the NYC GUardian AngelsGranted this is my opinion but it is based in fact. I welcome any response to my opinion positive or negative
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Keven Cohen Spreads Lies About Local NAACPHow this radio station remains able to broadcast unchecked by the FCC is beyond me.
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Any More Scared Dad's Out ThereAs my kids get older the sage expression gets truer babies do not come with instruction manuals.
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For the Love of PortulacaI really have no so-called "green thumb" but when I worked as a handy-man at an apartment complex this really small, colorful flower caught my eye it was the Portulaca Plant. -
The Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine MiddletonI am getting chill-bumps thinking back to 1981 when i lived in Great Britain as a military kid. And I was in audience of what in my opinion was the greatest wedding in 20th century the courtship and marriage of Prince Charles of Wales. -
Feliz Cinco De Mayo to YouSome people still refuse to believe that this is a bonafide independence celebration for the citizens of Mexican heritage. So my poem is just a nice way to remind them. In a nice open minded American way. -
Free Style Live from Oxford EnglandMore from my trilogy Life Over The Rainbow tales from my memoir. I was visiting near Cape Canaveral. One of Dad's best-est friends lives there with his family. And that is how I learned about the jazz -funk band known as Free Style. -
Mr. Chip's Movie Review My Family (Mi Familia)A really great movie about three generations of Mexican-Americans. Very timely for today.
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Daddy's Girl's First DanceTo all the guys with little ones especially little girls or even big girls like tweens and teens. This is my coming of age story about that first proverbial school dance. Or just that first time they will be out dancing in the public period.
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Expressiveness of BeingThis was inspired by the song "I'll Be Around" by the wonderful, sweet spirit known as Phyllis Hyman and Mr. McCoy Tyner.
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SC Congresswoman Lauds Eartha KittThanks to State Congresswoman Gilda Cobb-Hunter D-Orangeburg SC and a persistent Air Force police Staff sergeant, Eartha Kitt may soon have a Day every year in her honor. -
Respect the Dr. Martin Luther King DayIn 1983 the late President Ronald Reagan signed the Dr. Martin Luther King Day into law. But lately it is not getting its due respect.
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Black Eyed Peas Give Wal-Mart a Black EyeDoes more policing of the music industry need to be put in place in spite of warning labels.
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CHRIST-masI have celebrated almost Lord willing fifty CHRIST-mases and each one has been different and special -
Air Force Times Letter Writer Overly Critical of Tuskegee AirmenThe legacy and legend of The WWII fighter pilots and aircrews known as Red Tails or Tuskegee Airman has stood the test of time now writer and AF vet Robert Dorr is dimminishing it.(
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Hootie & the BlowfishThe overdue honor for Hootie & the Blowfish on October 21st was actually my second time watching them make a live appearance and even after not having seen them for over twenty it was still just as memorable.
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If I Could Go BackMany times music inspires my poetry. My thx to Earth Wind and Fire Featuring Raphael Saadiq (Show Me The Way)Namaste to you always and to the world.
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Can Christine O'donnell Overcome WiccaChristine O'donnell is not doing well in some polls perhaps due to her childish (witchcraft) past ties to wicca
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Christine O'Donnell Vs WitchcraftA very dicey subject for me. The late Strom Thurmond tried to stop witchcraft practice in the military. Now it rears its ugly head again via Christine O'Donnell.
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What is Eating Armstrong WilliamsArmstrong Williams,native son of South Carolina claims that no abject proverty exists in America or racism
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Glenn Beck Rally ShamWhen I was researching my topic. I discovered something perplexing that many of the images in Glenn's rally were white.
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Mr Chip's Movie Review "The Littlest Angel" (1969)A little shepherd falls to his death,ends up in heaven in a time before the birth of the Christ child. The rest is a surprise.
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Immigration in America TodayI first had this published in July of 2007. With the current changing scenario in Arizona with a racist Sheriff who doesn't even want to obey his Judge's injunction. I felt this needed to be printed again en Espanol. -
Newspaper Reporting for Dummies (How to Be a Bad Reporter Without Even Trying) Part 2Finally I have the time to move on with my story of how I became a career writer of letters to the editor.
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Where Angels Go Trouble Follows (French Version)Please to be enjoyed by those who Vous parlez francais. Merci
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Where Angels Go Trouble Follows (Spanish Translation/ Espanol)This version of my movie review can be enjoyed if you Habla Espanol.
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UDUB Purple HuskiesI may not win but I am going to give this purple Haiku challenge my all!
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The Mystery of Alvin GreeneHow did a virtual unknown candidate(for a seat as a US Senator) beat out his competition without campaigning and with very little money.Was it name recognition??? -
A Poem for Father's DayAs a former soldier and a new parent I can see what mom and dad had to go through with me (lol)
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A Poem for Mother's DayI wrote this in honor of my parents nearly 50 years together. Happy Mother's Day Mama.
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The Columbia SC City Council a Work in DigressOur city gave our council members fours years to clean up their act now they are at it again and one member is headed to jail.
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The First Black Mayor for the Capital of SOUTH CAROLINAOnly about six more hours remain(as I write this) to see if Columbia SC will make history with its first in the deep South African-American Mayor:Steve Benjamin
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Profanity on Daytime Talk RadioI am guilty of it to(but getting better) but I don't expect for my daytime talk radio hosts and hostess to mimick me.
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Coporal PunishmentI speak from experience I have been on the receiving end so to speak of corporal punishment.
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The Men Who Stare at Goats VS WICCAThe military has no business using what amounts to occultic and astrology practices in the military
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Easter EggsNow that I am older Easter is more special to me.
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This Sergeants Cousin is the JERRY RICEThis has been a day that I have been waiting a long time for my cousin's induction finally into the NFL Hall of Fame it has been worth the wait.
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SOUTH AZANIAI wrote this in 1993. But the murder of these innocent children occurred in 1976 when my country was celebrating our 200th anniversary of independance, our Bicentennial.
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Short Story Based on a First Memory :Life on the Other Side of the RainbowGrowing up I was proud to be an African-American with Cherokee linage but on the otherside of the coin I still felt inferior and it seemed like to be white was where it was at.
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Wicca in the 21st CenturyWhat's worse than Satanism...witchcraft.
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Newspaper Reporting for Dummies (How to Be a Bad Reporter Without Even Trying) the BeginningWhen I finished my traditional academic criteria in Newspaper journalism my professor told me that he did not think that the course had improved me as a reporter but he did think that my editorial letters would have improvement.
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Poems of My Valentines TravelsBy nature I am a romantic...I still do not consider myself a poet...but I like to write poems. All my life even before I met my bride I always saw Valentines as a day for all women from the very youngest to the not so youngest.
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Mr. Chip's Jazz #1I don't know how long it will last but I'll invite into my jazz & easy listening world maybe it's the same as yours. Cheers
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The Gift of HomelessnessThe title of my poem is double meaning. Some gifts you like and some you don't. Of course I did not like this gift. But far beyond my reasoning if you believe as I do God has a reason for all things. I still don't understand and I probably never will.
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Remember Phyllis HymanI decided to come back to writing another poem after I had some time to reflect on one of my favorite lady singers Phyllis Hyman
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Why All the Fuss Over President Obama's Nobel Peace PrizeI don't know about you but I was really happy that in 2009 the President of the United States was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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The Queen of Sheeba & the TigerThis is a quirky tale of two of most favorite four legged friends (Sheeb & Tiger)
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Just JaneI will forever honor and treasure the kindness and friendship of this extraordinary human being.
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The Arrest of Professor Henry Gates (Part 2)Today I finish this sordid opinion work.
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The Arrest of Professor Henry GatesI was racially profiled also and I like this famous scholar,Yale graduate and famous American thought my position would protect me but I was the wrong color.
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MJ-5I am devastated.
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My Fishing PartnerEven the legendary (Bill Dance) would have been envious of my Pop's at least in my estimation.
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Wayman's SignatureAny age is really too soon to leave this planet. And it seemed that Wayman Tisdale had so much more work to do in regards to his jazz career. His passing was so untimely.
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Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada Almost Free at LastLike many including the fantastic and courageous group "Courageous to Resist" where much of my info. derives we finally see some light for Ehren Watada.
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The Golden EggFor some reason I can never forget this Easter Egg hunt on a Easter Sunday way-back-when in Richmond Virginia.
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The Eighties in Britain for an American KidSometimes I believe the eighties for an American in the USA was much different than the eighties for an American in the UK. -
Mr. Chip's Movie Review "The Valley of Gwangi" (1969)If memory serves me I first saw it when I lived in New Hampshire when I was in elementary school. -
S.O.A.R To the CloudsSOAR is an acronym (Save our air and resources)from my past when I was a Boyscout and our mission in saving the ecology on our planet.
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Alone in the Crowdthis is an introspection poem. It will more than likely be my shortest. But with deep meaning.
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See the Mediterranean SeaI am sure I'd been to the Mediterranean sea before. But in 1973 I was so much older. It mean't so much more and even now the water it was so unbelievably clear.
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Lackland Bootcamp 1984Never go to military basic in the heat of the summer or the cold of the winter.
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Mr. Chip's Review of Big Fun (The Original Shalamar)I left the USA in 1979 bound for jolly-ole-England. At the height of the new wave explosion I was living and growing up in the UK. The eighties in the UK was different than the eighties in America. -
Homage to the Rapture SongI became a Christian when I lived in Oklahoma. Larry Norman was born in 1947 in Corpus Christi TX his song still has a profound influence on my life.
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Looking Back (South Africa Apartheid Policy in 1986)This is when I started writing "letters" to the editor. This was the birth of my first letter. Today I have several hundred. With the internet I write worldwide.One person can make a difference.
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Looking Back (Black History Month 1988)This is one of my hundreds of letters to the editor. This was to The Stars and Stripes in Europe. This chapter of "Black" history is closed but we must always be prayerful and vigilant.
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Mr. Chip's Review on Walt Disneys MARY POPPINS (1964)One of my favorite movies of all time to include all those old school rated (G)movies as in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "The Love Bug", Captain Nemo and the Underwater City and so on. -
Poems of My Valentines TravelsA poem that captures my early romance with my wife
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Life on the Other Side of the RainbowWhen I was a child growing up in the military I once thought that Dr. King was President of the United States also.
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Dr. King to President ObamaDr. king left this world far too soon but his legacy lives on. -
Dr. M.L.K DayMany years ago Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. Now the fruits of that dream are starting to bear fruit.
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EarthaSometimes the most amazing people are in your own backyard.
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BELINDAThis is more of a retrospective poem which I decided to do after I heard Ms. Janet Jackson's beautiful song "Where Are You Now."
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Driving a Stick Shift on the AutobahnOf all the places to learn how to drive using the stick-shift and I had to choose one of the world's most dangerous high speed motorways: The Autobahn.
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Women BodybuildersA story about the tough sport of women's bodybuilding (natural). I wrote this in 1990 when I was a student on a fellowship at the University of South Carolina. -
More Thoughts on ObamaThis is a condensed version of more prose of my opinion piece "Looking Back to Go Forward" written shortly after Senator Obama was elected as our 44th President of the United States of America.
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The Night I Saw Santa ClauseWhen I lived in Richmond in the early seventies I saw one of Santa's Reindeer...of course when you get older you know that's not possible but when you are a kid anything is possible.
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Boxing Day in South CarolinaI made this British and Canadian celebration a part of my family tradition
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LOOKING BACK to GO FORWARDMy ancestors were basically kidnapped and brought here in chains by our own people and by then indigenous people of the land we now call North America and part of my people were the Natives of America before the advent of anglo explorers and so on. -
Meeting Jack PalanceThis is my second installment about another famous personality that I met ,Mr Jack Palance.
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BUCK SergeantThe day I put on SGT in the Air Force I was in Germany little did I know that I'd be one of the last of what came to be known as the "buck SGT." To save money that rank has been phased out. Wrote this to Larry Carlton's "Smiles and Smiles to Go"
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OBAMA VS McCAIN Round 2Round one was on foreign policy and Senator Obama held his own and now we are on the economy which is familiar and strong territory for Obama and he is still going strong..if not stronger with less than a month to go. -
FREDDIEFreddie was my best friend when I was in high school in Tacoma WA at CP (Clover Park). I will never understand why he took his life. This poem is in memory of him. (written to Confunkshun's /I'm leavin Baby)
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Life on the Other Side of the Rainbow Prt 3This will be my last part, I hope it has not been written in vain. -
Sex and BBQDon't take it personal if this identifies you or applies to you this is my opinion.
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Life on the Other Side of the Rainbow Part 2This is my second installment of a part of my memoirs "Life on the..." -
Life on the Other Side of the RainbowThis will be some of my most telling prose and perhaps a book will follow. The Bible mentions the rain that falls in our lives not everyday is sunshine and good times. I hope my writing will not be in vain.
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A Fish StoryI love fishing this short story I tried to submit to a fishing magazine has been rejected so far but I hope you enjoy another fish story.
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Meeting Ossie DavisI have met many notable people,Reverend Jessie Jackson,Jack Palance,Mykel T. Williamson,Meg Tilley,Corie Iverson,Della Wagnon,Myrna Summers,Dorinda Clark,the US ambassador to Germany (1984), Ronnie Laws, Naomi Tutu and Ossie Davis
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Thank You Ruth AnnJust a ditty from my proverbial swimming lesson days in Oklahoma
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Way-Ya-Say KidI came up with this bit of prose one day at the job while thinking about my little league baseball days and my living in Turkey during softball season.
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For Those that Make it Across the HighwayI was inspired to write this when I found myself driving down the highway coming from work and all of the sudden in my rear-view mirror I spot this little brown puppy trying to cross the highway and barely making it across.
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Pebberly PondIn my mind I still see the pond but that was over twenty years ago is it still there I am not sure. But I hope it is.
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Memories of Central Junior High SchoolA film maker made a movie about military kids. And she put her finger on one the answers military kids or Brats don't really have a hometown our hometown or towns is more like a "Frame of Mind' thus my poem about a school that once was called "CENTRAL" the Bull-Pups
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Thomas RavenelCan you believe it this guy was actually out having a sumptuous meal with friends (this squeaky clean low country southern gentleman) when the feds served his drug indictment. I bet you that gave him "heartburn."
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BONOU2 is showing the world that you too can make a difference. My thanx to A & E biography and Michael Jackson of course you too & AC.
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The Un-niceness of Presidential PoliticsAs the Democrats get closer and closer to the whitehouse the rhetoric gets more negative and low-rode.
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La Luna PlaneGod's creation is just so amazing especially the miracle creature called the Luna moth.
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Enough Presidents for AllSo much history will be paid in the next Presidential election...will we have the first woman, african-american or will another military man take over the helm as commander and chief.
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Mr. Chip's Review on Walt Disney's "THE GAME PLAN"What a riot. If you have kids you will appreciate the laughs when art imitates life. But I still must offer this heartfelt warning this movie is rated (PG) so please be a good parent or guardian .
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My TentWhen I was in Kuwait I was lucky. I had a tent with a wooden floor. Better than being out in the great out-of -doors. Sure the AC went off at times. Sand got in and on everything but it was home for a little while.
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Planet Al JaberPlanet Al Jaber was the local snack bar slash recreation center. It is where I made my first and and last debut of trying to DJ some jazz for my fellow soldiers. Ninety days went by quick.
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The Art of PeaceMuch has been said about Bruce Lee. And a thousand years from now even more will be said. Master Yip Man's greatest student was far ahead of his time. And will continue to be for that is the Dragon's heavenly way.
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Fahahill BazaarI am sure it is still there. As you are headed to the fabulously wealthy and splendidly adorned city of Kuwait you will find "Fahahill" to me it is close to the equivalent of shopping at a Paris flea market.
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The Music in My HeadYou know how you say "I can't get that song out my head" that expression is what inspired this poem. Sometimes out of the blue a tune will pop into my head and to my amazement the same song is on the radio when I turn it on. Go figure.
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Here's GraceI arrived at this poem after watching many hours of a person I consider one of my hero's. As you know I am really into music. Grace Jones has been in my repertoire from those long ago days of my time in the UK.
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Who's ListeningThis poem came to me at work. Thinking about all the people that like,indulge and most of all listen to jazz.
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Watching the SalsaI love watching the Salsa. The music is always magnificent. Maybe one day I'll learn the dance.
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No Holidays for a SoldierI entered the Air force as a cop in 1984. It was close to CHRISTmas(written in upper case on purpose)I soon realized that like all my days from 1984 to my discharge with honor in 2001 each day was just another ordinary day.
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City of Paris:Poems Of a Paris HoneymoonYou must visit Paris. Of course I was not rich. I still am not. I was just lucky to be in Germany next door or two hours from Paris. But get there if you can. I hope you will.
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Mr. White Shoes:Military Kid MemoriesOf course I am a very colorful character. But wouldn't you expect that from a military kid. Looking back my dad had a great group of buddies. Now I am older they have become my friends and my memories. I cannot recall them all but this poem is for you guys.
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Duty in KuwaitHot days and cold nights. Average day time temperature 116 degrees. Sand as far as the eye can see. And Kuwait city is an amazing and beautiful city.
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NorwichLike all teens and tweens when I was in high school or in the UK you call it secondary school. I loved to hang-out for a time. Some of my best memories were my GI friends who try as they may told me never join the military. But teens never listen.
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City of SeattleBy now either I am making people "sick" of Seattle or bringing back memories if you are geographically separated like me or giving you more insight into why Washington and my UDUB Husky city is a few of my favorite things.
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The Champs ElyseeParis conjures up visions of romance,of a non-stop city of lights and the most expensive shopping district in France, The Champs Elysee where you can buy and go broke buying almost anything left to one's imagination especially fashions!
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Not a PoetI came back to verse from a hiatus that started in 1973 or thereabouts. I had not tried to write verse since my days in Turkey when I was in elementary school. I wonder what Keats or Frost would have thot of that.
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The Treasure of LIFEI happened on this prose when I was watching Gerald Levert (son of the legendary Eddie Levert) in his video FUNNY. I still get sad when I watch it.
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The InternetWith so much i do know:powerpoint,word,email, some excel there is so much more including the IPOD,IPhone,HDMI,HDTV,LCD and so on...I call this the new MATH!!!(LOL)
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Mr. Chip's Movie Review #2I use to watch Burt Reynolds in the now syndicated TV show Dan August (a tough street cop who liked to jump the hood of cars). And I almost thought about jumping a hood myself but hoods are hard metal and alas one can get hurt no laughing matter.
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The Cool of Mr. LeePeople define hero's in different ways...some have them in movies,television,the sciences,the military or their family. I have many hero's some in the aforementioned categories and BRUCE LEE was and still is one of my hero's.
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Ode to the Bronx BombersYou can't always be at a live sporting event such as a baseball game, so win,lose or draw sometimes it's just as thrilling just being able to watch it on t.v. or listen to it.Especially when you waited 86 years to win a world series.
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Mr. Chip's Movie Review Debut: Where Angels Go Trouble FollowsGood movies like good music make a bad day good and a good day even better.
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The Puget SoundAt one time in my life I wanted to be a Marine Biologist. I still love Marine Science and Marine Biology. Even living so far 3000 miles from the Puget Sound.
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Golden GardensWhen I lived in Seattle, Golden Gardens was a really neat beach place and a great place to fish.
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The Seattle LocksIf you have never seen them they are an awesome sight. It's like being in a bath-tub. You step in and the water rises-up then you step-out and the water goes down. That's how a "lock" operates it rises to let the boats in and it lowers to let them out in the Puget Sound.
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September 911A former Vietnam veteran recently asked me did I think the people in Iraq could be saved from going back to another Sadaam Hussein type scenario. This poem will give you my answer.
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A Poem in the Key of JazzMusic has the ability to take you anywhere to the outer reaches of the universe to places far away & back to memories of long ago.
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Poem of a Paris HoneymoonI am blessed and fortunate to have been married in Germany (Deutschland) and had our honeymoon in Paris. I thank the publication Sisters-Nineties for encouraging me to start back to writing verse & Associated Content.
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I Love YouThis is my poem dedicated to my wonderful wife and our courtship.
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JAZZThis poem like many I have written comes from my life.
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In Memory of Steve IrwinI was a great fan of the late Steve Irwin. I now enjoy seeing his wife and daughter Bindi carrying on his legacy.
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Shippea Hill Tube StationMost of my youth and adult life I have traveled by air but when I lived in England in the early eighties the way to go was by rail.
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The J-O-BWhen I think of all the jobs I have held both paying and volunteer I sometimes think that I might open my own employment agency one day.
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Philadelphia MemoriesOne of the best memories I have of the Philadelphia of my youth is the "ice cream" man and the wonderful sound of his truck.
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Immigration in America TodayI wrote this after I became painfully aware that there really are some major extenuating circumstances for some immigrants. The worst case scenario is that some aliens that enter this country undocumented will risk everything including their lives.
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South AzaniaThough seventeen years have passed since the end of the bloody and murderous policy of legal separation called apartheid. The memory of this horrific event still lingers.