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High School Reunion Musical
Someone told me once we never grow beyond the point we turn the age eighteen: what insecurities we carried then still manifest themselves throughout our lives. That makes those speeches every June (you know the ones that say life’s just … Continue reading
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Tagged blank verse, daily poems, high school, maturity, reunions, sonnet
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Graduation Day Approaches
My daughter graduates from high school tomorrow. This momentous occasion reminds me of the dreadful speeches I had to sit through at my own high school graduation, some 22 years ago. You know the kind of speeches I’m talking about, … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Poems, Statements
Tagged graduation, high school, parody, sarcasm, speeches
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Biography in Song, continued
OK, here’s where it’s going to get tricky. After high school, with full time employment, my album purchasing power increased dramatically. A lot of energy was spent building a record collection. I’d go out and buy complete catalogs (yea, a … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, high school, idols, influences, inspiration, music
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Idols and Influences, continued
OK, so the previous set of idols and influences ended with 1977. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be exploring the subsequent years and the albums/artists that shaped my world as a Musician. Included will be the following, identified in … Continue reading
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Tagged high school, idols, influences, inspiration, music, music education
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Declining an RSVP
We have killed two decades with our lives; Clocks and pocket-watches, notebooks and meetings have spoken to us in the language of Ur, a Babylonian-Chaldean moonmist frenzy of words and tired metaphors. In twenty years you’d think I might’ve found … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement, daily poems, high school, personal history, regret, relationships, reunions
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The class struggle …
This week is “Spirit Week” at our daughter’s high school, and of course, as one of the beautiful people, she is anxious to participate in as many of the events, as enthusiastically as possible. I think it’s all well and … Continue reading