tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20295899160208638142024-03-12T20:35:01.567-05:00Ravings with a Dash of Lucid ProseFolghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216211342742260055noreply@blogger.comBlogger3186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029589916020863814.post-35074902584565106112021-12-31T04:30:00.003-06:002021-12-31T04:30:00.185-06:0020211231.0430<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white; font-size: x-large;">H</span></b>ere it is, at last: the end.<div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">M</span></b>ore than a decade after I started this webspace, I feel it's done what it needed to do for me--and, I hope, for at least a few who have read what I have written here and have followed along with the changes that have taken place. I've gone from occasional notes to more detailed commentaries to bits of poetry that are likely not even as good as I fancy--and that's not a high bar that I fail to clear it. It's been a decent enough thing for me, and I appreciate having had the opportunity--but it's time to shift over, to let it end, to focus my attentions more narrowly so that I can do better work and not be spread around quite so much as I have been.</div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">T</span></b>hank you, dear readers, for sticking with me. If it's the case that you've liked what I've shown you here, I hope you'll come over to <a href="http://ElliottRWI.com">ElliottRWI.com</a>, where I will continue to write. Admittedly, I think I've got a somewhat different voice there than I've had here, but I hope it's a better one.</div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">A</span></b>nd whether you do follow me or not, I hope the next year's better for you than this one!</div>Folghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216211342742260055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029589916020863814.post-56642472542729971072021-12-30T04:30:00.033-06:002021-12-30T04:30:00.195-06:0020211230.0430<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white; font-size: x-large;">A</span></b> hopeful forward look there may<br />Yet be for some who greet this day<br />But many more have gone away<br />Than at this time last year<br /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">I</span></b> do not look with happy eyes<br />For the coming year's surprise<br />And I will offer no surmise<br />For the response I fear<br /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">I</span></b> know what I intend to do<br />I know what tasks I should see through<br />I know that I might well still rue<br />What may well happen here<br /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">T</span></b>here is no choice save to advance<br />Though it remains an awful chance<br />For those whose ragged feet must dance<br />Carry them to the clear<div><br /></div><div><i>Don't forget: I'll be transferring fully over to <a href="https://elliottrwi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elliott RWI</a> after the end of the year! 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Although I am in a far different place<br />
Than that in which I once did often pace<br />
And far removed from where I used to be<br />
That place from which I once did seek to flee<br />
And which has left its deep mark upon me<br />
A deeper mark than ink upon my skin<br />
As I well know who, whene'er I begin<br />
To take up pen, will find myself again<br />
Bemarked. Yet that with ease will wash away<br />
As I have found with nearly everey day<br />
But that so much is true I cannot say<br />
Of home now lost to all but visits brief<br />
That give no ease and offer no relief<div><br /></div><div><i>Don't forget: I'll be transferring fully over to <a href="https://elliottrwi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elliott RWI</a> after the end of the year! Please follow me there!</i></div>Folghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216211342742260055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029589916020863814.post-38952322952111847112021-12-19T04:30:00.008-06:002021-12-19T04:30:00.328-06:0020211219.0430<b><span style="background-color: red; color: white; font-size: x-large;">T</span></b>he dog curls up on her bed<br />Stays there, nose to tail amid her blankets<br />That are still rucked up from where she left them<br />In haste at my bidding<br />So that she could go away<br />And I envy the hound<br />Not least because she cannot speak<div><br /></div><div><i>Don't forget: I'll be transferring fully over to <a href="https://elliottrwi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elliott RWI</a> after the end of the year! 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