Outlaw Aspirations
Author’s Note: I’m not sure what I wanted to be most when I was young: Archaeologist, Major League Baseball Player, Daniel Boone, or Poet. I’ve tried my hand at all four along the way, with varied results. Many of those endeavors are chronicled here in my blog. God willing, more will follow.
I was never particularly good at any one thing. I played a great deal of mediocre baseball in my “career”. I’ve dug a lot of holes, looking for cool rocks, old bottles, buried treasure & “stuff”. Sometimes I’ve even found it. Sometimes I still do.
I did rock that coon skin cap though! Don’t you think? I’ve kept it around all these years. It’s my outlaw crown. Now my son RJ wears it.
“Hey! There’s My Cap! “
“Stop Thief! It’s Gettin’ Away!”
I began my writing career at the age of four or five. Here’s my very first poem, penned in about 1967 or ’68, unpublished until now. It’s likely my best ever piece.
Thought it high time I shared it.
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SPRING
Spring Is As Gold As A Ring
It Makes Me Want To Sing
High High In The Deep Blue Sky
Little Birdies Like To Fly
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Until Our Trails Cross Again:
Let Youthful Dreams & Aspirations Fly
In This Day We Are In
Despite The Clouds In the Sky
Spring Is Here
In Our Hearts
Sun Still Shines
ADKO
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About The Author
rdmonroe5
Lifelong NYS resident. Raised in Saranac Lake. Cornell graduate(ROTC). Army veteran, Airborne/Ranger qualified, 10th Mtn Div, stints in Honduras and with JTF VI. 3rd degree Black Belt; 3x cancer survivor; published writer with several featured stories in Adirondack Life Magazine. Residing in Watertown NY with wife Robin & our 3 adult children. Loving Life. Living in the Day I am in.
for the times we are in…thank you for the reminders of spring…hugs! (virtual, of course!)
~Aunt Susie
Thanks Aunt Susie! Hugs back! Love Dick & family