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Louis William Rose
Category Archives: About People
A Sadly Changed Country
Back in the 1970’s a man wrote a letter to the editor of the Palm Beach Post. I though that I should share it with you. Hear Hear! Editor: By the mercy of God my grandfather is dead. He would … Continue reading
Here’s to the Guys that got Married Three Times
Here’s to the guys that got married three times They should have known better but didn’t. They paid a high price for all of their crimes, Well meaning, forbidden, or hidden. Here’s to the guys that got married three times … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Humor, Louis William Rose, Poetry, relationships
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Created Male & Female
ugly worthless man Beautiful Priceless Woman harbinger of death Custodian of Life builder of towers Creator of Homes master of men Mother of Children waging war Harboring Hope hating and remembering Loving and Forgiving comforted and Comforter Protected and protector … Continue reading
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Song: There’s no Calvin like John Calvin
(Sung to the tune of “There’s no Business like Show Business.”) The Elders, the Deacons, the Choir, the Church, are generally known to be a stodgy bunch, and yet, The Elders, the Deacons, the Choir, the Church, all smile and … Continue reading
Poem: First Memory
Sitting in his chair watching the man with big pockets he slaps the wooden tabletop, high, dry, and cool. Brown shiny wood, very good for his hands to slap so early in the morning on a new day. A cup … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged child abuse, first memory, high chair, Infancy, Louis William Rose, parenting, Poem
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Poem: Rhonda Running Fast
R eflections of her stormy past H aunt her loveliness O ur farmer’s daughter running fast N ow is come her test D ream sweet Rhonda, dream A nd carefully wish for what you really mean
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged Acrostic, dreams, Florida, Louis William Rose, Poem, Psychology, Rhonda, Social Sciences, teenager, United States, wildchild
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Poem: The Lace Dress
The lace dress lay so softly on the bed. My friend has gone away and left it there. That she should leave it lying there outspread, was no surprise for it had seen much wear. It fit her well and … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Christianity, Poetry
Tagged Arts, Body and Spirit, Clothing, Dualism, eternal life, eternity, Juliana (Schatzi) Olkowski, Lace, Lace Dress, Lacemaking, Life After Death, Louis William Rose, obituary, Poem
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A new verse for “The Mikado”
In Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Mikado”, Koko a tailor under a death sentence is appointed Lord High Executioner with the reasoning that before he can cut off someone’s head, he has to cut his own off . Nevertheless, he has a list. … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Humor, Poetry, Political Theory
Tagged Gilbert & Sullivan, Louis William Rose, Poem, Poetry, The Mikado
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Poem: You’re Not the Same Color as Me
You’re not the same color as me. Is that supposed to matter? Because it’s so easy to see, I’m also bald, and fatter than you and I know it’s a fact, they beat and killed the others. But does that … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry, Race and Gender, Social Philosophy
Tagged Black, Brotherhood, Louis William Rose, Poem, Race, Race Relations, Racism, White
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Poem: My Childhood
A good running start, you might say. A nice quiet town, my own room. They tried very hard, but one day, I had to escape, that cramped womb. Why I didn’t stay like my friends. Who always obeyed, or more … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged adolescence, art, childhood, Family, Fathers, Home, Louis William Rose, Mothers, parenting, Poem, Poetry, teenager
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Poem: Sara Beers’ Bread
With fish and loaves Our Blessed Lord the starving masses fed. Miraculously proving Him the Church’s Sovereign Head. Alas! No crust remains whereon our butter we might spread. The nearest we can come today is Sara Beers’ Bread. At Hastings, … Continue reading
Poem: Invocation
Regarding Jacksonville Ordinance Amendment 2012-296*. Did they have an invocation at the Sodom City Council? Did they all elect to bow their heads and pray? When the boys all finished voting and each one put down his pencil, Did they … Continue reading
Poem: The Lion & The Buck
What really matters is the same for you as that which matters to the lion and the buck, the lioness and the doe. They lift their heads to God the same as you, you know. They hear his call, they … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Christianity, Liberty, Poetry, Zen
Tagged Buck, Doe, dreams, Faith, Liberty, Lion, Lioness, Louis William Rose, passion, Poem, the flesh
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Sonnet: To Carmen on Her Birthday
I pass by every day and realize the flash of recognition in your eyes springs from a place where smoldering longing lies deeper than other’s watching might surmise. The time we spend together fairly flies each day begun and done … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged co-worker, friendship, Louis William Rose, Poem, Sonnet, unrealized, workplace relationship
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Poem: My Dear Friend
Do not imagine weeks go by that I don’t think of you. Not constantly, of course, for I am occupied it’s true with matters consequential. But now and then while waiting in life’s sterile anteroom, your memory causes me to … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged childhood friends, Dr. Jacqueline Gillis, Louis William Rose, Poem
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Poem: Calvin Understands
What more is there to say but Calvin understands He knows my trip was long, things had not gone my way He meets my want, with quiet voice, with skillful hands Provisions me, that mine should be a pleasant stay … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged Calvin Blount, East Point, exhaustion, Georgia, hospitality, hotel, late night, Poem: Louis William Rose, shelter, succor
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Poem: Martha Mitchell
Martha Mitchell, brassy, big haired, woman of the South Arkansas simple sweet and twangy A voice of her own that she loved to hear And John Mitchell for a husband Trouble. Trouble for the GOP Nixon knew her kind and … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry, Political Theory, Race and Gender
Tagged GOP, John Mitchell, Louis William Rose, Martha, Martha Beall Mitchell, Martha Mitchell, Martha Stewart, Nixon Administration, party faithful, Poem, politician's wives, Republican Women, Richard Nixon, South Arkansas, Watergate scandal, Whistleblower, Women in Politics
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Poem: A Question for the Candidate
What used to bear the name of university, Is now no more than an employee factory, Where students do not ponder truth and mystery, But train instead to serve the world economy, And lick the boots of those who climb … Continue reading
Poem: Mary Was Such a Good Employee
Mary, was such a good employee. She worked ten or more hours a day. Whenever they had an emergency, Mary was willing to stay. Bob was a good employee too. His work was his heart and soul. No limit to … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged labor, leisure., Louis William Rose, overworked, Poem, Sherry H. David, UNF, work yourself to death, Working stiff
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Sonnet: How Wonderful to Know and Not To Know
How wonderful to know and not to know of chance and circumstance that might have been never expressed but for your toothy grin. Which must sustain me even as you go. With both hands, I would part the folds of … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged farewell, good friends, Louis William Rose, office relationships, Poem, Sonnet, things that might have been
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Poem Bobby Combs
He wasn’t a big man, not in size, but he would not be ignored. There was an intelligence in his eyes, where the sum of years was stored. Commanding respect, demanding the truth, gallant, melodious, strong. Focused on excellence from … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged Atlantic Dry Dock, Bobby Combs, Louis William Rose, obituary, Poem
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Poem: Massacre
I was there and I recall how it felt to be a member, of that group out in the hall at the school in late September. Who had gravitated thus by an instinct for survival having suffered on the bus … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry, Right to Bear Arms
Tagged Columbine, Dylan Klebold, Eric Harris, Louis Rose, Massacre, Poem
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Poem: Marta
A quiet beauty graced with towering intellect, who oversees her private aims and public goals. Compelled by honor, yet with her emotions checked, she gives direction, disciplines, inspires, consoles, the ones who follow her and call her friend. For those … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged Florida Department of Corrections, honor, Louis William Rose, Marta Villacorta, Poem
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Poem: I watched you leaving
I watched you leaving, saw you wave. Your face lined with sickness body bruised and beaten eyes set in a mask neither happy nor sad the lover that I could not save It was not the first time, both of … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry
Tagged art, Drug addiction, in love with an addict, Louis William Rose, nar-anon, Poem, Poetry
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Poem: Judy’s Song
Do you think you’d be happy? If you had just what you wanted? If you had just what you needed to be free? Or wouldn’t you be slightly bored, In knowing that the points you’d scored Had brought you all … Continue reading
In a cruel and uncaring world... 