Tag: memories

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 09/04/23

James D. Casey IV

My Star

There’s one particular
Star in the night sky
That I know is my star.
I know it’s mine because
It’s faint and flickering
Like a candle burning
Near its wick’s end.
Once a mighty presence.
Now more a memory.
A memory engulfed
by a sea of memories
Tossing and turning
On the tides of an
Ever ebbing mind.
In the end, you just sit
And television is your
Only friend. Others
Can’t be bothered
With the likes of you.
Their own stars are
Shining and rising with
The moon and need
Tending before they,
Too, begin to flicker.

©2023 Daniel S. Irwin All rights reserved.

Brother Dan

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Daniel S. Irwin was born, raised, and is back in town at Sparta, Illinois. His card reads: Artist, Actor, Writer, Soldier, Scholar, Priest. He has won awards for his art, acting (over 100 films and 30+ stage productions), writing (nine books and work published in over one hundred magazines and journals world-wide), retired military (Air Force and Army), graduate of Southern Illinois University/Carbondale and has attended four other universities), and is an ordained Dudeist priest with a Ph.D. in Divinity (not bad for a heathen). Once worked as a medic in an institution for the criminally insane…but didn’t notice anything strange about the inmates. Latest on-line work can be found on Horror, Sleaze, Trash Magazine and Beatnik Cowboy. He would love to move back to Europe but fears the plague.

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 07/24/23

James D. Casey IV

Memories Past
(Hillbilly Daddy)

I settle into my thoughts
zigzagging between tears
my fathers’ grave—
Tippecanoe River
Indiana 1982.
Over now,
a hillbilly country
like the flow
catfish memories
raccoons in trees
coon dogs tracking
on the river bank,
the hunt.
Snapping turtles
in the boat
offline—
river flakes
to ice—
now covered
thick snow.

©2023 Michael Lee Johnson All rights reserved.

Brother Lee

Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era. Today he is a poet in the greater Chicagoland area, IL. He has 284 YouTube poetry videos. Michael Lee Johnson is an internationally published poet in 44 countries, a song lyricist, has several published poetry books, has been nominated for 6 Pushcart Prize awards, and 6 Best of the Net nominations. He is editor-in-chief of 3 poetry anthologies, all available on Amazon, and has several poetry books and chapbooks. He has over 453 published poems. Michael is the administrator of 6 Facebook Poetry groups. Member Illinois State Poetry Society: http://www.illinoispoets.org/.

Cajun Mutt Press Featured Writer 05/17/21

James D. Casey IV

For a moment

For a moment
On a walk
Snowy scenery

A couple walking
Hands interwoven
Boots in sync

White painted field
Child and her mother
Making snow angels

Loners and lovers
Walking dogs
Exhaling misty air

For a moment it’s ok
For a moment I forget
For a moment I remember

©2021 Paul “Gully” Richards All rights reserved.

Paul “Gully” Richards

Paul “Gully” Richards is an American poet and short story writer. His work relies on his experience, emotions and imagination. His previous published works include The Wait (Sore Dove Press) 2013 and a self-published book of poems, Gullivor’s Travails, 2013. His recently published poems are included in several Anthology and Zines including a short story Kool-Aid Smiles, Zine 20, a collaborative segment on domestic violence. (Alien Budda Press) 2020-2021. Paul is currently working on his first novel, that may be or may not be true, Gullivor Travails, about a man and his dog finding themselves living on the streets shortly after sobriety.