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About JMN

I live in Texas and devote much of my time to easel painting on an amateur basis. I stream a lot of music, mostly jazz, throughout the day. I like to read and memorize poetry.

Supplication

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

O Master, Boss, Unique and only Sir, We beg that Thine Almightiness (or His) Flex His (or Thine) unending mercy to the uttermost In righteous overlooking of our pitiable insufficiency, Created though we be by Thee, O peerless Engineer. Moreover … Continue reading →

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Thirty-Four Paintings

Posted on May 16, 2018 by JMN

(01) “Madonna of the Yardwinder” (02) “Madonna With a Cat” (03) “Madonna of the Pomegranate” (04) “Madonna of the Carnation” (05) “Madonna With a Vase of Flowers” (06) “Madonna and Child With Saints Sebastian and Francis” (07) “Benois Madonna” (08) … Continue reading →

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HJN, Untitled Watercolor

Posted on May 14, 2018 by JMN

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Eulogy on Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13, 2018 by JMN

[My mother died in 2016. This is from my remarks at her memorial.] PERSISTENCE: SING IT THIS WAY A memorial service unites you and us in a common undertaking to hold on, briefly, to someone who is departing. In some … Continue reading →

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“Rifleman”

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN
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Happy Words

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN

I have taken a vow of poetry — I shall never be a Person of Wealth. Strong and Wrong ATT-Novartis Corporate Hedgequarters No Lordering (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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From Memory

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN

“The Second Coming,” poem by W. B. Yeats, http://www.poetryfoundation.org. Yeats, like Shelley in “Ozymandias,” associates folly and tyranny and self-aggrandizement with the desert lands. That happens to be where the trio of stern monotheisms were “revealed”: I’m the Only One, … Continue reading →

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“Shirtless”

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN

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Didactic Doggerel

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN

Space-Ball Note: Merkanooka is in Australia. Seguin, a town in Texas, is pronounced “suh-GHEEN.” Turley is in Oklahoma. A space-ball fell from nowhere on Namibia, A place more noted for a fossil tibia. Another one, the Merkanooka ball From Gemini, … Continue reading →

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“Physical person”

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN

Law school was where I first met the term “physical person.” It puzzled me initially: What person would not be “physical”? That started my education about the bizarre legal fiction that asserts corporations to be people with rights and privileges … Continue reading →

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