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“Horseman”

Posted on May 16, 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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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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Idle Doggerel

Posted on May 12, 2018 by JMN

When a man named Bakker Meets his Makker He’ll get ice cream and cakke In the Lord’s Accre. (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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Happy Words

Posted on May 11, 2018 by JMN

Me neither. You too? Go ahead, make my tea. “If you can’t be funny, be interesting.” (Harold Ross) Your what? (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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Signage

Posted on May 11, 2018 by JMN

Been Rode: Ain’t –> <– Done Poppy: Seed –> <– Cock For: Given –> <– Bidden Away: This –> <– That Do: Nothings –> <– Gooders (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)

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“Hoss”

Posted on May 11, 2018 by JMN

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