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"I believe writing is a precursor to thought,
not the other way around"
Garry L. Cox
The Bard of Appanoose
We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”; I am here to do just that. Da Bard's Contrarian Bar serves as a vessel to project my passions and clue in my loyal readers as to what inspires me in this crazy world. So, sit back, relax, and read on.
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Happy Sunday
Good Morning Lord Good morning Lord your sunshine keeping promise to the moon Good morning hope Still here, though oft I bid you leave...
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Jul 26, 20201 min read
Rubber Bullets
Rubber Bullets The Clown is in the candy store Wrecking havoc with all the toys The Beast still roams the countryside Still making all...
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Jul 23, 20201 min read
Nature Nurtures
Rings So you discern the age of a tree by counting it’s rings, right And before Botox, we measured the age of a human by its assortment...
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Jul 17, 20201 min read
May It Please the Court
Sophists and disciples of sloganeering full of moral skepticism and specious reasoning observe ‘You are not a drop in the ocean you...
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Jul 15, 20201 min read
In My Cups
When I’m in my cups- communing with my dark side I tend to view history with a jaundiced eye Wasn’t there a time when Millard Taft...
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Jun 29, 20201 min read
It Don’t Differ
Don’t invite me to your looting parties Don’t even hint at who you think I should hate I ain’t listenin’ and I wouldn’t care if I was ...
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Jun 1, 20201 min read
The Beast Is At The Door
The Beast Is at the Door The beast is at the door and we must fly or hunker down each in our separate lairs our enclaves of evolution ...
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May 17, 20201 min read
What I Did on My Covid-19 Vacation: Chapter 3
Book Ends I am not without hope as I surrender my freedom to enter this country-club prison. And hopefully I am not without humor. This...
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May 17, 20202 min read
What I Did on My Covid-19 Vacation: Chapter 2
Life in the Bunker-Mother’s Day We are in the throes of the first great SD Pushback. Businesses, Mayors and Governors are all amending...
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May 10, 20201 min read
Old Man’s Rap
The human race is in a hell of a place when we try to erase truth from the face of the earth we disgrace as we spoil the soil and...
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May 6, 20201 min read
You Could If You Would
You Could If You Would You could miss the water before the well runs dry You could taste the tears before you feel the cry You could...
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Apr 27, 20201 min read
Brain Mites
Brain Mites Lightening Bugs brain mites creatures to light to go bump in the night What are they Why are they Why do they come to me Late...
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Apr 18, 20201 min read
Timeless and True
Timeless and True based on an English nursery rhyme Timeless and true the eyes of history have fallen on you Hark, hark! the dogs do...
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Apr 1, 20201 min read
No Matter How Fast We Run
Covid-19 has impacted our lives to a degree never imagined. One of the most impactful outcomes is the loss of the 2020 Summer Olympic...
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Mar 24, 20201 min read
Coronavirus Blues
Coronavirus Blues Is it a history lesson Or a sign of the times A morality play Or just the same old shit On a different day Fear...
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Mar 21, 20201 min read
Living a Dream: Some Days Are Diamonds
Previously (Speaking of the Arizona Senior Olympics Track and Field qualifying meet at Sun Angel Stadium on February 8 2020) It’s all...
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Feb 18, 20203 min read
Living a Dream: Once More Unto the Breach
To Outrun My Aging “Once More unto the breach” Not about war, more about reach about choosing this day to return to the fray to race...
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Feb 7, 20202 min read
Living a Dream: Reports of My Demise
As a writer or even worse a poet, I am the basest of thieves. I will steal a line in a heartbeat if it tickles my fancy. I am happy to...
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Jan 27, 20202 min read
Morning Exposures
I am not a frog Loving my comfy bath Boiling in your death pools Because I don’t know any better I fear not the Grimm Reaper The...
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Jan 23, 20201 min read
Beyond The Waters
I know we all have our own ways of celebrating good fortune. Me, I’ve been dancing a jig ever since my new book, Beyond the Waters hit...
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Jan 20, 20202 min read
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