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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"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. The 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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garrylcox
- May 17, 2020
- 2 min
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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garrylcox
- May 10, 2020
- 1 min
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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garrylcox
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
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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garrylcox
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
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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garrylcox
- Apr 18, 2020
- 1 min
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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garrylcox
- Apr 1, 2020
- 1 min
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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garrylcox
- Mar 24, 2020
- 1 min
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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garrylcox
- Mar 21, 2020
- 1 min
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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garrylcox
- Feb 18, 2020
- 3 min
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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garrylcox
- Feb 7, 2020
- 2 min
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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garrylcox
- Jan 27, 2020
- 2 min
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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garrylcox
- Jan 23, 2020
- 1 min
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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garrylcox
- Jan 20, 2020
- 2 min
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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garrylcox
- Dec 14, 2019
- 1 min
Christmas Blessings Flying at Me
My family, daughter, son-in-law and their amazing children are coming for Christmas. And, my new book of Poetry, Beyond the Waters, will...
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garrylcox
- Nov 15, 2019
- 3 min
Reviews on My Poetry
I hope you enjoy the poems and the kind attentions they have received. Choose “Man…You blow me away. (I know I’m going to get blisters on...
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garrylcox
- Aug 12, 2019
- 1 min
Living a Dream: What Do Google, The English Language, God and History Have in Common?
Google is my go-to brain since mine is very small Although I’m very clever Google knows it all He (Winston Churchill) mobilized the...
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garrylcox
- Aug 5, 2019
- 2 min
Living a Dream: Rise Up
Previously I am a septuagenarian, trying to get the bulk of my creative work done before I become an octogenarian. One way to put it....
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garrylcox
- Jul 23, 2019
- 2 min
Living a Dream: Rounding For Home
I am a septuagenarian, trying to get the bulk of my creative work done before I become an octogenarian. One way to put it. Another-I am...
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garrylcox
- May 6, 2019
- 2 min
I Had a Life
I Had a Life I had a life, I had a wife, we had each other almost to forever I think she left me, but I’m not sure now, I might have left...
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