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Tag Archives: Poem
Dads of the Greatest Generation
By Jeff Salter In the 29 months I’ve been on this group blog, 4F1H, I’ve already written two father’s day columns. In 2011, it was dedicated to my father, Simon A. Salter [1920-2003] and included a poem I wrote for … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Jeff Salter, Life, Miscellaneous, poetry, Random thoughts, writing
Tagged Called to Arms Again, Dad, dad-in-law, dads, Father, father-in-law, fathers, fathers day, Poem, poems, poetry
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After the Storm
In light of all the varied horrific weather events we’ve seen, here and abroad, in the recent past, I decided to dust off an older poem which (to me) captures a tiny slice of the experience one faces after the … Continue reading
Posted in Jeff Salter, Life, Miscellaneous, poetry, Random thoughts, writing
Tagged hurricane, Poem, storm, tornado, weather
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Leave the stinking daylight alone
By Jeff Salter It’s a toss-up this week, whether to talk about daylight saving time, which started Sunday the 10th, or to discuss St. Patrick’s Day, which is Sunday the 17th . Last year at this time, I presented one … Continue reading
Posted in Jeff Salter, Life, Miscellaneous, movies, poetry, Random thoughts, writing
Tagged Blarney Stone, clock, clocks, daylight, Daylight Saving Time, daylight savings time, falderal, government, Ireland, Irish, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, movie, party, Poem, poetry, politics, Quiet Man, spring, St. Paddy, St. Patrick, st. patrick's day, sunlight, sunshine, time
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Happy Dad’s Day
… to My Other Dad By Jeff Salter Last year at this time, I wrote about my own (deceased) father, Simon A. Salter. I hope you’ll click here https://fourfoxesonehound.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/happy-fathers-day/ and have a look at that tribute, along … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Jeff Salter, Life, Miscellaneous, poetry, writing
Tagged dads, engines, father-in-law, fathers, fathers day, flag day, Poem, poetry, simple things
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My Spring Feels Busted
by Jeff Salter This year the local weather has been strange … even to me, who’s only been in this place (southeast KY) for about 5.5 years. You see, for a total of some five decades, I … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Jeff Salter, Life, poetry, Random thoughts
Tagged Armed Forces Day, Cajun Fox, Kentucky, Louisiana, Military, Poem, spring, weather
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Mother’s Day
Where Would We Be Without Moms? By Jeff Salter Well, the obvious answer is: without moms … we wouldn’t even exist! Yeah, not only did they give us birth, but – in most cases – moms … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, Holiday, Jeff Salter, Life, poetry, writing
Tagged grandmother, great-grandmother, Mom's Day, moms, moms as characters, mother's day, mother-in-law, Mother’s Day Poem, Mothers, other mother, Poem, poetry, step-mom
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Kiss the Blarney Stone
Maureen and ‘The Duke’ in Ireland By Jeff Salter This weekend is St. Patrick’s Day. If you want to learn a bit about Patrick Himself – and see my poem about an Irish Lass – please take … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Jeff Salter, poetry, writing
Tagged fight scene, Gaelic, International Movie Database, Ireland, Irish pub, Irish village, John Ford, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, movie, movies, mysterious whisper, Poem, Republic Pictures, Richard Farrelly, st. patrick's day, The Quiet Man, Wikipedia
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Analyze This
… Character By Jeff Salter Some of my favorite things to discuss are characters and poetry, so it’s logical that I’d want to combine the two — since our topic this week is a ‘free space’. Vivid … Continue reading
Posted in Jeff Salter, Life, Miscellaneous, poetry, protagonists, writing
Tagged analysis, analyze this, characters, GMC, Poem, poetry, Shillelagh
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Happy Father’s Day
Tribute to My Father (1920-2003) By Jeff Salter So many things to say about my father, but probably the framework for everything is that his own dad died about two months before he was born … and his … Continue reading
A Few Words About the Irish
A Poem and Some History by Jeff Salter Let me begin by saying my closest link to anything Irish is that I used to like the Boston Celtics more than any other NBA team and ‘The Quiet Man’ is … Continue reading