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Twenty Nine

Audio Recordings / tagged Cards, Determination, Games, Luck, Odds / August 13, 2024 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Dad nevr got a perfect hand in cribbage
though he played more games than mother or me
or most of his friends you got one

He never got struck by lightning either
though the odds are twenty times better
and it may have kept him here
many years past his stoke; trying, trying, trying

The Romance of the Near Miss

Audio Recordings / tagged Fear, Guns, Luck / July 14, 2024 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

A bullet
whistled past my ear
not in war but hunting deer

A mix of cursing some damn fool
and knowing one you hear can't hit you

Maybe that is why we love lightning so

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Year of the Dragon

Audio Recordings, Family / tagged Astrology, Children, Chinese Zodiac, Luck, Lunar New Year, Superstition / February 9, 2024 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

More births are recorded in Chinese communities in the Year of the Dragon than any other year – parents believe it is the most auspicious sign to be born under
https://goodyfeed.com/2024-dragon-year-babies-parents/

Year of the Rabbit Day Two

Audio Recordings / tagged Aging, Astrology, Fate, Life, Luck / January 23, 2023 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The years shall run like rabbits - W.H. Auden

And the rabbit is off
with the hounds chasing

the track is twelve years long

The rabbit grows slower
the hounds grow ever nearer

Will we make it round once more

The Rabbit is one of the 12 Animals of the Chinese Zodiac

Year of the Rabbit

Audio Recordings / tagged Chinese New Year, Luck, Lunar New Year, New Beginnings / January 22, 2023 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Horses are Dangerous Critters

Audio Recordings, Poems about Poetry, Ranch Life / tagged Death, Horses, Luck / November 21, 2022 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Make no mistake
every ride you are taking
reins and your life in your hands

Who can forget Bonnie Blue Butler
breaking hearts of Scarlett and Rhett
Christopher Reeve thrown like kryptonite
or Maxentius thrown and drowned in the Tiber

And the time Pinto Pete
steps in a prairie badger hole
while running full speed down the hill
and ass over teakettle does a full forward flip
ending up standing, me beside him reins in hand

Sometimes you live to write the poem
sometimes someone else will have to do it for you

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Thanks for sharing this one, my friend. It packs a good punch, line after line. I'll be glad to give…
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You've certainly captured these crazy times with finesse and grace, my Friend!
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I'm betting "slow motion" was never your style!

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