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Songs In The Kitchen
Scott Whitby and Chelsea Stallings, 2023 She hated to cook but she did it anyway A slave to the kitchen for 3 meals a day Did all the...
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Nov 2, 20231 min read
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Sweet Mom
Scott Whitby, 2023 The most cherished of my childhood memories is waking up in a cold room without the wherewithal to find my cover. ...
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Oct 24, 20231 min read
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Pain
Scott Whitby, 2023 I don't owe you any of my pain It is mine and I won't share I can carry it It is my pain...and I believe that's fair...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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My Audience Of One
Scott Whitby, 2023 I write words that fit together to tell a story or whatever Girls with wings I conceive in my secret world of make...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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The Only Way
Scott Whitby, 2023 Terrible things happen so they can pave a broken road, the one crooked and hard to pass like holes in our souls There...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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The Odds
Scott, 2023 What are the odds my parents would divorce, both remarry, and leave my adolescence so miserable I could leave home at 18 and...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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I love
Scott Whitby, 2023 I love that you get there early after driving that far that your eyes smile more than your lips and that you play a...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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You Are, I Am (Song)
Scott Whitby, 2023 I'm black and white You're red and blue I'm gray at best Not purple like you You are a poem I’m only a word You tell...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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...of my life
Scott Whitby, 2022 It's the early part of my life Crickets at my windowsill Chuck Will's Widow Is mocking the Whippoorwill Calves are...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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Sleep Tight
Scott Whitby, 2023 I looked for a poem To bring sleep and ease I couldn't find one So here this is Sleep tight...all night Don't think,...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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Now I See
Scott Whitby, 2023 I looked across the hay field Worried how long the bales would last I listened to the songs Wondered what they meant...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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You Got Married Today
Scott Whitby, 2023 My life began when You weighed three pounds You with your sister We didn’t know how Changed your diaper Kept you fed...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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If I Had
Scott Whitby, 2022 If I had an hour with you I'd do my best to hear it all You'd tell me why the babies smile Why leaves are green then...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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Shut Your Eyes
Scott Whitby, 2023 Curled in a closet Like a baby but can't sleep I inhale and I exhale But there's no breath for me It was the end of...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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You Are
Scott Whitby, 2023 The first light of day, Why the Tanager sings, A February buttercup, What the showers bring. You are The first star at...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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The Thing
Scott Whitby, 2020 Pretty girls But always so far Tried hard to know But didn't have a nice car Fancy girls Clothes so neat Perfect hair...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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Donna
Scott Whitby, 2023 Donna is just a year older than me. She has high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, high cholesterol and arthritis...
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Oct 12, 20232 min read
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Lucky Boy
Scott Whitby, 2023 Maggie has a baby We finally get to see He’s a lucky boy But what will he ever be? A baseball player that sings Or a...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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She's Alot
Scott Whitby, 2023 Grandma asked how's that New baby y'all just got Mama's tired and daddy Said 'Mom...she's alot' Kindergarten 'fore you...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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That Mountain
Scott Whitby, 2023 That mountain was so far It was so tall And it was covered with clouds But it was all I saw That river was so wide It...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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