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water
Scott Whitby, 2024 water can heal a needless divide that is endless and deep and it's not really what water does but that we allow...
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Sep 28, 20241 min read
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Little Peaces
Scott Whitby, 2024 I love the little peaces of babies Their tears and squeals Padding feet Fat hands Sticky kisses on my cheek I see the...
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Sep 28, 20241 min read
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Let Me In
Scott Whitby, 2024 Let me in Let me in The door won't open I need to see Let me in Let me in I have to know but I have no key Let me in I...
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Sep 28, 20241 min read
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2am
Scott Whitby, 2024 It's 2am I'm wide awake Thinking about things not likely I want to fall back to sleep It's a long time before I get up...
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Sep 28, 20241 min read
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I Feel Sorry
Scott Whitby, 2024 Worked all day Then drank some beer Watched TV And went to bed I'm laying there She's asleep Been awake for hours...
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Sep 28, 20241 min read
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My Setting Sun
Scott Whitby, 2024 My setting sun screamed clouds at me She tried to make me see all day I didn't care...and she knew (then she thought...
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Sep 28, 20241 min read
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No One Reads My Poems
Scott Whitby, 2024 No one reads my poems Will they when I die? Me and Emily Dickinson They can't say we didn't try But Emily they read...
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Mar 6, 20241 min read
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Some Poems
Scott Whitby, 2024 Some poems are easy The words, they come so fast A simple little thought Will set my mind aghast Others are not so...
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Mar 6, 20241 min read
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I wanted a bird
Scott Whitby, 2023 I wanted a bird in a nest on a limb for the world. So I would have that. The limb was first. Not big but strong...
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Jan 31, 20241 min read
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You taught a lesson
Scott Whitby, 2024 You looked up and you were crying I didn't know why or what I should say I said I'm good for a different day You said...
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Jan 19, 20241 min read
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The music is slow today
Scott Whitby, 2024 the music is slow today, just loud enough the chords are predictable and this song sounds good I like the melody if I...
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Jan 19, 20241 min read
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A passing note
Scott Whitby, 2024 A passing note? Who are you tucked in there to make me confused? My fingers fail when you appear. What do you want and...
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Jan 19, 20241 min read
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Nuns with guitars
Scott Whitby, 2024 Music, playing it, came to me late in life but at a good time. It came at a time that I not only could appreciate...
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Jan 19, 20242 min read
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A window and a lady
Scott Whitby, 2024 There is a window and a lady I hear them both I came a long way for this The twinkle in the lady's eye, and the...
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Jan 19, 20241 min read
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The Hollow
Scott Whitby, 2023 I sit atop a hollow, then it snows. Falling the only sound Flakes reach out as they pass, suspended, dreading the...
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Dec 29, 20231 min read
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You Old Tree
Scott Whitby, 2023 You old tree, you finally fell. You had been dropping limbs and branches for years, dead and didn't know it as some...
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Dec 29, 20231 min read
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Christmas Eve
Scott Whitby, 2023 It's darker than it usually is. Not too dark but a little darker, like something different is waiting. People are...
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Dec 29, 20231 min read
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Birds
Scott Whitby, 2023 Birds pour down, like a rain of feathers, but with wings ...and they sing They sit at my window and say their songs,...
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Dec 21, 20231 min read
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Fencing 2
Scott Whitby, 2023 The posts are set and ready for wire. They were really ready this time. Not just planted almost perfectly in the...
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Dec 7, 20233 min read
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You taught a lesson
Scott Whitby, 2023 You looked up and you were crying I didn't know why I'm not sure you did either I said I'm good for different day You...
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Nov 30, 20231 min read
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