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Not sure what I was feeling here, whether melancholy or excitement, or boredom, or love. Maybe everything mixed together in one. That is life, so this makes sense. Enjoy! -BCB GREEN DIVE by Brian Bolding Pumped up on Cinnamon gum Like a skunk without a cause Railing in the back seat, elegantly Like a 50... Continue Reading →
FROSTED TIPS by Brian Bolding *** (Written in real time / free flow writing, from 5:10-5:16 pm MT on 3.26.26) Frosted tips Green lime dips Lusty on your lips Hanging off those hips A blip on the screen Instant karma Jimmy Dean ripped a hole in your golden sheen Nobody knows what I mean Galloping... Continue Reading →
"Be the Change" by Brian Bolding *** So many folks think they're powerless, that their vote doesn't matter, then they don't vote, and this is replicated hundreds of thousands of times. You need to know that every little act in life creates ripples, and everyone's vote matters. So this November, go vote, as if your... Continue Reading →
"Shining Seriously" by Brian Bolding Walking marching waking up To a world so full of chaos Your smiling face leaves An everlasting grace The sheets you sleep in Becomes the womb I weep in Walking like ghosts Leaving no trace Kissing you softly All over your muddy face Broken inside And hardly broken in Withering... Continue Reading →
I wrote this poem nearly 2 years ago and saw it sitting in my drafts for the site. I had forgotten about it, but it was fully finished. So here it is, 2 years later... and a lot of it still applies! Enjoy... -B "The Grass is Overgrown" by Brian Bolding 6.9.24 The grass is... Continue Reading →
'Simply Said' by Brian Bolding *** Simply said I grew up, never wound up dead like so many that have gone before laying there lifeless motionless on the grimy club floor simply said life's too short, my old man said man it must be true what a few years difference makes now i'm invisible too... Continue Reading →
The picture of me on this new Journal entry is from 2015, way before Covid, way before I suffered some family & personal losses, way before I sat in lock down for literally two years... but I'm still here! And I'm continuing to grow & nurture my soul. In 2023, I hope to grow & achieve even more! (Journal entry attached) -BB
As 2022 draws to a close, I reflect back upon the ways in which I have closed yet another chapter of my life with writing about the past and have moved on. I hope everyone had a happy, healthy & joyous holiday with those you love the most, while opening your heart to new friends & giving back to your communities. Here's to an amazing new year! Here's to the future! There's a big new road ahead of us all. -BB #poetry #writing
Shortly after I moved here to Albuquerque to 'start over' after a string of long term failed relationships (and a dead end career) in Dallas, TX, where I lived on and off for 35 years, I settled in to a room in a local church that was $300 per month, all bills paid... (Read more) #poetry #writing #moving #life #travel #movingon #introspection #friendship #nm
"Pull the Plow" was written on August 20, 1999, at the moment I decided to get 'clean.' I've been clean now for 23 years and 3 months. #writing #poetry #journal #gettingclean #clean #addiction
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