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  • Love’s Waterwheel Dancing Orchard Fields

    This is a Shakespearean double sonnet Continue reading

    Love’s Waterwheel Dancing Orchard Fields
  • Push-ups for performance day five

    This morning, Friday December 24th, I awake at 3:45 am to catch a flight ✈ from LA Guardia, NY back to my second home Florida, where I now live. I’ve no time for push-ups as my brother, Jim, is arriving… Continue reading

  • Post your poem

    Thank you for visiting Papopoetry.com Post your poem in the comments or “Leave a reply” below. Looking forward to reading 📚 your poem and I hope you get a lot of constructive feedback. Sincerely yours in poetry, Papo- Poet of… Continue reading

    Post your poem
  • What makes this a good poem. Robert Frost

    Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost This poem only scored a 3 on allpoetry.com auto-rank. So what makes it a good poem? Whose woods these are I think I know.   His house is in the village though;   He… Continue reading

    What makes this a good poem. Robert Frost
  • What makes this a good poem? Sylvia Plathe

    This famous poem ranks only a 4 on AllPoetry.com auto-rank. So what makes it a good poem? MirrorBy Sylvia Plath I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.Whatever I see I swallow immediatelyJust as it is, unmisted by love… Continue reading

  • What is poetry?

    I think it’s best to start out with what it is not…. it is definitely not an article like in a newspaper; it can tell a story, but it’s not formatted in paragraphs or sentences like a story– you can… Continue reading

    What is poetry?
  • Resistance/ weight training is key

    100 push-ups, day 3. I’ve been running steadily on my treadmill 5 days per week for the past month. To be honest, I’m happy with the progress I’ve made. But even after all this cardio, push-ups gave me more immediate… Continue reading

  • Long time no see?!

    My last post here was in 2011. I was 49 years old then raising a family 👪 teaching, but running actively. It’s 21, December 2021 and life has changed. I’ve overcome my teeth problems, had some drilling and crowns 👑… Continue reading

    Long time no see?!
  • A new year, a fresh attitude

    It’s been a month since I’ve written on my blog and I sit back and reflect why this is so. I have a myriad of excuses as a teacher, as a busy father, I’ve been on vacation etcetera. But the… Continue reading

  • Live Life Lean eating plan

    The Live Life Lean nutrition plan is focused on increasing our diet of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains. While decreasing our diet of unhealthy foods that are often processed, contain trace toxins, chemicals, refined sugars, and other ingredients that foster… Continue reading