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Nov 2, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 24, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
...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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20232 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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swhitby8
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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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