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Dec 29, 20231 min read

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

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 21, 20231 min read

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 7, 20233 min read

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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Nov 30, 20231 min read

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 21, 20231 min read

Fog

Scott Whitby, 2023 It's foggy diffused light, flat and grey Feels sad more like night than day The sun is still there I pray And only...

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Nov 13, 20231 min read

The Giving End

Scott Whitby, 2023 Someone said some of us were born to give more than we get I don't know about that but I know why he thought so Some...

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Nov 12, 20231 min read

God Just Winked

Scott Whitby, 2023 Drink some whisky Play the guitar And write a song Smoke a cigar Wonder about tomorrow When the song's all wrong And...

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Nov 11, 20231 min read

kissed my girl goodnight

Scott Whitby, 2023 she looked the same innocent and sweet still is I kissed her cheek soft and clean the same she knew it was me asleep...

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Nov 8, 20232 min read

Robert Johnson

Scott Whitby, 2021 Robert Johnson was an iconic blues guitarist who was active in the mid 1930s. While he only recorded music during a...

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Nov 8, 20231 min read

Kay,

Scott Whitby, 2023 When I didn't say your dress was pretty or that you were pretty in it, it didn't mean I didn't notice, just that I'm...

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Nov 7, 20231 min read

how to sculpt a woman

Scott Whitby, 2023 you have to know how tall she is and where are all the curves then take a ball of clay and smooth it it's not...

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Nov 4, 20231 min read

What Are You Thinking

Scott Whitby, 2021 She said 'what are you thinking about' I said nothing...it wasn't true Lost in days gone by And the pleasures of my...

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Nov 3, 20231 min read

I picked a good road

Scott Whitby, 2023 There were alot of ways from there Not many to here, not really, maybe one Other ways were too fast, or slow They went...

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Nov 2, 20231 min read

Wait

Scott Whitby, 2023 The trough of every wave has a crest The dark of every night, tomorrow just wait Every storm, a rainbow (somewhere)...

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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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Nov 1, 20232 min read

I'm Not Taking Your Money

Scott Whitby, 2023 On an outing with my church, an out of town retreat, I went to the lodge a day early. It was partly for convenience...

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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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Oct 24, 20231 min read

one yours

Scott Whitby, 2023 I have one violin It has one string that makes only one sound until you add yours Now it's a song I have one thought,...

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Oct 21, 20231 min read

Good Spot

Scott Whitby, 2023 You have a good spot you like to go It's above the water and below the sky beside a tree with crooked branches. It...

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