{"id":2534,"date":"2021-08-22T10:55:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T14:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2534"},"modified":"2021-08-22T10:55:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T14:55:44","slug":"unfinished-poet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2534","title":{"rendered":"Unfinished Poet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The unfinished poet never learned to cross his tees.<\/p>\n

One never knew if they were ells or was it meant to tease.<\/div>\n
Sometimes subbed stars for vowels or used periods as names.<\/div>\n
His sentences only made sense if registered as games.<\/div>\n
He’d run awhile with sections vastly overrun\u00a0with rhyme,<\/div>\n
then switch to haiku or blank verse without regard for time.<\/div>\n
He’ll quote from Poe or Doctor No without a sense of guilt.<\/div>\n
His poems are the oddest structures writers ever built.<\/div>\n
A leading critic once said were they gathered in a book,<\/div>\n
they could become a danger that was hard to overlook.<\/div>\n
A poet has an urge for words when stepped up to the bar,<\/div>\n
but this unfinished poet’s simply taken things too far.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The unfinished poet never learned to cross his tees. One never knew if they were ells or was it meant to tease. Sometimes subbed stars for vowels or used periods as names. 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Danny collected the face masks of dead goalies and was known \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Posthumous Additions"","block_context":{"text":"Posthumous Additions","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=40"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":252,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=252","url_meta":{"origin":2534,"position":1},"title":"Final Fix","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A poet dreams upon a ledge, while painters pace abysses' edge. As bulldozers level mountains, architects build indoor fountains. Nothing in this life is certain. Every answer has its curtain. Words are said and weapons raised as the gods are being praised. 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The gopher city we must\u00a0hail also bred Kevin McHale. But Bob became a restless beast, took his guitar, headed east. When Bob showed up in NYC,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":827,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=827","url_meta":{"origin":2534,"position":3},"title":"Inauguration","author":"Rick Young","date":"January 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Inauguration day. The clouds won't go away. The sky above D.C. is almost dark. There's protest down the block from people still in shock. The contrast to the past events is stark. One remembers J.F.K., and what he said on that great day, flanked by Jackie and the poet Frost.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poem"","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2747,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2747","url_meta":{"origin":2534,"position":4},"title":"Richard Young September 14, 1947 \u2013 September 25, 2022","author":"Rick Young","date":"October 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Rick's family is sad to share that he passed away. We will keep this website active, to celebrate his life. Here is a copy of his obituary... OBITUARY Richard Young SEPTEMBER 14, 1947 \u2013 SEPTEMBER 25, 2022 Richard (Rick) D. 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