j.s.lamb

Joined April 2019

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Retired journalist. Author of "Orange Socks & Other Colorful Tales," a collection of short stories about how I survived the U.S. Navy and kept my sense of humor. (Available on Amazon.)

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Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan once wrote, “Nobody can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell.” Who am I to argue with that? Thanks to YouTube, I’ve had the chance to hear some of McTell’s tunes. Seems to me the quintessential Blind Willie recording is “You Was Born to Die” (To hear it, click here.)
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Beat
Not Dead Yet
2 old 2 be a legend. Way 2 young to be a corpse. If I had 2 pick just 1 — I’d stay alive o’ course. * * * Vanity, she combs my hair.
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Poets
Underwater Blues
In 1970 Dr. Roger Searle Payne released an album featuring some of the biggest singers of all time — and I don’t mean Elvis, The Beatles or Frank Sinatra. Payne recorded whales. Humpback whales.
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Beat
Love, Premeditated
Work hard. Be kind. Grow into the best version of yourself — Become what you were created to be. * * * Love. Forgive. Help.
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Poets
Literary Devices: Hyperbole
Here’s the headline: Hyperboles (hi-PER-bow-lees) are the best, greatest, most-wonderful, super-duper way to get a reader’s attention!
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Education
Read 'em if ya got 'em
“A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.” ― Neil Gaiman “My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.” ― Malcolm X
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Geeks
Literary Devices: Metaphors
Here’s the Headline: "Add some spice to your writing with metaphor magic." Short Version: “A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true …” yet helps reveal its true nature.
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Education
Drawing Attention
Who draws those lines at crime scenes? The ones with awkward strokes, that trace the final pose of dear-departed
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Poets
The Ant's Lament
Didn’t mind Draggin’ a leaf From Bamako To Timbuktu * * * There was no kerfuffle When forced to hustle As sand-storms,
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Poets
Remembering Old Joe
She stopped at the spot the car left the highway, leaving skid-marks on the road . Loved ones tossed flowers near the rumpled-crumpled guardrail.
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Poets
'scuse me while I kiss the sky
On June 4, 1967, shortly after the launch of the album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” Paul McCartney visited the Saville Theater in London to see and hear American singer-guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Beat
Sharing the Bounty
We carried corn For the deer; Blocks of salt-lick, too, Strollin’ through fields like snail’s teeth, Wearing lumberjack shirts & fuzzy-eared hats.
By j.s.lamb4 years ago in Poets

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Blind Willie McTell

Not Dead Yet

Underwater Blues

Love, Premeditated

Literary Devices: Hyperbole

Read 'em if ya got 'em

Literary Devices: Metaphors

Drawing Attention

The Ant's Lament

Remembering Old Joe

'scuse me while I kiss the sky

Sharing the Bounty

Stories (23/0)