tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67830066892467797702024-03-17T20:00:54.768-07:00Writing About Work.comThe Poetry of Russ Allison Loar
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<br>Russ Allison Loarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6783006689246779770.post-14321026968245630652024-03-16T12:05:00.000-07:002024-03-16T12:05:26.470-07:00Epitaph<br />
He was so obedient,<br />
So disciplined in word and deed,<br />
Not a single action betrayed him.<br />
No one ever suspected.<br />
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And when he died,<br />
All the things he secretly wanted to do,<br />
All the people he secretly wanted to be,<br />
Died with him.<br />
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<a href="http://russallisonloar.com/"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 90%;">~ Russ Allison Loar</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 90%;">© All Rights Reserved</span>Russ Allison Loarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6783006689246779770.post-6539331991302887322024-03-09T12:47:00.000-08:002024-03-09T12:47:46.138-08:00Diamonds<br />
Another gala celebration,<br />
The glitterati presenting each other with awards,<br />
Making grand speeches with feigned humility,<br />
Basking in mutually assured admiration.<br />
<br />
Where is your award<br />
For facing an uncertain future<br />
So bravely?<br />
For rising each morning to endure another working day?<br />
For living with the fear of expendability?<br />
<br />
No celebration will be held for you today,<br />
No award,<br />
No acknowledgment<br />
That you are one of the everyday workers of the world<br />
Who make everyday life possible.<br />
<br />
Let you and I set celebrities aside and celebrate one another.<br />
Let us bask in the light of fervent friendship<br />
And award each other with loyalty and love,<br />
For we are the everyday workers of the world<br />
Who make everyday life possible.<br />
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Uncut diamonds<br />
Are so easily overlooked<br />
In a world too blinded by brilliance.<br />
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<a href="http://russallisonloar.com/"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 90%;">~ Russ Allison Loar</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 90%;">© All Rights Reserved</span>Russ Allison Loarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6783006689246779770.post-76880291093115107992024-03-02T14:24:00.000-08:002024-03-02T14:24:09.006-08:00Unspoken<br />
After all these years,<br />
I’ve finally got it all worked out,<br />
All the words I should have said<br />
During all my most awkward moments,<br />
When I was treated unfairly,<br />
When I was misunderstood,<br />
When I was intimidated,<br />
When I did not know what to say.<br />
<br />
Too late,<br />
Alas,<br />
Too late.<br />
<br />
I replay my most troublesome memories,<br />
Replacing my old self<br />
With my new and improved self,<br />
My more competent self<br />
Who speaks wisely and forcefully,<br />
Disarming my foes with precisely measured eloquence.<br />
<br />
Too late,<br />
Alas,<br />
Too late.<br />
<br />
I cannot rewrite history,<br />
<i>My</i> history.<br />
<br />
All my compromises,<br />
All the unspoken words I should have said,<br />
Haunting my most troublesome memories,<br />
Remain.<br />
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<a href="http://russallisonloar.com/"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS; font-size:90%;color:#0066CC;">~ Russ Allison Loar</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS; font-size:90%;color:#0066CC;">© All Rights Reserved</span><br />
Russ Allison Loarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6783006689246779770.post-52427964833181086622024-02-24T14:03:00.000-08:002024-02-24T14:03:21.499-08:00Critique<br />
I think I am,<br />
Therefore,<br />
I have to get up in the morning<br />
And drive to work.<br />
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<a href="http://russallisonloar.com/"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 90%;">~ Russ Allison Loar</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 90%;">© All Rights Reserved</span>Russ Allison Loarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.com