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BIO
D. Knape is mostly inactive, retired and set in his ways.
However he writes poetry as a way to keep his mind engaged.
His mind tends to drift like gnarled old wood to a shore.
Nevertheless he tries to have at least one good thought per day.
What washes up, he describes as poetry.
- d.knape
11-16-17 |
Whon,
Texas 12-27-17
The
Lesson of Trees 12-26-17
The
Gift of Good Will
12-19-17
Tablecloth
12-12-17
Older
Than Dirt 12-5-17
Discovery
11-28-17
Something
Always Comes Along 11-21-17
Somebody
11-14-17
Sibling
Rivalry 11-7-17
I've
Got Mail 10-31-17
Silent
Wings 10-24-17
Wild
Lantana 10-17-17
Inside
a Photo 10-10-17
Thrall,
Texas 10-2-17
Autumn
9-22-17
Hey
Diddle Diddle 9-19-17
Nighthawks
9-5-17
Hurricanes
and Days of Rain 8-31-17
In
the Dark 8-28-17
Back
to School 8-22-17
French
Fries 8-14-17
In
Our Hearts In Memoriam 8-8-17
Shoe
Tree 8-1-17
Lint
7-25-17
Conversation
7-25-17
Poking
Holes 7-18-17
Sunflower
7-18-17
I
Hear America Texting 7-11-17
Poverty
7-3-17
All
Dressed Up 7-3-17
Yellow
Jacket 6-27-17
Yesterday
6-27-17
Shells
6-19-17
For
Father's Day 6-16-17
Like
Children 6-13-17
Here
Comes Happiness 6-6-17
50
Percent 6-6-17
Cave
Tour 5-30-17
The Happiest Of Boys 5-23-17
My
Condition 5-16-17
Birds
& Windows 5-16-17
Squirrel's
Tale 5-9-17
Autism
Speaking 5-2-17
Two
Graves Side by Side 4-25-17
Wall
Trophy 4-18-17
Catch
Me If You Can 4-11-17
Rek,
Texas 4-9-17
Worried
Moon 4-4-17
Godly
Humor 3-28-17
Old
Stumps 3-21-17
Mockingbird
Aria 3-14-17
Strandbeest
3-7-17
In
Winter Woods 2-27-17
Dance
of Birds 2-20-17
Death
Of A Water Tower 2-14-17
Chasing
Rabbits 2-7-17
The
Homecoming 1-31-17
Sequoia
1-24-17
Needle
In The Haystack 1-17-17
Wild
Geese 1-10-17
Is
God A Woman 1-3-17
Running
Out the Clock 12-31-16
Old
Shoes 12-27-16
The
Spirit Of Christmas 12-21-16
Fleeing
The Scene 12-19-16
A
Walk before Christmas 12-13-16
When
Christmas Came 12-6-16
Fruitcake
11-29-16
National
Symbol 11-22-16
Wink
In His Eye 11-14-16
The
Only Child 11-14-16
The
Eye Is Hungry 11-7-16
Deaf
& Dumb 11-1-16
Halloween
Posting 10-31-16
Nothing
Left To Say 10-24-16
Mushrooms
10-24-16
Poem
In Past Tense 10-17-16
Grackle
10-11-16
Not
So Hot 10-4-16
Clogged
Arteries 9-27-16
Going
Home 9-19-16
Frustration
9-19-16
Oh
Silv'ry Moon 9-12-16
Slide,
Texas 9-12-16
Potato
Vines 9-5-16
Off
the Beaten Path 9-5-16
The
Effect of Car Windows on Young Children 8-29-16
Let's
Face It 8-29-16
Beans 8-23-16
The
Land Between 8-15-16
Postoperative
Stress 8-8-16
Greenwich
Mean 8-2-16
Antique
7-25-16
The
Boogeyman 7-25-16
Refuge
7-19-16
Sunset
Observations 7-19-16
Old
Shoes 7-12-16
Fishermen
7-5-16
Summer
Shade 6-28-16
Einstein
6-28-16
Washing
Sheets 6-21-16
The
Non-Conformist 6-13-16
Stains
6-7-16
Turkey Brains 5-30-16
Tin
Roofs 5-24-16
Work
5-17-16
Odd
Circumstance 5-10-16
Taking
Care 5-3-16
The
Garage Door Opener 4-26-16
Bug
In A Jar 4-18-16
The
Human Touch 4-12-16
Long
Term Effects 4-6-16
Feeding
A Horse 3-29-16
Mr.
Easter Rabbit 3-26-16
Familiarity 3-22-16
Of
Rain 3-15-16
Souvenirs
From The Sea 3-8-16
Homage
To The Lowly Worm 3-1-16
Passing
Time 2-23-16
A
Lot To Learn 2-23-16
Solitary
Moment 2-23-16
Natural Destruction 2-16-16
Singing
Tree 2-16-16
State
of Denial 2-16-16
Hippopotami
2-9-16
Funny
Bone 2-9-16
The
Mute 2-9-16
Rice
And Beans 2-2-16
Cat
Relations 2-2-16
To
My Credit 2-2-16
Spade,
Texas 1-26-16
Getting
Serious 1-26-16
True
Love 1-26-16
Who
Gives A Fig 1-19-16
Peculiar
Ways 1-19-16
The
Egotist 1-19-16
Climate
Change 1-12-16
Still
Here 1-12-16
Woods
Of Evergreen 1-12-16
Second
Hand Books 1-5-16
To
Be Loved 1-5-16
The
Saddest Day Of The Year 1-5-16
Long
Night Moon 12-29-15
Our
Seas 12-29-15
Log
12-29-15
Thoughts
On Christmas Eve 12-24-15
Christmas
in the Woods 12-22-15
Christmas
Wish 12-22-15
Talking
About The Weather 12-22-15
All
His Life 12-16-15
A
Poem Lies Warm 12-16-15
Half-Wit 12-16-15
This
Truth 12-8-15
Confetti
Parade 12-8-15
Mother
Of Invention 12-8-15
A
Nest Of Baby Birds 12-1-15
Just
A Thought 12-1-15
The
Other Guy 12-1-15
The
Mail Box 11-24-15
My
Dog 11-24-15
Your
Call Is Important To Us 11-24-15
Roy
Orbison Memories 11-17-15
Waiting
Rooms 11-17-15
November
13th 11-15-15
Bland
Texas 11-15-15
Fellow Traveler 11-10-15
Clump
Of Trees 11-10-15
Vacation
Reply 11-10-15
Where
There Are Czechs 11-3-15
All
For Naught 11-3-15
Lost
Thought 11-3-15
Love
Sickness 10-27-15
All
Talk 10-27-15
Rooftop
Rain 10-27-15
Falling
Leaves 10-21-15
Self
Storage 10-21-15
Running
Into Trouble 10-21-15
Let
Sleeping Cats Lie 10-13-15
The
Dirge Of Dirty Dishes 10-13-15
My
Time In Print 10-13-15
Leftover
Moon 10-6-15
Cowboy's
Lament 10-6-15
Here
Lies Ruth (an epitaph) 10-6-15
Huntoon,
Texas 9-29-15
Melancholy
9-29-15
Just
Yesterday 9-29-15
Fleeting
Days 9-29-15
YOGI
9-23-15
The
Ocean Is Dying 9-22-15
Herb
9-22-15
First
Day Of School 9-22-15
Nothin'
At All 9-15-15
Birds
and Butterflies 9-15-15
Dirt
Roads 9-15-15
I,
Robot? 9-8-15
Arctic
Seas 9-8-15
Blank
Page 9-8-15
Katrina
9-1-15
Cow
Folks 9-1-15
Alarm
Clocks 9-1-15
No
There, There 8-25-15
The
Muse and Me 8-25-15
Paper
8-25-15
Ain't
Seen This Kind Of Cat Before 8-18-15
Paper
Pirates 8-18-15
Yard
Birds 8-18-15
Bath, Texas 8-18-15
Bookmark 8-11-15
Writing
Tips 8-11-15
Knott,
Texas 8-11-15
Once
In A Blue Moon 8-4-15
Book
Ends 8-4-15
Imitating
Grandpa 8-4-15
Sunrise
On The Ranch 7-28-15
Sleep
Interrupted 7-28-15
Sand
& Rock 7-28-15
To
Bee or Not 7-21-15
Mowed
His Own 7-21-15
Elders
7-21-15
Mercury,
Texas 7-21-15
Running
Track 7-14-15
Dead
Raccoon 7-14-15
Grandfather's
Laps 7-14-15
Life
Sentence 7-7-15
Inked
7-7-15
Mermaid
Warning 7-7-15
Sinful
Behavior 6-30-15
Just
Like Them 6-30-15
The
Well Of Life 6-30-15
Smiling
6-23-15
Texas
Cockroach 6-23-15
Procrastination
6-23-15
Checker
Cab 6-18-15
Lap
Cats 6-16-15
IF
6-16-15
Wager
No Wounds 6-16-15
Locust,
Texas 6-15-15
All
Around Round Top 6-9-15
Reclining
Years 6-9-15
Magnifying
Glass 6-9-15
rain,
rain 6-2-15
Garbage
Truck 6-2-15
Into
The Woods 6-2-15
En
Memorium 5-26-15
Wind
And Waves 5-26-15
Being
Difficult 5-26-15
Swallows
5-19-15
Humps
In The Road 5-19-15
The
Gift Of Clouds 5-19-15
Read
Me A Story 5-12-15
A
Woman's Work 5-12-15
Time
Out 5-12-15
Best
Friend 5-12-15
Poets
Don't Take Vacations 5-12-15
The
Hummingbird Named Brutus 5-12-15
Tale
of the Toad 5-5-15
Akin
To Trees 5-5-15
Bluebonnet
Miracles 5-5-15
Things
That Fly Away 4-28-15
Puddles
Of Mud 4-28-15
Lampooning
E.E. Cummings 4-28-15
Buds
& Blooms 4-21-15
Achilles
Healed 4-21-15
Ceiling
Fan 4-21-15
First
Base 4-14-15
To
Rise In Early Morn 4-14-15
Weed
Seeds 4-14-15
Cat
Seats 4-7-15
Non-Union
Heart 4-7-15
Smart
Phones 4-7-15
Horns
Of A Dilemma 3-31-15
Out
of Thin Air 3-31-15
The
Courthouse 3-31-15
Through
a Looking Glass 3-24-15
All
Of A Sudden 3-24-15
Eye
For An Eye 3-24-15
You
Can't Go Home 3-17-15
Brave
New World 3-17-15
Equally
Grieved 3-17-15
Doors
3-10-15
Dust
Speck 3-10-15
Customer
Service 3-10-15
Dimple,
Texas 3-7-15
Shuffling
Off To Buffalo 3-3-15
Counting
My Blessings 3-3-15
From
Sea To Shining Sea 3-3-15
Long
Walk 2-24-15
Faces
2-24-15
If
You Come To My Funeral 2-24-15
Egret
by the Freeway 2-17-15
Out
On A Limb 2-17-15
Partners
in Rhyme 2-17-15
Snow 2-10-15
Watching
Buzzards 2-10-15
Genocide
2-10-15
Trails
2-3-15
City
Lights 2-3-15
Cuban
Cars 2-3-15
Talking
Heads 1-27-15
Cave
Man 1-27-15
Poem
in Black and White 1-27-15
Finding
Its Way 1-20-15
Rain
and Thunder 1-20-15
Song
of Texas 1-20-15
Playing
With Tittles 1-13-15
Boots
On The Ground 1-13-15
The
Sloth 1-13-15
Measurin'
Texas 1-6-15
Speaking
In Puns 1-6-15
Out
To Pasture 1-6-15
Cowboys
Won't Ride 12-30-14
Christmas
Tree 12-30-14
Christmas
Gift 12-30-14
Lost
Marbles 12-22-14
Typewriters
12-22-14
Snowy
Woods 12-22-14
Christmas
Eve, 1914 12-16-14
Rocks
12-16-14
God's
Green Earth 12-16-14
When
Writing Comes Easy 12-16-14
Old
fossil 12-9-14
If
I Were You 12-9-14
To
Whom Concerned 12-9-14
You
Don't Forget Love 12-2-14
Better
By Morning 12-2-14
Running
Away With My Imagination 12-2-14
Grandson
11-25-14
The
Sun And The Clouds 11-25-14
Strays
11-25-14
Mama's
Wit 11-18-14
Lesson
From A Windshield 11-18-14
The
Cause Of Poetry 11-18-14
Ample,
Texas 11-17-14
Whitt,
Texas 11-17-14
The
Gift 11-11-14
Grandpa
is Gone 11-11-14
Funny
Poem 11-11-14
It
Ain't Texas Any More 11-4-14
As
Fall Begins 11-4-14
Mind
If I Curl Up In Your Lap? 11-4-14
A
Good Excuse 11-4-14
Pumpkin,
Texas 11-1-14
Thomas
Duncan 10-28-14
Progress
10-28-14
Ring
Around Rosie 10-28-14
Butterfly
10-21-14
Moon
Glow 10-21-14
Geneva,
Texas 10-21-14
Song
Of The Mockingbird 10-14-14
Caracara
10-14-14
Cobwebs
10-14-14
Let
Her Go 10-7-14
Perchance
To Dream 10-7-14
The
Daily News 10-7-14
Raindrops
9-30-14
Fall
9-30-14
Between
The Lines 9-30-14
Missing
Him 9-23-14
In
Search Of My Youth 9-23-14
Family
Tree 9-23-14
Horsepen
Creek 9-16-14
Aluminum
Chair 9-16-14
Phineas
Gage 9-16-14
Comets
9-9-14
Time
Marches On 9-9-14
The
Train 9-2-14
Better
Men 9-2-14
Run,
Texas 8-30-14
What
Brings Us Close 8-25-14
Turtles
8-18-14
Opening
Up 8-18-14
Cracked
Cups 8-12-14
Can't
See The Forest 8-5-14
Written
Words 8-5-14
Duster,
Texas 8-5-14
Bullrider
7-28-14
How
Sad The Old 7-28-14
Serious
Poetry 7-28-14
Grandfather
Clocks 7-21-14
Peeling
Potatoes 7-21-14
Footnote
7-21-14
Superman
7-15-14
The
Newspaper 7-15-14
The
Late Mr. Mortimer 7-15-14
Planting
Poems 7-15-14
Seclusion,
Texas 7-5-14
No
Sign Of Hope 7-5-14
Star
Spangled Sky 7-5-14
Old
Glory 7-1-14
Horse
Sense 7-1-14
Traveling
Abroad 7-1-14
Johnny
6-24-14
The
Way Of The Dodo 6-24-14
Obituary
6-24-14
Gasoline,
Texas 6-23-14
100
Yard Dash 6-17-14
Adding
Insult 6-17-14
Prisoners
of War 6-17-14
How
Lonely The Men 6-10-14
Comparing
Notes 6-10-14
Smithereens
6-10-14
Just
Like The Old Man 6-3-14
The
Sweetest Moment 6-3-14
Ammannsville
Moon 6-3-14
Doubling
Down 5-27-14
Garage
Sale 5-27-14
Something
Fishy 5-27-14
Junk
Yard Loves 5-19-14
Donotreply
5-19-14
Reasoning
5-19-14
The
Balloon 5-19-14
Parking
Lots 5-12-14
A
Wing And A Prayer 5-12-14
Losing
Sight Of Things 5-12-14
Sheets
In the Wind 5-5-14
When
Writers Write 5-5-14
Off
The Beaten Path 4-29-14
Creating
A Monster 4-29-14
A
Rabbit Story 4-29-14
Near
Death Experience 4-22-14
The
Child Inside 4-22-14
Little
Country Church 4-22-14
A Writer's Life 4-15-14
Funeral
Planning 4-15-14
School
Of Hard Knocks 4-8-14
Norman,
Oklahoma 4-8-14
The
House On The Hill 4-1-14
'Tween
Tree And Me 4-1-14
Every
Moment Counts 4-1-14
Begging
3-26-14
Growing
Poems 3-26-14
Fast
Food Lovers 3-18-14
Leaves
3-18-14
Staying
The Same 3-18-14
Walkin'
Stick 3-10-14
County
Bridges 3-10-14
The
Old Ammannsville Drug Store Essay 3-8-14
Oh
Texas, My Texas 3-4-14
Small
Fry 3-4-14
a
rock a tree 2-25-14
Flies
by Night 2-25-14
Measuring
Things 2-18-14
God
And West Texas 2-18-14
What
Could Have Been 2-16-14
The
Painted Church 2-14-14
Banjo
Man 1-28-14
Like
Lizards 1-28-14
Earthrise
1-22-14
Big
Foot 1-17-14
Winter
Paints 1-7-13
God's
Little Angels 1-7-13
Atop
A Tree 1-3-14
Dead
Skunk In The Road 12-12-13
Old
Folks, Old Barns 10-27-13
Soaked
& Sodden 10-27-13
Laughing
Gulls 10-27-13
Lived
Here All My Life 10-17-13
Hermit
Crabs 10-17-13
The
Magic Act 10-17-13
Star
Gazing 10-11-13
Dry
Rain 10-11-13
Best
Of Friends 10-11-13
Cowboy
Lullabies 10-5-13
The
Smell Of Hay 9-29-13
Down
On The Farm 9-29-13
Snails
9-29-13
Stories
Of Ammannsville 9-10-13
Mine
To Keep 9-7-13
The
Forgetting 9-2-13
Passing
By 8-30-13
Poet
Laureate Of Ammannsville 8-30-13
Gone
Fishin' 8-28-13
Oh
Meteors 8-24-13
9
Boys 8-18-13
Kindness
In A Candy Jar 8-12-13
When
The Time Comes 8-2-13
Death
Of The Salesman 7-28-13
The
Company I Keep... 7-14-13
Peeling
Pecans 7-2-13
June
Bugs 6-27-13
Falling
For The Moon 6-24-13
The
Poet's Notebook 6-11-13
Notes
To Self 6-9-13
Places
Of Affection 6-1-13
Water
Tower 6-1-13
We
Don't Go Much Anymore 5-15-13
Momma
Always Said 5-11-13
The Common Sparrow 5-10-13
Assembling
A Poem 5-5-13
The
Possum 4-27-13
West
4-23-13
Mud
Daubers 4-19-13
Honest
Day's Work 4-7-13
Hershey
Bar 4-7-13
First
Day 3-20-13
The
Paper Man 3-15-13
The
Bone Woman 3-12-13
Whales
3-8-13
The
Cottonwood Tree 3-8-13
Rio
Medina 3-8-13
Gone
To Texas 3-1-13
Indianola
2-19-13
Texas
Towns 2-12-13
One-Way
Stop 2-12-13
Firefly
Nights 2-12-13
She
Loves Me Knot 2-6-13
How
To Dance 1-31-13
Till
Death Do Us Part 1-22-13
Forgetfulness
1-19-13
Sunrise
1-16-13
Poer,
Texas 1-16-13
Marked
Men 1-10-13
I
Am Your Spam 1-10-13
Pone,
Texas 1-4-13
It's
Going Around 1-3-13
Catching
Weeds 1-3-13
Talking To
Mom 12-30-12
Snow
Dome 12-30-12
Christmas
Lights 12-23-12
The
Tail Of The Dog 12-23-12
Keep
It Simple 12-17-12
Christmas
Moon 12-17-12
Time
Lines 12-14-12
Shells
12-14-12
For
Christmas We Gather 12-6-12
Throwaway
Children 12-2-12
The
Fossil 12-1-12
Trailer
Park Tornado Blues 11-29-12
Thief
11-25-12
Birth
11-25-12
Yellow
Bricks 11-24-12
Ding
Dong 11-24-12
Hunky
Dory 11-21-12
Not
Knowing 11-20-12
The
Swiss Alp Dance Hall 11-19-12
Growing
Up 11-19-12
Wasting
Away 11-18-12
The
Wall 11-15-12
Lost
Sock 11-14-12
Dust
Bowl Days 11-9-12
Rural
& Dispersed 11-9-12
Furrh,
Texas 11-9-12
Lost
& Found 11-1-12
Stream
Of Consciousness 11-1-12
Sit-Down Comedian 11-1-12
Big
Tex 10-24-12
Rain
Of Leaves 10-21-12
Old Posts and Old Wire 10-19-12
Country
Store 10-15-12
Going To Graves 10-7-12
The
Lap 10-7-12
High
Koo 10-7-12
The
Homestead 10-3-12
Don't
Keep My Grave 10-1-12
You're Goin' To The Moon, Alice 9-26-12
Japonica
9-21-12
Cows
9-20-12
Tumbleweeds
9-15-12
Blue
Norther 9-13-12
A
boy, A dog 9-9-12
Old
As Dirt 9-9-12
Hurt
9-9-12
Peekaboo
Moon 9-2-12
One-Horse
Town 9-1-12
Duff,
Texas 9-1-12
Noodle,
Texas 9-1-12
Neil
8-26-12
The
Old Cowboy 8-22-12
Light
Of His Life 8-20-12
Exercising
Good Judgement 8-20-12
Childhood
Days 8-20-12
Ain't
Whistlin' Dixie 8-17-12
I
am the Ghost of Ammannsville 8-14-12
The
Secret Of Ammannsville 8-14-12
Weeping
Angel 8-12-12
Momma's
Quilt 8-8-12
Seymore,
Or Less 8-8-12
Oh
Possum 8-6-12
The
Sunflowers 8-4-12
Dabney
& Blewett 8-4-12
Summer's
Song 8-1-12
Bug
Tussle, Texas 7-30-12
On
Dry Ground 7-28-12
Woman
Hollerin' Creek 7-21-12
The
Old KJT Hall 7-6-12
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