From September 2007 some of my fractured word poems,menjoy!

these are the originals i wrote in my own handwriting!, cheers, enjoy, my life in bits and pieces scattered , collected, scattered still those fragments i tried to reach a d did sometimes but no always, fill in the spaces to make it suit, please, make some sense to you! Tony happy Thursday August 26th, 2021 hot and muggy!

Tony heers to you all!

Liked I better much Those quieter days Indulge I could Easily So much more Very my desires to Discover for me #4 le 22 September 2007 Samedi matin

Liked I better much Those quieter days Indulge I could Easily So much more Very My desires to Discover for me At the least very My own un-pre Disposed reactions How was I mood mine To respond to said Varied tastes those Original classic ones Indigenous grapes modern Less fiddled less with Like either no? Yes? or Not someone would no International uniforms Then for all wines to wear #4 le 22 Septembre 2007, Samedi matin a 9:54a.m. on route 50 by Fort Meyer I just added this here today Monday August 23rd, 2021 on a sjnny beautiful slightly humid day here at home, cheers, enjoy! Tony

Less instant Communication Less Gratification Instants prolonged Happening sometimes Forget others, #3 le22 September 2007

Less instant Communication Less Gratification Instants prolonged Forgot others No import no matter Rely did we more Ourselves on one another Internet computers None no electronic Highway no space of Cyber to squelch to Arrest our natural Curiosity in quiz quiz Wiz wonder wand and Wander lust trial discover Retrieval experimentative ness Like wait had to informed Less not told then how Wine / we would should Be performed no rehearsals Being less sure then le 22 Septembre 2007 Samedi matin 9:49a.m. on route 50, Virginia i just added this today, Monday AUGUST 23, 2021 cheers! Tony

I sold you At the time Wine California Freely gale you My opinions My advice Imagine now that !?

I sold you At the time Wine California Freely gale you My opinions My advice Imagine now that!? Largely unknown Both the of us two Dealing then in With large largely The unknown much so Very unforseen Our paths touching You came freely then An unwine shackled man Led by your curiosity In quiz(?) it it them us Ness your blooming Fondness for the Treasures that grapes Can often so release #1 le 22 Septembre, 2007, Samedi a 9:55 A.M., in Annandale, driving to work I am typing this here now on Monday at home at 1P.M. on August 23rd, 2021 , my last day of vacation before I return to work, cheers, beautiful hot sunny clear humid day here with Kolbie. Tony
Have a good one, send the bill to Robert Whale! cheers mate!

We shared that May I say it ( ?) Childlike glee ?!? #2 le 22 September 2007 Samedi matin , driving on Annandale Road at 9:42 A.M. on a grey, hazy, look bit muggy day

we shared that May I say it (?) Childlike glee ?!? Without boundaries Wine's world in almost It's entirety virgin Not felt I believe But love romance Joy intrigue What did I recommend? Long so ago very distant? Free flowing discourse Mayflowers us three No! More! offering up Selections " our babies " To speak so for sale Sold or to be soon Simple time delight Simply full a treat of wonder Cheers, Tony 8/23/2021 Explored almost none Guides few then no one They many called God to Point us in the right Direction ? Yet dire Not

Sad to hear today of Steven’s passing from us, Spurrier spurred me on in Pari and later in Bordeaux

we chanced to meet at Vin Expo with Philippe Mellot / Quel chance ca mes amis dumvin la en ville en Bordeaux / It was both my first and lasr time to buy and sell so , Many French wines of La Belle France, tot 1980"s et / Cherchons ensemble des tres bobs achats et vibs Francais! / And we chanced tonsee Steven, be saw me and smiled and Approached to say hello, what a surprise and big thrill / For me,mfor when i knew him i was just a young American / lad of twenty then 21 taking my first wine class at his/ Patricia's and Jon's Wine Class, their first or second / Of l' Academie du Vin a Paris meme 1974 je croix!? / Comme Jacques Brel : " J" avais juste vingt ans ... " / Et moi juste vingt et un ans! quel cadeau de ma mere / Et pere a Paris dans les annees soixante dix! merci ma / Mere / Et mon pere,mPatricia, Jon les deux Americains de Delaware et / Pour Jon je ne sais pas, pour Steve d'Angleterre! vraiment tout/ Ca , merci infinement! i loved it all so in my youthful artsy years/ And even moreso now with more wine and blue moons in my belly / And tucked firmly, surely,msometimes sorely under my belt! we will all miss youbSteven, thanks for everything et bon voyage / Bon continuation, may you find some share of the wines we all here/ On earth in every country refer happily and smiling 'nthe angel's share '! a la prochaine mon ami Anglais!

The muse is here and now with me and enters my thoughts frequently niw, I just have to pause and focus a d a thought hits me quick, then a line follows, perhaps two or three before I pause once more

i love my life, i feel special, somehow selected / By it lrotected, call it the luck of the Irish yeah/ And Saint Patrick's Day is so close now, i have my / Shiny plastjc deep Cadmium green chain w/ shamrock! It, too brings me luck, moreso warmth, a broad smile / That i often feel though might nit always wear for you/ It is there, i know, it lights me up, fires my guts/ hugs my heart, uplifts my thoughts and clears my mind / i am blessed, i am employed by my environment and all / Those of us that need a voice to ring, to jar, to rattle/ You cannot get away with murder, the crippling of others/ The intentional disregard for human life other than yours / Gou are not a saint because you make more money,muse people's / 0 Kindness and weaknesses to rob them blind without a care, a / Rearward looking back on your selfish eletist fast track / Grow a heart, grow a soul, grow a conscience, ask earn my -/ Resoect for we are equal, we celebrate women this month / We always should,mminorities and anyone else than white peops / We are all equal and deserve to be treated fairly, oais equally, / I see how i have been blind so long to so many plights of ithers / o more! i will fight for equality fir all, i will use myself / A 67 year old mature white man that can set a example both for/ Myself and others because both daily and nightly I must check / Myself, my thoughts, my actions, reactions, behavior, my judge= / me tsbrealizing that i , too, like all of us fall into routine, / So much bad wrong unjust unkind selfish behavior, tjoughts and / i realize that i am still, have been so often bith lazyna d yeah/ Selfish! i cannot live this way anymore, i must be on alert, on / Vigil, on guard, i must do what is right to save myself, help / Others and do everything in my piwer to protect our world so / We may all not be afraid that we might die that day as we wake / Up at the hand of another white man that thinks, fervently believes / That he is better than another, that he is the chisen one,mthat he/ Has every right to put down others and make their lives living hells/ No, this must change, we must make room for everyone, it is what i / will focus on for the rest of my life, to be kind, help another.