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About Ken Greenman

Married and Happy. Retired and busy. Living in NC. 71 and counting. December 12, 2025 and it's 77! ... I would love some written comments, critiques, adulation or kind suggestions.... If you have the time and or inclination, please feel free! Not in fear but by faith. We will see. See you later! If you ever want to talk for real, email me and I will send you my cell number.... I am enjoying this!

1181 JUST A FEW THINGS 05-11-24

There are just a few things I love a lot. The rich taste of chocolate. The feel of old-worn calico. The color, indigo. To stay aware through that sweet hour of prayer. To brush my ladies silken hair. But the … Continue reading

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1180 MY LIFE ON THE EDGE 05-09-24

My new digs in Italy, near the Blue Grotto of Capri sit on the razor edge of a precipice looking over the Med. The buildings have been there for centuries. But when I stand on the brink, I can see, … Continue reading

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1179 WHISPERED OVER A BACK FENSE IN NAZERETH 05-06-24

“Yes! Of course! It’s sad! I wish Jesus had, at least, a girl friend. Maybe one of the Rosenbaum sisters from next store. Of course! I know! He’s been already Bar Mitsphed in Jerusalem! Such a big deal they made! … Continue reading

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1178 ALTERNATIVE WORSHIP SERVICE 05-05-24

Thanking the Gods for opposable thumbs. Singing hymns for lightly callused fingers. Prayers for firm, sensitive nipples. Praise for the mysterious mound, found, after patient search, deep down, warm and wanting, (But the little devil’s never where she was the … Continue reading

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1177 METRONOME 05-05-24

The neck of the Little Blue Heron swings left to right to left… The bird gets a bead on the little green frog. Then strikes! The frog is dead. The bird is fed. And the pendulums swings begin again.

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1176 WHY OLD FOLKS DOZE 05-04-24

Accumulations of years of trials, tears and disaster and, yes, luck, love and laughter weigh heavy on the olderly while the well worn recliner, often rehearsal prop for a coffin, brings on quickly slowly, drowsy, closing eyes, deep sonorous breaths, … Continue reading

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1175 WHEN THE BUDDHIST I ONCE WAS – (OR WILL BE) READS A NOVEL 05-02-24

This novel, in this third or hundredth read, the héros, the villains, the Loved, all the chapters in the flow, feel as real, as though part of the evolutionary spinning of my heart. And in those moments when, in the … Continue reading

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1174 ODE TO BREASTS 04-14-24

What better place for gentle rest than my cheek upon my ladies breast? Where I have found such Peace- and Passion! Coming from my writing place late to bed at night, to our bedroom lit by but a soft blue … Continue reading

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1173 EVERY SINGLE DAY 04-13-24

I like to sing and dance each day and the only way I know- for me to sing and dance each day is-to-laugh-at-every-thing-I-say! When we wake-up in the morning and I turn to you and say, “I hope you have … Continue reading

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1172 HOW MY MIXED MARRIAGE WORKS SO WELL 04-12-24

My wife relaxes in her recliner eating her breakfast , egg salad on rye toast and sipping her virgin Bloody Mary, watching the birds fly to the suet and seed feeding zone i created just off our back porch. I … Continue reading

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