Welcome To My Blog

 

To help you select the stories and poetry you might want to read, below is the list of all posts made to my blog since its inception. Posts are listed in chronological order from the first post made on April 18, 2019, until the most recent post (The most recent post appears first on the blog). Please browse the list of posts to find the titles that most intrigue you. Then do one of the following:

 

1.         Place the title of the post in the space beneath the header, “Search This Blog.” With regard to poetry, a post may contain more than one poem. You may have to insert the first two poems listed to find what you want. Then click on search. The posting should appear at the top of the screen for you to read. Or . . .

 

2.         Using the date a particular posting was made, go to the “Blog Archive” to the right of the posts and click on the particular month in which the poem or short story was posted and scroll down until you find what you would like to read. Please note that if you scroll through all the posts on the screen and don’t find what you are looking for, below the last post on the screen, on the right, are the words, “Older Posts.” Click on this and you will find the additional posts made during the particular month you have selected. Scroll through these until you find the story or poem you wish to read.

 

Enjoy the journey, as you read the creations of my heart and my mind.

 

Thank you.

 

Alan

Alan Lowe
Poet and Writer

slolowe@icloud.com

https://slolowe44.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

 

Love presents itself. You want to take the opportunity to change your life.

 

She’s the only one you’ve ever dreamt about. With anxiety high, you put on your best face when you see . . .

 

 

Respectable Sue

 

Let me tell you the story about respectable Sue.

It began one day last week, when she came into view.

She pranced down the street, with her head held high.

I wanted to approach her, but trembled in a way I thought I’d die.

She walked with the grace of a princess from a storybook.

I moved in her direction, but she didn’t give me a look.

She smiled, as she danced like Cinderella at the ball.

I wanted to take her hand, twirl her around, and give her my all.

She was the girl of my dreams from fantasyland.

If I told her how I felt, would she understand?

I needed to muster up the courage to take a chance.

This might be the road I needed to travel to find romance.

I sucked in my gut and put a grin on my face.

In my heart, I knew this interaction must take place.

I walked with the pride of a man on a mission,

Knowing, to my life, she’d be a wonderful addition.

 

But was I deluding myself into believing my dream would come true?

Desperate to find out, I needed to draw the appropriate words from within and be right on cue.

Questions about being successful in my quest haunted my dreams every night.

And I’d wake each morning knowing I’d have to put up a good fight.

However, I couldn’t have predicted what would happen that day.

At twelve years old I had no idea what to say.

This was the first opportunity I had to succeed at this, but I didn’t know what to do.

Come to think of it now, I didn’t even know if her name was Sue.

 

 

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