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SECOND KISS (PROSE POETRY)

By Don Kenton Henry Often I reflect on a memory I count among the better And feel the fullness of her breasts beneath that cotton sweater I feel the tenderness of her lips The warmth of her breath upon my chest All this then some to come under dim gymnasium lights I recall the sweet […]

MY FRONT PORCH WITH UNCLE WALDO

By bardofthewoods May 24, 2017 Leave a comment

By Don Kenton Henry “Ok, Junior. Take the usual seat here on the porch and let’s parlez about the latest Sabbatical you are about to take.” That’s how it always began with Uncle Waldo . . . him telling me to take a seat. Always direct (most times painfully so) but on this occasion, he […]

THIS TALE WAGS ITSELF

By bardofthewoods June 14, 2015 Leave a comment

By Don Kenton Henry Alas, everyone who ever went as far as the fourth grade is familiar with the work of Mark Twain. And everyone who grew up in small town America can relate at least a little to that of which what he wrote. Twain himself grew up in a small town on a […]

LET THE LEAVES BE POETRY

By bardofthewoods May 22, 2015 1 Comment

By Don Kenton Henry You were a beauty rare I was a man with dearth of words A paucity of poetry I claimed I cursed my thoughts should go unheard You, lover of song and mirth ― how could you have cared For I without a worthy tribute O what I’d given to […]

A JIM BEAM CHRISTMAS

By bardofthewoods December 14, 2014 2 Comments

By Don Kenton Henry King had a soft mouth. That’s what my dad always said. King was dad’s prize, field-bred and accomplished, orange and white Brittany Spaniel. A “soft mouth” is a bird hunter’s parlance for a dog that will retrieve without ruffling a feather or bruising an already damaged quarry. This, […]

BRANDED

By bardofthewoods October 22, 2014 Leave a comment

By Don Kenton Henry Now I’m not saying he was fat, but in a day before “morbidly obese became the new slim” … Well … let’s just say “Woody” was chubby. We could also say he never met a piece of apple pie―or any kind of pie for that matter―he didn’t like. And he […]

A Night At The Oscars

By bardofthewoods June 3, 2014 Leave a comment

A NIGHT AT THE OSCARS By Don Kenton Henry ”You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead—your next stop …” Finn’s Landing, Indiana! Pardon the poetic license this author […]

Uncle Waldo And The Nuclear Turkey

By bardofthewoods November 27, 2013 Leave a comment

By Don Kenton Henry UNCLE WALDO AND THE NUCLEAR TURKEY “And how did you all come to be covered in wild rice–and say–is that an oyster in your hair, Mrs. Henry?” asked Officer Dawalt. Mom ran her fingers through her hair, removed the article and inspected it. “No … that’s a giblet.” All Thanksgivings are […]

It’s That Time Of The Year Again. Halloween . . . Time For Tragekitty

By bardofthewoods October 27, 2013 1 Comment

TRAGEKITTY “A classic case of trag-i-dip-i-ty: the occurrence and development of events by chance with tragic or CATastrophic consequences.” By Don Kenton Henry It is rare two seemingly unrelated incidents in time come together at precisely the same place such that the lives of all involved – or in this case the lives–and–death of […]

Trap Door to the Booby Hatch: Part II

By bardofthewoods July 23, 2013 Leave a comment

TRAP DOOR TO THE BOOBY HATCH Part II By Don Kenton Henry Dr. Petrosky reached under his desk and a buzzer sounded in the hallway outside the door. Almost simultaneously, the door opened. A very large man, no–that’s not true. It was a cave bear–in a white lab coat–that entered the room! I am not […]

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