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Headstall
Headstall's Reflections
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Temporary Hold
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Everyone
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About this story
Reflections of the past, realities of the present, and hopes for the future. These aren't prompts, and anything could wind up here, from poetry to monologues. It's all about words, and the forms they lead us to.
A lot of my emotions will end up here. This is really about our journeys and our observations as we travel through life. Wisdom? Maybe. Lessons learned? Definitely.
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- 12/07/2015 (Updated: 03/28/2026)
- 93 Chapters
- 23,408 Words
- 332,275 Views
- 1,658 Comments
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Table of Contents
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1.
Chapter 1 The Walk
- 226 Words
- 5,415 Views
- 32 Comments
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Chapter 2 Honor Thy Father
- 337 Words
- 4,988 Views
- 40 Comments
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Chapter 3- CG- On My Mind
- 275 Words
- 4,316 Views
- 26 Comments
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Chapter 4-Poetry Prompt 4-Meter 1-Choices
- 247 Words
- 2,506 Views
- 18 Comments
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Chapter 5- Succinct Journey
- 65 Words
- 3,725 Views
- 22 Comments
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Chapter 6-Prompt 4 and 5- Running and Flying
- 308 Words
- 4,545 Views
- 28 Comments
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Chapter 7- Prompt 15- Free Verse- Join Me
- 203 Words
- 4,457 Views
- 30 Comments
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Chapter 8- Prompt 15 Free Verse- Beautiful Mess
- 221 Words
- 4,388 Views
- 32 Comments
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Chapter 9 Hidden Echoes
- 254 Words
- 4,535 Views
- 26 Comments
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Chapter 10- Prompt 5- Rhyming Couplets- Climbing Out
- 157 Words
- 2,957 Views
- 10 Comments
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Chapter 11- Poetry prompt 5- In My Dottage
- 292 Words
- 2,898 Views
- 12 Comments
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Chapter 12 Poetry prompt 15- Ode to Ra
- 214 Words
- 3,360 Views
- 18 Comments
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Chapter 13- Prompt 4 and 5- Pep Talk
- 211 Words
- 2,782 Views
- 8 Comments
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Chapter 14- Prompt 15- FV Phoenix Prompt 11- Haiku
- 246 Words
- 2,390 Views
- 4 Comments
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Chapter 15 Poetry Prompt 5- Rhyming couplets- We Poets
- 216 Words
- 3,942 Views
- 20 Comments
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Chapter 16-Poetry prompt 15- Alone and Fallen Stars
- 166 Words
- 3,656 Views
- 22 Comments
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Chapter 17- Prompt 5- Rhyming Couplets- Love Amongst the Trees
- 282 Words
- 3,654 Views
- 22 Comments
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Chapter 18 Why?
- 259 Words
- 3,966 Views
- 24 Comments
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Chapter 19 Poetry Prompt 5- Changes
- 242 Words
- 3,399 Views
- 14 Comments
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Chapter 20- Doubled up Rhyming Couplets- Gone Fishing
- 185 Words
- 3,450 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 21 Nightmare and Sadness
- 263 Words
- 3,365 Views
- 18 Comments
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Chapter 22 Limbo
- 295 Words
- 3,247 Views
- 20 Comments
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Chapter 23 Rhyming Couplets- Curious Until the End
- 213 Words
- 3,401 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 24 I'm Fine
- 193 Words
- 3,204 Views
- 14 Comments
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Chapter 25 Forsake Me Not
- 205 Words
- 3,320 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 26 I Found My Calling
- 270 Words
- 2,975 Views
- 20 Comments
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Chapter 27 Remorse
- 268 Words
- 3,485 Views
- 24 Comments
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Chapter 28 Come In From The Rain
- 329 Words
- 2,921 Views
- 14 Comments
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Chapter 29 Walking Down The Aisle
- 239 Words
- 3,748 Views
- 26 Comments
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Chapter 30 Prompt 1- Tanka- Darkness Falls
- 231 Words
- 3,263 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 31 Poetry Prompt 15-Free Verse- Storm Battle
- 254 Words
- 2,535 Views
- 6 Comments
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Chapter 32 Pulling Away
- 322 Words
- 2,826 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 33 Ray Gun
- 306 Words
- 2,922 Views
- 12 Comments
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Chapter 34 Fall Rain
- 210 Words
- 2,905 Views
- 10 Comments
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Chapter 35 Love Will
- 156 Words
- 2,865 Views
- 12 Comments
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Chapter 36 Old Girl
- 309 Words
- 3,300 Views
- 20 Comments
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Chapter 37 Yoga For The Mind
- 205 Words
- 2,984 Views
- 14 Comments
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Chapter 38 Merry Christmas, My Love
- 240 Words
- 2,845 Views
- 10 Comments
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Chapter 39 Self Indulgence and Trying
- 290 Words
- 3,001 Views
- 12 Comments
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Chapter 40 Happy New Year
- 133 Words
- 2,690 Views
- 10 Comments
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Chapter 41 I Tire of Me
- 138 Words
- 3,971 Views
- 22 Comments
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Chapter 42 Static
- 323 Words
- 3,333 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 43 Pieces Left Behind
- 224 Words
- 3,166 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 44- I Would
- 161 Words
- 3,378 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 45 Battle Fatigue
- 155 Words
- 2,930 Views
- 18 Comments
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Chapter 46 Soup of the Day
- 136 Words
- 3,940 Views
- 21 Comments
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Ramblings of a Mad Man
- 312 Words
- 3,221 Views
- 20 Comments
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A Dragon Named David
- 186 Words
- 3,381 Views
- 16 Comments
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S-I-L
- 180 Words
- 3,165 Views
- 18 Comments
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Heart's Lament
- 329 Words
- 3,313 Views
- 20 Comments
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Cursed
- 116 Words
- 3,612 Views
- 26 Comments
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A Thorn's Kiss
- 87 Words
- 3,101 Views
- 15 Comments
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Muted Din
- 388 Words
- 3,435 Views
- 14 Comments
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Chapter 54 Anxiety
- 306 Words
- 2,952 Views
- 22 Comments
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Chapter 55 Frustration
- 115 Words
- 2,817 Views
- 10 Comments
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Chapter 56 Why? and June,1969
- 411 Words
- 5,237 Views
- 24 Comments
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Chapter 57 Questions
- 262 Words
- 2,351 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 58 Lair of the Liar
- 147 Words
- 3,264 Views
- 14 Comments
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Chapter 59 Roadkill
- 153 Words
- 3,699 Views
- 22 Comments
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Chapter 60 Fire and Fury
- 136 Words
- 2,433 Views
- 10 Comments
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Chapter 61 Charity and Waking
- 280 Words
- 3,236 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 62 Empty Ruins and Chores
- 321 Words
- 3,285 Views
- 18 Comments
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Chapter 63 Heroes
- 126 Words
- 2,946 Views
- 18 Comments
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Chapter 64 Shields Up
- 191 Words
- 5,590 Views
- 26 Comments
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Chapter 65 Engaging
- 102 Words
- 2,729 Views
- 14 Comments
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Chapter 66 Happy Birthday, Mom
- 224 Words
- 3,405 Views
- 23 Comments
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Chapter 67 Foggy Windows
- 147 Words
- 1,929 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 68 Variations on a Theme
- 233 Words
- 2,808 Views
- 12 Comments
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Chapter 69 Fade to Gray
- 215 Words
- 2,008 Views
- 14 Comments
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Chapter 70 Twelve in 1966
- 499 Words
- 4,505 Views
- 30 Comments
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Chapter 71 First Love
- 378 Words
- 3,213 Views
- 18 Comments
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Chapter 72 Woke
- 315 Words
- 3,091 Views
- 18 Comments
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Chapter 73 Mortality and Legacy
- 403 Words
- 3,761 Views
- 28 Comments
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Chapter 74: Sixty-five
- 223 Words
- 3,989 Views
- 31 Comments
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Chapter 75 S.A.D.
- 268 Words
- 3,796 Views
- 26 Comments
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Chapter 76 Gemstones #1 and Gemstones #2
- 389 Words
- 2,668 Views
- 20 Comments
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Chapter 77 Isolated
- 295 Words
- 2,165 Views
- 14 Comments
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Chapter 78 Kisses
- 268 Words
- 2,548 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 79 Robins and Spiders and Cats, Oh My!
- 237 Words
- 2,112 Views
- 8 Comments
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Chapter 80 Sea of Candles
- 376 Words
- 2,773 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 81 Haiku Purging
- 271 Words
- 2,454 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 82 Tales from the Pandemic
- 299 Words
- 3,001 Views
- 24 Comments
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Chapter 83 My Hands
- 277 Words
- 1,786 Views
- 10 Comments
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Chapter 84 The Nature of Nurture
- 180 Words
- 2,296 Views
- 12 Comments
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Chapter 85 Here I Be
- 228 Words
- 2,402 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 86 Unbalanced
- 384 Words
- 1,918 Views
- 14 Comments
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The Scourge: Can You Hear It?
- 258 Words
- 1,982 Views
- 22 Comments
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Chapter 88 Pink Fire
- 291 Words
- 1,368 Views
- 8 Comments
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Chapter 89 Mockery
- 133 Words
- 1,300 Views
- 10 Comments
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Chapter 90 Things
- 493 Words
- 1,517 Views
- 16 Comments
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Chapter 91 The Barn Across the Road
- 508 Words
- 1,545 Views
- 20 Comments
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Chapter 92 Communion
- 472 Words
- 544 Views
- 12 Comments
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Chapter 93 The Demon King
- 322 Words
- 449 Views
- 10 Comments
