Dave Rickert
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Birthday
- May 19
- Title
- No
- Company
- Yes, I need some
- Bio
- I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1966 with a degree in education, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force immediately after graduation.
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After I earned my Air Force pilot wings in 1967, I proceeded to F-4 fighter training, and then onto Vietnam where I flew 430 combat missions over a 3-year period. I spent my last ten years in the Air Force flying the F-15 fighter aircraft , while getting my Master's Degree along the way.
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In 1999 I was hired by Randolph-Macon Academy (R-MA), a private college-prep boarding school in Virginia. As a faculty member, I designed, and taught two courses, Critical Thinking and Great Thinkers. I retired from the Academy in 2009, where I now own a small editing business.
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I have four children and two grandchildren. My passions are reading, writing, and teaching/mentoring young people.
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I am sure this is more information than you ever wanted to know about anyone.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Whispering Wall - Repost for
Memorial Day
May 26, 2011 01:09PM - Memories of Mom
May 06, 2011 09:24AM - Chrysalis
May 05, 2011 11:09AM - The Well Of Despair
January 31, 2011 06:43PM - PP Awards - 2/5/11
January 29, 2011 10:09AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I like this one just the
way it is. Sometimes some
readers
"over-think"…”
September 01, 2011 08:20PM - “Trying to control our
breath
As gently
As a
baby
What a lovely
poem with great
insig…”
August 28, 2011 04:11AM - “Reach for the clouds; I
will help you get rid of
the
low-lying air. R”
August 24, 2011 01:59PM - “Thrusting
Pushing
Kicking
Our
way
Through a door that
will not open
To get where
we th…”
August 24, 2011 12:38AM - “Doors are meant to be
opened and the answers
revealed.
Sometimes we do not
get t…”
July 14, 2011 12:37AM
Dave Rickert's Links
- Favorite Posts
- Mark Trost on Writing
- Poetry - LC Neal
- OS Readers Favorite Poems of 2010
- Poetry Makes The Cover!
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- "How To" for OS Writers
- Ten Tips to Feed Your Alien Blog Baby
- Pop Hits of the 60s
- Putting hyperlinks in comments
- Incredible Essay on Music
- Goodbye Brother Studman
- Country Music Duets
- PP Awards
- PP31 - 2/5/11
- PP30 - 1/29/11
- PP29 - 1/22/11
- PP28 - 1/15/11
- PP27 - 1/8/11
- PP26 - New Year's Edition 1/1/11
- PP25 - Christmas Edition 12/25/10
- PP24 - 12/18/25
- PP23 - 12/11/10
- PP22 - 12/4/10
- PP21 - 11/27/10
- PP20 - 11/20/10
- PP 19 - 11/13/10
- PP18 - 11/6/10
- PP17 - 10/30/10
- PP16 - 10/23/10
- PP15 - 10/16/10
- PP14 - 10/9/10
- PP13 - 10/2/10
- PP12 - 9/25/10
- PP11 - 9/18/10
- PP10 - 9/11/10
- PP9 - 9/4/10
- PP8 - 8/28/10
- PP7 - 8/21/10
- PP6 - 8/14/10
- PP5 - 8/7/10
- PP4 - 7/31/10
- PP3 - 7/17/10
- PP1 - 7/3/10
- PP2 - 7/10/10
- Where to Find Me
- No links in this category.
MAY 26, 2011 2:14PM
Whispering Wall - Repost for Memorial Day
I have posted this piece before, but
I thought I would post it again, now that we are involved in three
shooting wars that use real bullets, and important segments
of our future generation of young people really die.
This is not the popular video… Read full post »
MAY 6, 2011 9:29AM
Memories of Mom
Moms are for everyone.
Everyone has a Mom;
Everyone loves Mom;
And everyone misses their Mom.
If you are on TV, you say, “Hi Mom!”
… Read full post »
MAY 5, 2011 11:09AM
Chrysalis
Out it emerges;
Scratching, sliding,
And crawling.
Scraping off the Teflon,
And defying the indefinable odds.
From the Darkness
To the light,
… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 5, 2011 7:26PM
The Well Of Despair
The Well Of Despair
Deep and cavernous, with
Only the reflection
Of myself
Visible.
Teflon walls;
Can’t grab hold;
Can’t get out;
Don’t care.
Slipping,
Sliding,
Morosely
… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 5, 2011 3:41PM
PP Awards - 2/5/11
The distinction between historian and poet is not in the one
writing prose and the other verse... the one describes the thing
that has been, and the other a kind of thing that might be.
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import
than history,… Read full post »
JANUARY 29, 2011 9:44AM
PP Awards - 1/29/11
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We
read and write poetry because we are members of the human
race. And the human race is filled with passion. And
medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and
necessary to sustain li… Read full post »
JANUARY 22, 2011 8:52AM
PP Awards - 1/22/11
Poetry
is nearer to vital truth than history.
~Plato (428 BC - 348 BC)
If you get a chance, check
out the Renga we have been working on since the end of
November. We are at 104 verses now with 22 poets
contributing. I think you wi/… Read full post »
JANUARY 20, 2011 4:38PM
Renga II - Verses 1 to ?
On November 29, 2010 we started
a Renga with
13 poets. We have finished 100 verses and on January 19th,
2011 we started on our way to 200 verses.
We picked up nine new poets for the
second hundred verses and now have 22 poe… Read full post »
JANUARY 15, 2011 9:46AM
PP Awards - 1/15/11
A
poet must leave traces of his passage, not
proof.
LC Neal wrote a wonderful
treatise on poetry that I have included in this PP
collection. Poets and non-poets have argued over "what is
poetry" for millennia. We will/… Read full post »
JANUARY 13, 2011 8:44PM
Tiny 2
It seemed so tiny,
As it eerily passed by.
Are you cramped in there son my little girl?
Can you hear me, my love?
Just yesterday…
He She was jabbering;
Today…he she is silent.
Tomorrow…he she is sealed.
Not even
… Read full post »
JANUARY 12, 2011 5:37PM
The Desert Is Sad
Beautiful morning;
The desert is happy.
As long as it is fed,
It returns its color.
Being fed is important;
There it is.
I’ll just… Read full post »
JANUARY 8, 2011 9:13AM
PP Awards - 1/8/11
I just went back and looked at PP1
from this past July 3rd, and saw that there were 36 poems on that
list. Back then, poetry was definitely the red-headed
stepchild of Open Salon. This week it was on the cover!
That is due to your persistence and… Read full post »
I
took it personally when I saw and heard about the videos that Capt. Owen
Honors showed to his troops aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise in
2007. Three things bothered me about what he
did: (1) He is a fighter pilot, (2) He is a
commissione/… Read full post »
JANUARY 5, 2011 2:35PM
Poetry: The Entire List of OS Readers Favorite Poems of 2010
I wanted to post the entire
reader-submitted list of poems for the "Favorites List" of 2010
because I think it is an honor just to be submitted for the list.
In my view, it is like the Olympics. You don't have to
necessarily win; it… Read full post »
"Poetry Man" original artwork
graciously
created and provided
by
Susan Creamer Joy
To say that compiling this list of OS
poems was difficult, would be a major understatement. I
received 225 poetry submissions from OS readers for consideration
in com… Read full post »
JANUARY 1, 2011 7:11AM
PP Awards - New Year's Edition 1/1/11
Happy New Year to all!
The final week of 2010 produced some
really fine poetry, which is listed below. Don't forget that
today is the last day to send me your favorite poetry of 2010 for
inclusion into the January 4th posting of the… Read full post »
DECEMBER 27, 2010 2:53PM
New Year's Predictions for 2111 (Poetry Open Call)
Scientists
estimate the earth to be about 4.5 billion years old,
with humans showing up about 200,000 years ago in the Middle
Paleolithic period in southern Africa. About 70,000 years
ago, humans migrated out of Africa and began colonizing the entire
planet… Read full post »
DECEMBER 26, 2010 12:47PM
Christmas with Family
I wrote this little piece
yesterday, and read it at our Christmas dinner in the afternoon.
I hope it resonates with you and your
family.
Birthdays,
holidays; no-school days;
There is nothing like Christmas Day.
Presents, music, Eg… Read full post »
It just happened that the 25th
edition of the Poetry Picks fell on December 25th, so I put a
little bit extra effort in this special Christmas Edition of the
PPs. Here is what is contained in this posting:
1. Kit Duncan's wonderful
Native… Read full post »
DECEMBER 23, 2010 6:31AM
I Just Want My Daddy
The tree is nice.
The lights are perfect.
The presents are good, but
I just want my Daddy.
Mommy says he’s far away,
In a place called “After a man stands.”
I don’t know where that is.… Read full post »
DECEMBER 22, 2010 7:26AM
Christmas Poetry From a Child's View - Open Call
As we get older, the "Christmas Spirit" eludes some of us, and
we become dark and cynical about the Holidays. To many,
Christmas has become a stressful and lonely time of the year, where
one has to spend a lot of money with little to show… Read full post »
DECEMBER 19, 2010 11:02AM
Vietghanistan
"You
can no more win a war than you can win an
earthquake." ~ Jeannette Rankin
(1880-1973)
Tropical Jungles
Desert Mountains
It's not the same;
Or is it?
President Thieu corrupt
President Karzai corrupt
Viet Cong ins… Read full post »
DECEMBER 18, 2010 9:42AM
Poetry Picks 12/18/10
“Painting
is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting
that is felt rather than seen”
~Leonardo
da Vinci
Earlier this month I made an
Open Call for poets to participate in another Renga. Thirteen
poets… Read full post »
DECEMBER 13, 2010 7:00AM
Remembering An Angel - Little Kate's Open Call
This poem is dedicated to Dr. Gisela
Dengel, who was the pediatrician for three of my four children.
She was a German immigrant who practiced medicine in the
United States for 35 years. For those of you who are not
familiar with the German language, "kinder", pronounced like… Read full post »
DECEMBER 11, 2010 2:47PM
PP Awards - 12/11/10
“Poetry
is finer and more philosophical than history, for poetry expresses
the universal, and history only the particular”
~~Aristotle (384 BC to 322 BC).
This is the 23rd week of the Poetry Picks, and I still have been unsuccessful in having poe/… Read full post »
The Whispering Wind
Victoria Wolf
megwc
OEsheepdog
Margaret Feike
Chicago Guy
Salon.com