john walker
- Location
- china, tx, U.S of A.
- Birthday
- December 04
- Title
- Finder of all things lost
- Company
- excellent
- Bio
- Immigrant from Southern California (the land of fruits and nuts) to Southeast Texas (where men are men and so are some of the women). Musician, songsmith, poet, short story author (no I'm not unemployed) sometime liberal - sometime conservative, white male (does that disqualify me?) thinker of deep thoughts, surf cowboy. Mayor of a small town in Texas (really!).
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “But really, that was
such a long time ago.”
3:48PM - “Been there, done that,
Word. And as much as I like
that
photo, I have strong
sus…”
3:47PM - “Clearly, we grew up in
the same time and perhaps the
same
proximity. And even
st…”
2:25PM - “This could have only
been more beautiful,Word, had
you turned
the camera
around.”
2:20PM - “Yeah, that's what Sam
needs, more luck.
Damn
yooooou, Sam Elliot!!”
2:15PM
John walker's Links
Too Dark to See.....response to C. Stetson's open call
This is a response to an open call by Chuck Stetson. See his challenge here:
http://open.salon.com/blog/mean_mr_mustard/2009/11/18/open_call_itune_or_any_source_of_music_poetry
Just for fun. No pressure
Thanks to Crosby, Stills and Nash, Country Joe Mcdonald, Poi… Read full post »
The Kindness of Strangers or Does That Make Me a Bad Person
My lovely, brilliant, kind-hearted wife has a reputation for bringing home strays. That’s how I came to be there in the first place. This is an attribute that I love about her. We have given homes, both temporary and permanent, to a veritable menagerie of cats, d… Read full post »
Save the Neighborhood, Save the World
Over the last couple of days here on OS, two posts in particular have caught my eye and the eye of many, many of you. They were the post by Robin Sneed about having to spend two weeks in jail over a traffic citation and Trig Plain’s post about his neighbor/… Read full post »
I'm Calling You Out, Mad Typist! (My NFL Recap)
Mad Typist, where are you????
I’ve been waiting, less than patiently, for three weeks now for you regular NFL re-caps. Nothing. Thinking I’ve just somehow missed them, I go directly to your blog. Still nothing.
What’s up with that?
Th… Read full post »
Haiku Thurs (kinda)
What You Know
As a young child, you thought your elders knew everything.
As a teenager, you thought you knew everything. &nbs… Read full post »
Meet the New Mayor of China Texas
On Sept 3, 2009, at a special meeting of the City of China, TX City Council, Mayor William (Butch) Sanders resigned his post. This was a shocking development to me. It was more shocking to me than to the other council members because a few months ago, I was… Read full post »
C--ksuckin' Motherf---er!!! profanity warning
I love language. Not so much the mechanics of it and the rules thereby, (That last statement is probably readily apparent to many of you) but rather the way people twist and turn it in what I find rather humorous ways.
As a much younger man,… Read full post »
The Poor Have Earned Universal Health Care
I attended a town hall meeting last night in Beaumont Texas. The event was sponsored by the same folks who sponsored the, so-called, tax opposition tea parties in this area. While the event was billed as “non-partisan,” the featured speaker was U.S. House Rep., Re… Read full post »
Trashing the Economy is Your Duty
Wake the fuck up!!
It’s time for you to do your part and help trash the economy!
That’s right, it’s your damned patriotic duty!!!
Hell, it’s your human duty.
You’re killing America! You’re killing the world!… Read full post »
No Rhyme or Reason (just amusing myself)
My mouth taste like rotting citrus
squirming against my own angst
Worms from my brain moving under my scalp
Somehow this cannot be justice
Like Sinterklaas encumbered by width
I feel squeezed as if wedged in a chimney
This poem chases me as a wolf
I haven’t been… Read full post »
Tort Reform: The Rich Get Richer
One of the main conservative talking points regarding control of health insurance costs has to do with tort reform. In order to reduce the cost of medical care, they say, we must limit frivolous lawsuits and limit the amount of the awards to victims when the lawsuits turn out… Read full post »
No Longer
I have changed my avatar for you
For I am emptied
For I am the exoskeleton
Of a dead japanese beetle
No longer of any consequence
The northern sky is starless
The geese have all flown for the last time
The Northern Flicker bolts from my… Read full post »
Haiku Thursday 07/23/09
Thurs Haiku 07/16/09
There once was a time
Every dream was dreamable
Every poem a kiss
Summer now blazing
Lon… Read full post »
I've Kidnapped Molly....a puppy's tail

A few months ago, a young dog “followed” my son home. She was rambunctious and chewed stuff, but she was sweet and soon won our hearts. Nevertheless, I did the right thing and put a sign up on the bulletin board at the local mercantile stati… Read full post »
Theophany
She is a goddess
In both name and personna, she is theophany
She is the moon and stars
Celestial
She is the sea
Her tiffany skirt, jouncing waves
She is the sun
Breaking across the hazy mountain’s breasts
She is snow
Ethereal and… Read full post »
Thursday Haiku---this ones no fun at all
Bloodied and alone
Reading your words, yet again
They are not helping
Your fragrance lingers
Your whispers still sing to me
Your riddles still tease
Hazy images
Photos of what might have been
and lavender lace
&n… Read full post »
One Wonders
As a wisp of smoke on an autumn breeze
As a snow goose call from above slate gray clouds
As a shadowy wraith one catches in the corner of an eye
As a summer rain shower passing quickly by;
She was here for a while, wasn’t she?
Hells Bells double dog dared me: Sestina
In her post today, Hells Bells dared us to write a Sestina. I can't resist a dare (so damned competitive)
So here ya go, Hells. Read it and weep
Of the heart
Her heart never learns when attending to love
Seems ever to be… Read full post »
Friends In Low Places
It doesn't really matter how I came to be associated with these people. Suffice it to say that some of them are my friends. Anyway, I was invited by them to a South East Texas tradition; the crawfish boil.
If you are unfamiliar with crawfish they are also call crawdaddy's, cray… Read full post »
Don't She Look Fine(Going Away)
Dont She Like Fine(Going Away).wma - Johnny Walker
VERSE 1
I met her Saturday night in a crowded bar
Some ol’ boy pickin’ steel guitar
She gave me a wink that told me she wanted to play
I thought her… Read full post »
Challenged by Scupper
The other day I wrote a nonsense poem about being bitten by a spider to which Scupper, whom I admire and respect a great deal, commented the following:
g-f-g-f-g-f-g-f
a-g-f-e--e-d
g-f-g-f-g-f-g-f
a-g-f-e-e-d-d
g-a-b-a-g-g-f
f-e-f-e-e-d-c
I took this as a challenge or perhaps it was a suggestion or p… Read full post »
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