"The WRITERS NOOK" A Home Place for Writers Who Write For Fun and "Wanta Be Writers"
The Rose Colored Glasses
By Corky
Back when I was an ignorant young babe in arms,
my mother knew everything and kept me from harms.
Then time passed by and now as a toddler of three,
my brilliant father would explaine all the world to me.
But when I was past six and had started to classes,
I widened my horizons (and begin making the glasses.)
At twelve the glass tinted and my parents grew dumb.
They wouldn't even notice how learned I'd become.
When I was eighteen and I had gone away to college,
the glass turned pinker as I filled up with knowledge.
At twenty two I knew more then the graduating classes,
and I saw the world through real rose colored glasses.
In no time I was forty and had lived life as it really is.
I had discovered rose colored glasses only hid how 'tis.
Then I was sixty and realized how quickly the years pass.
And remember the years wasted with rose colored glass .
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"The Rose"
Welcome to all who enjoy writing and reading.
I am Corky, from Pine Isand, Texas. �I am 72 years old and started writing a family history many years ago just for fun, I started writing with Appleworks on an Apple IIe when they were the newest thing around. That led to short stories, essays and poems and here I am.
I currently write a nostalgia column about growing up during the 1930's and 1940's for the weekly Humble Observer Newspaper. I also wrote a weekly column for the Waller County News Citizen newspaper for a couple of years. �It was basically my history of Pine Island, Waller County, Texas (evolved from the family history) with a little local news thrown in as I heard it. I have written a lot of short stories, but haven't tried to publish any of them.
I currently have about a dozen Web Sites including 4 or 5 for friends. This page was a seperate web page, but I decided add it to "The Old Folk's Home" to display my fiction writing hobby and try to encourage other seniors to write for fun. � It will also provide a place for all of us to display examples of our fiction writing for others to enjoy.
If it meets the guidelines it will be included with mine on these pages. You will be limited to one example of each type per person. Any new submissions by an individual will replace that person's earlier submission.
GUIDELINES
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