A Few Words on Once Upon a Time
At 17, I went off to University, in my case, the University of Virginia, which was a good choice for me. However, in 1969, UVA was still...
Reyn Kinzey
- Sep 5
- 2 min
A FEW WORDS ON SENDING NAMES TO ABYDOS
My aunt, my father’s only sister, lived her adult life in the wilderness of Orange, California, on the border with Anaheim, not far from...
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Reyn Kinzey
- Aug 10
- 2 min
A FEW WORDS ON SURFING ABOVE CHOO-CHOO
Surfing above Cho-choo is a continuation of Half-Time on the River, which is to say a continuation of my evolution from rugby player to...
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Reyn Kinzey
- Jul 21
- 2 min
A FEW WORDS ON WALKING THE WALLS
Derry, Ireland, is a town I could love so well. But we’ve had our ups and downs. The first time I entered the six counties of Ireland...
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Reyn Kinzey
- Jul 5
- 2 min
A FEW WORDS ON FIFTY GOOD MEN IN SODOM
Sometimes art and real life collide, and sometimes the results aren’t pretty. It was on my schedule to write something about Fifty Good...
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Reyn Kinzey
- Jun 20
- 2 min
A FEW WORDS ON BOTTOM’S DREAM
Okay, the erect nipple is there to get your attention. But the sex scene has its serious side as well (remember, we’re invoking...
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Reyn Kinzey
- Jun 11
- 2 min
A FEW WORDS ON BROTHER TO DRAGONS
I grew up in the American South, and all my adult life I’ve lived in a brick house. Brick hides our secrets in the South, but I’ll let...
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Reyn Kinzey
- May 30
- 2 min
A FEW WORDS ON SEA LIONS BARKING AT THE BAY CLUB
The first two stanzas are pretty much a literal presentation of a night in San Diego, one of my favorite cities in the U.S. Becky and I...
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Reyn Kinzey
- May 17
- 3 min
A FEW WORDS ON GENTLE RAIN OF HEAVEN
If you read my last blog, you know that I use Shakespeare to invoke serious matters, while I use Dylan for more playful purposes. Well,...
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Reyn Kinzey
- May 3
- 3 min
A FEW WORDS ABOUT I’M ONLY BLEEDING
Well, of course, the title is from Bob Dylan. I’m a child of the 60’s, and generally I use Dylan in a playful way, since I have so many...
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Reyn Kinzey
- Apr 25
- 2 min
A FEW WORDS ON HALF-TIME ON THE RIVER
I still want to maintain that anyone can read any of these poems as he or she wants, but for me, Half-time on the River is one man’s...
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Reyn Kinzey
- Apr 18
- 2 min
A FEW WORDS ON WHAT I REMEMBER
Folks, I need to be careful with this one because it’s the only poem in the book where Stephanie, my X, appears. We were married for 20...
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Reyn Kinzey
- Apr 14
- 4 min
A FEW WORDS ON THE CONTINENT OF FIRE
As I said in my first blog, like most writers, I write for myself. But once I publish something it no longer belongs to me. It belongs to...
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Reyn Kinzey
- Mar 23
- 3 min
A FEW WORDS: ON POETRY AND DRAGONS
Poets often say, “I write for myself.” No doubt that’s true. I know I write for myself, to figure out how I feel, and to guide my way...
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