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    Soaring Under the Grey Dawn
    Soaring Under the Grey Dawn
    Soaring Under the Grey Dawn
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    Soaring Under the Grey Dawn

    By Gary Hawkes

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    Some quick poems and thoughts to help process the times. Topics include love, truth, honor a well as spirituality.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGary Hawkes
    Release dateJul 6, 2018
    ISBN9780463312988
    Soaring Under the Grey Dawn
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    Gary Hawkes

    Gary Hawkes spent most of his child hood years on Whidbey Island in western Washington, aside from three years spent in Japan during his mother and step-father's Navy deployment. The experience of living in Japan and calling that country home and then moving back to the U.S., had quite the effect on the young aspiring writer; a unique perspective on what it means to be an American.Early on however, Gary's interests were mostly in music and sports. It was periodic encouragements from family and specifically a high school teacher that spurred Gary to pursue writing more diligently later on. Most of the writer's early work were simple short stories and some poetry.Several years after graduating college he published his first collection of poems and followed quickly after with several more books of poetry and short stories. Currently living in Washington State.

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      Book preview

      Soaring Under the Grey Dawn - Gary Hawkes

      Soaring Under the Grey Dawn

      By Gary Hawkes

      Copyright Gary Hawkes 2018

      Smashwords Edition

      Participate

      Ponder a sensation of transformation

      Existing with lack of information

      In the northwest corner of a dying nation

      While inner ego yearns for the materials

      A stronger yearning for understanding

      While war is demanded from various generals

      To propel the agenda

      To adhere to a never fully agreed on formula

      A slow dissolving

      Ever revolving

      While what is clear and precise

      Gets muddled, distorting the light

      All that came before

      What did all mean?

      The mind is no longer as keen

      As to what this is all about

      An embodiment of bad behavior

      Given the keys to lead

      Down to the pit,

      With all of us in it

      But, what can we all do

      We did all participate in this

      Happening

      Had to turn on the news for a bit

      Just to check

      See if it’s still happening

      Whatever this is

      Is it over a year already?

      We’re not really going to ride this thing out…

      …Are we?

      Let it go the full four

      Let’s see what happens

      Do we really want that?

      Parallels to other histories

      Too direct to ignore

      Just so,

      Deflating

      Maybe these silly words will change things

      Or maybe I have illusions of grandeur

      Who reads anyway?

      Especially poetry

      So it’s another day in

      Is it 1,000 days already?

      Turning on the news in a bit

      Just to see if it’s still happening

      An Answer

      We made it to over 200

      Still a few years to get to 250

      Will we make it?

      Of course!

      We are the USA!

      We ALWAYS win

      We are ALWAYS the BEST

      We ALWAYS do the RIGHT thing

      Err…I mean…sometimes

      We’ll rebound

      Lifelong appointments

      And those with infinite wealth

      Can screw us over

      But, you know

      We’ll be good

      Cause we persevere

      Or something

      Who are we?

      What do we stand for?

      An answer will soon be needed

      Mood

      The continuing mood is, hmpf

      Or maybe…ehh

      Time is flattening

      And a malaise

      Or a better word to use

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