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Oh, and by the way – you can check out my poem: Rage And Clamor
It’s in the anthology too!
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My Travels #4
September 1996 – Red Square, Moscow. I’d just returned from a work assignment in Ekaterinburg and had the weekend off. I was happy to be back in Moscow. Ekaterinburg was rough. There was no heat in our hotel and some of my team members had no hot water. Our team would hang out in the dining room of the hotel every night. There was heat there because of the cooking that took place in the kitchen. We would hang out until midnight just to stay warm. When I left the dining room I would hasten to my room and dive under the bed covers —fully clothed.
I did have hot water, therefore, when I awoke the next morning, I would run to the bathroom and crank up the hot water in the shower and let the steam warm me up. After I was showered and dressed, I would hear a knock on my door. It was several of my team members, standing in line with their bath towels draped over their arms. They had no hot water.We spent two long weeks in Ekaterinburg.
After the Ekaterinburg work was done, I went to Moscow for the weekend. I was happy to be in Moscow because I stayed in an hotel that had both heat and hot water. Additionally, Moscow was a little warmer, hence me standing in front of Lenin’s tomb with just a trench coat.
Get Yourself a Copy
Thanks to great weather for MEDIA for publishing my poem, Rage And Clamor, in their 2020 anthology!
On Break #2
Reading a few poems written by a few of my friends.
On Break
From May to June, I planned and hosted 5 Poets, Writers & Storytellers Online stages! All were successful, though I was Zoom-Bombed on event #2. I recovered and the all-day Norwalk Art Festival & Poetry/Storytellers stage at the end of June was sweet icing on the cake.
In addition to that I performed host duties for great weather for MEDIA ( greatweatherformedia.com ) by twice selecting poem of the week all while preparing 2 epic poems to send to annual contests held
by both Rattle and Narrative.
Needless to say, it is break time. I plan to drive down south tomorrow to see family. I will be out of pocket and a little offline for a bit. I plan to show up again in a couple of weeks for the late summer and early fall of 2020 with new poetry, new online events and much more!
Until then, Take Care & Be Safe!!!
Sometimes Inspirational, Sometimes Provocative, Sometimes Amusing.
Poetic —All The Time
Jerry T Johnson, Poet – On YouTube
Hummingbird I wait
I prepared you fresh nectar
you keep me waiting
My Travels
My Travels #3
Back to the ruggedness of road travels. My hotel room in Novosibirsk, Russia (Siberia).
Yeah, been there too . Note the lovely wallpaper! And those curtains!!!
This city was 5 time zones East of Moscow. I was there in 1995 and I didn’t think that the hotel manager received the memo that the wall came down in 1989. As my boss, our translator and I stood before her requesting a discount for our extended stay, She threatened to put our entire team out of the hotel for not being compliant with Soviet era letters of permission to stay there. I whispered in my bosses ear: “Forget the discount. You need to grovel now.”
He did. An official letter of permission was faxed to her a day later.
one lone tomato
an elegant skin so green
we share a moment
Thanks For Publishing My Work
Many Thanks to Drunk Monkeys Literature | Film for publishing my poem titled:
TRAIN
in their July 2020 edition of their online magazine.
Click the link below to check it out:
https://www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2020/7/13/poetry-train-jerry-t-johnson
