BlogHide Resteemsdonallogue (51)in writing • 5 years agoWe Who Know the DayMikey and I were joking around to keep up our energy. Some people didn’t understand & thought we were goofballs, but there was a method to our madness. Generally speaking, while working on…donallogue (51)in poetry • 6 years agomistWringing hands. Glee unmasked. “And when I’m with Jesus,” you said, “In Heaven, and you are begging for water, we’ll spare not a drop. Not a drop!” Your eyes shone like a five-year-old on…donallogue (51)in literature • 6 years agoHuffyI saved up my lawn mowing money for a year to get my first Huffy. The Bicentennial version. I got a ton of shit. “No one’s too stuffy to ride on a Huffy.” My second was a mono-shock. I thought…donallogue (51)in newtown • 6 years agoaionWaze alerted me to a route change. It wanted me to head back down 87 South towards New York. Odd. I was going to Boston. Crossing the Mario Cuomo Bridge I got cynical; opened a couple of days…donallogue (51)in poetry • 6 years agonekkedSaw Anna Banana today We studied each other’s eyes She smiled. Crow's feet I remembered her running naked into the surf of Wrightsville Beach Getting ‘night nekked’ we called it We cried…donallogue (51)in music • 6 years agoDriving north.Three hundred and twenty miles to miles to drive til dawn And I've got a list five names long. I've had good company on this trip-- Jade, who took on a good chunk of the driving- and my old ipod…donallogue (51)in checkingin • 6 years agodrove cross country, threw out my back, kids are in chaos, but I will be backworking on new stories for steemit- miss y'alldonallogue (51)in story • 7 years agoIrish Eyes WestThe summer of 1990 was my nadir. An ex-girlfriend suggested I move from Boston to New York to give our relationship another shot. I arrived at Penn Station with sixty bucks in my pocket. After some…donallogue (51)in story • 7 years agoRoman SoldierRoman Soldier The relationship between Rome and Hibernia is a mystery. While some evidence suggests Romans traded with the Irish, other historians claim the Roman artifacts found in Ireland were…donallogue (51)in story • 7 years agofarang: part 2I showered and met the director, Terry George, and Bill Paxton for breakfast. Bill and I were already tight. I met him two days earlier sitting across the aisle from me on the flight over. He…donallogue (51)in dogs • 7 years agoGringo, Coyote, & RóisínI was lonely. The last few years had been hard. I went through a breakup and custody battle. My ex had moved on to other relationships including a failed marriage and some live-in boyfriends. Early…donallogue (51)in farang • 7 years agofarangDawn broke. It was so hot, sweat stung my eyes. I couldn’t sleep, hadn’t since two A.M., and was waiting for day to come so I could get some orange juice, walk around, do something, anything. I…donallogue (51)in firstnations • 7 years agodemiin kew'' I flew into Sudbury on January 2, 2014. It was minus thirty-two degrees Celsius. It was the second time I’d been in the city since my trans-Canadian driving adventure in 2009. I dragged my…donallogue (51)in arkansas • 7 years agoArkansas (for #rockchickjen)At the baggage claim carousel at Little Rock Airport, I knew Arkansas was different. I saw a lot of people smoking and thought, Cool. I can light up. I’d been to Arkansas a number of times, but…donallogue (51)in bears • 7 years agoface to faceIt was a cold afternoon, late Autumn. The sun was setting and a shadow grew over the pond. The phone rang. It was my neighbor, Lorri. She was worried she hadn’t seen her horses in days and wondered…donallogue (51)in fight • 7 years agoUpper-Toooonityps- pic above is my child & dear friend, Mike Horam (RIP), not person in story I fought traffic on the 101, hustling home from a job to get to my son’s spelling bee. Weeks before the competition…donallogue (51)in art • 7 years agocan you hear the drums, Fernando?The drawing was from the perspective of someone driving through the woods, a deer caught in the headlights. The theme was common. It should have been ordinary, but something about it terrified me.…donallogue (51)in poetry • 7 years agoseamusSeamus The beginning of sophomore year, I moved with six of my friends into a pair of adjoining suites on the top floor of F-entry in Adams House. We immediately threw a party. I’m sure Yule Caise…donallogue (51)in serialkillers • 7 years agoSerial Killers - Qu'est-ce que c'est?Serial Killers The first serial killer I met was Cary Stayner. Well, he might not have been the first, and we didn’t really meet. He froze me with a stare as I rolled out of the lobby of a…donallogue (51)in trejo • 7 years agoHypnotizedIn the early 60s, my friend, Danny Trejo, was locked up in LA County. I can’t remember the details of why, and in truth, he might not either. He was in a large block segregated along racial lines.…
