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Rose Colored Glass

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 Humble, Texas. �I am 70 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 and write and edit our little 4 page neighborhood newsletter. � I just quit writing a weekly column for the Waller County News Citizen newspaper that I wrote for a year and a half. �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 4 assorted Web Sites beside this one, Genealogy, The Good Old Days, Pine Island Texas and Corky's Place (web page building). Recently I moved the "Web Page Building Page" to another site. I decided to use this space to display my writing hobby and try to encourage others to write for fun. � It will also provide a place for all of us to display examples of our writing for others to enjoy.


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FOR THE SCIENCE FICTION - FANTASY STORY

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FOR THE POETRY PAGE



YOU ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT A SHORT STORY OR POEM

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

This is a "Family Oriented" page and stories with objectionable language, explicit sex and excessive violence will not be posted. If you would like to submit a short story or poem to be presented here or have any comments, please use the form below.

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Links to writer's references, dictionaries, rules of English, comon mistakes, punctuation, thesaurus, helps, hints and aids.

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Gears
The gears are always turning to inprove these sites.

A � L I B R A R Y � O F �
L I N K S � T O
C O R K Y ' S � W E B
P A G E S

The sites listed below are informative, and many will lead you to similar sites.

  • Corky's Corner
      A Genealogy Page, Our families, genealogy links, search engines, and queries.
  • Corky's Place
      A Web Page Builders Site, tutorials, midi files, animated graphics, freeware, free home page sites, and links to all.
  • The Graphics Nook
      Many background graphics, tiled and bordered, plus many graphics links.
  • Junk "R" Us
      A home page created for my son who is a collector of many things including Model T Ford, victrolas, 78 RPM records, clocks, soft drink items and tools.
  • The Old Folk's Home
      Memories of growing up during the 1930's and 1940's. The fun things and sad things about The Good Old Days.
  • Pine Island, Texas
      A history of Pine Island, Waller County and it's people. Almost a hundred years of personal memories of the area back to early 1900.

If any of these links fail to work, please let me know. Thanks.



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