Started writing it two decades ago,92Please respect copyright.PENANA8WRyrNUMdh
Using a pseudonym for first/last time,92Please respect copyright.PENANAQj3hPh1J4v
To protect the guilty and innocent,92Please respect copyright.PENANAjDoNxh3jOt
In this autobiographical work.92Please respect copyright.PENANAk0jHlGe2gD
92Please respect copyright.PENANAj6SzVRlkRN
Life got in the way of reliving it,92Please respect copyright.PENANAfPwQHAsWjw
Work, wife, parents with health issues, now gone,92Please respect copyright.PENANAykmfm4y3Sw
Back burners full of overflowing pots,92Please respect copyright.PENANAualYTyLeeH
The sands of time quickly sifting through my fingers.92Please respect copyright.PENANAKSU3MUUuB2
92Please respect copyright.PENANALmMZTeh7jY
Serious writing projects completed,92Please respect copyright.PENANAHQHNYMRFFl
A dozen plus books published,92Please respect copyright.PENANAcFZDMecFVy
Others yet to come, new lectures to plan,92Please respect copyright.PENANAOfUnxEzQtT
New courses to develop and to teach.92Please respect copyright.PENANARkJDOu0Duu
92Please respect copyright.PENANAMvjo7lMhme
My story untold, lessons learned unfurled,92Please respect copyright.PENANAHnaf0IBI9Q
But not not written down to pass down my truth,92Please respect copyright.PENANAwh2lTwfNNi
About things I know much more than I'd like,92Please respect copyright.PENANAuQLUNttzRF
And others should learn, in old age and youth.92Please respect copyright.PENANAE0qELG1T8T
92Please respect copyright.PENANAs1sgF1VwZ4
Place bound for now on an imposed lockdown,92Please respect copyright.PENANAForGtv81hL
Chained to my desk like galley slaves to oars,92Please respect copyright.PENANAvBB9U8ifkh
Taping lectures, attending Zoom meetings,92Please respect copyright.PENANAka6j2Wucyv
Depression abounds, if not joy or sleep.92Please respect copyright.PENANA4KTRrTo1wS
92Please respect copyright.PENANApq90z65I4y
So I'm back again, reliving the past,92Please respect copyright.PENANAZMjyRBrU6j
In memory still green, though browning in parts,92Please respect copyright.PENANARPiUcbNBWx
Taking poetic license where I must,92Please respect copyright.PENANAYhqrrPNo3l
But gently as a child's butterfly kiss.92Please respect copyright.PENANATKOz3qsQ95
92Please respect copyright.PENANAfQVKSffmD5
Nearly nine thousand words today for just,92Please respect copyright.PENANA4heRXFzCo0
One day's events that sowed a thousand seeds,92Please respect copyright.PENANA18OXuCbAPg
That sprouted, flourished and died or were pecked,92Please respect copyright.PENANAm8V661t2ZI
By hungry vultures out of existence.92Please respect copyright.PENANAGL4od3cbf8
92Please respect copyright.PENANAq0dcU9i2jQ
Remembering a day in my career,92Please respect copyright.PENANAlSF1mtAsLV
When I still viewed the world with bright, clear eyes,92Please respect copyright.PENANA3GwqHlrVXd
And had not opened doors I could not close,92Please respect copyright.PENANAizOLMKqqLG
Or walked by closed doors I should have opened.92Please respect copyright.PENANA1oqHEzqcl3
92Please respect copyright.PENANAyqC3FKJxaJ
My world and heart were then innocent, pure,92Please respect copyright.PENANAttsqvcNOUz
Full of good intentions waiting to burst,92Please respect copyright.PENANAaZNvyoop3e
From a chest that could hardly hold them back,92Please respect copyright.PENANAmErLlFYK3n
Foolishly thinking they could change the world.92Please respect copyright.PENANAoQXrDZqYCy
92Please respect copyright.PENANA8qsdKHq94P
The painful memories I now drown in,92Please respect copyright.PENANAJq4Tv0bpKe
I will not disclose. The pain I've given,92Please respect copyright.PENANAdHBzxvEUMu
The pain I've received, I'll whitewash away,92Please respect copyright.PENANAtZ31HDaHep
To protect myself and those I have loved.92Please respect copyright.PENANAtD2M0Er1fY
92Please respect copyright.PENANAfvVUX0C5gW
I'll limit my journey to work alone,92Please respect copyright.PENANAGyL2vUySvn
Describe what I've learned that others should know,92Please respect copyright.PENANAaJonkKnZLK
Weave the personal with transparent thread,92Please respect copyright.PENANAg1YeOjbVJE
The professional with thickest red yarn.92Please respect copyright.PENANAPnD1yBDSKi
92Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5OKnSPuU5
I'll search for an agent when it is done,92Please respect copyright.PENANAityw38rqBz
As I'd like it read, unlike indie books,92Please respect copyright.PENANALe1fJWNvma
And I believe it will find a market,92Please respect copyright.PENANAldFD9vDBcj
For it will reveal some essential truths.92Please respect copyright.PENANAOzMJOpfyD9
92Please respect copyright.PENANAeH9mDmnBdH
It will teach much more that all need to know,92Please respect copyright.PENANAMqZyX2aeNI
Than my life's work: Lectures, books, articles,92Please respect copyright.PENANAcbsBVeKPyh
Poetry, fiction, blogs, presentations,92Please respect copyright.PENANAUBtquqnqhz
Hope I can write it before my life ends.92Please respect copyright.PENANAF5GVn1AzhU
92Please respect copyright.PENANAPIZZysg2XP
My sand's running out, tick tock cries the clock,92Please respect copyright.PENANADTFaRPMITy
Hope lockdown provides, end to writer's block.92Please respect copyright.PENANAihX1jHcoa9
arrow_back
Victor D. López - Author's Blog
more_vert
-
info_outline Info
-
toc Table of Contents
-
share Share
-
format_color_text Display Settings
-
exposure_plus_1 Recommend
-
report_problem Report
-
account_circle Login
Search stories, writers or societies
Continue ReadingClear All
What Others Are ReadingRefresh
X
Never miss what's happening on Penana!
Victor D. López - Author's Blog
Author:
Victor D. Lopez

ISSUE #11
On Writing My First Novel (written poem)
LIKES 0
READS 88
BOOKMARKS 1

Click to load the next chapter
×
Victor D. López - Author's Blog
General
Last updated: Jun 7, 2025
Total word count: 4,568
Total reading time: 21 Minutes
Writer:
No tags yet.
Report this story
×
Write down what you like about the story
×
Reading Theme:
Font Size:
Line Spacing:
Paragraph Spacing:
Load the next issue automatically
Reset to default
×
People Who Like This