Started writing it two decades ago,408Please respect copyright.PENANAfKRT5vXJoF
Using a pseudonym for first/last time,408Please respect copyright.PENANAHqMt98MJjP
To protect the guilty and innocent,408Please respect copyright.PENANAyfXDPNoHiz
In this autobiographical work.408Please respect copyright.PENANACaEGMQ2FoC
408Please respect copyright.PENANA4lwRdIzV47
Life got in the way of reliving it,408Please respect copyright.PENANAAjdVNdh9LK
Work, wife, parents with health issues, now gone,408Please respect copyright.PENANA69RrfEExmJ
Back burners full of overflowing pots,408Please respect copyright.PENANAMQkZEfQh1f
The sands of time quickly sifting through my fingers.408Please respect copyright.PENANAqGyDXmC4Be
408Please respect copyright.PENANAZyo5lMz2iw
Serious writing projects completed,408Please respect copyright.PENANACHh8Ehdvtx
A dozen plus books published,408Please respect copyright.PENANAXa03ZshCuv
Others yet to come, new lectures to plan,408Please respect copyright.PENANAyuOXqL9Utz
New courses to develop and to teach.408Please respect copyright.PENANACxPV4jhqvk
408Please respect copyright.PENANA6PvLEeqr1K
My story untold, lessons learned unfurled,408Please respect copyright.PENANApH5RutcyYg
But not not written down to pass down my truth,408Please respect copyright.PENANAEvTpZgdr4X
About things I know much more than I'd like,408Please respect copyright.PENANAyIf7oTxFOt
And others should learn, in old age and youth.408Please respect copyright.PENANAwtVWV8rNiR
408Please respect copyright.PENANApIi0Xqgb0w
Place bound for now on an imposed lockdown,408Please respect copyright.PENANApC5gPF4xdu
Chained to my desk like galley slaves to oars,408Please respect copyright.PENANAXzQtjC0zKz
Taping lectures, attending Zoom meetings,408Please respect copyright.PENANAqMGDSnFGjt
Depression abounds, if not joy or sleep.408Please respect copyright.PENANAWyEkhRDKSx
408Please respect copyright.PENANAHHlcSxFYzv
So I'm back again, reliving the past,408Please respect copyright.PENANAgUcX9zzK85
In memory still green, though browning in parts,408Please respect copyright.PENANARXIi2NfjPu
Taking poetic license where I must,408Please respect copyright.PENANA2zOpzjTAHb
But gently as a child's butterfly kiss.408Please respect copyright.PENANAEfQ53Kwt0i
408Please respect copyright.PENANAVLMVjD6s4M
Nearly nine thousand words today for just,408Please respect copyright.PENANAZjRndkpW5z
One day's events that sowed a thousand seeds,408Please respect copyright.PENANAqTQBs3kGIT
That sprouted, flourished and died or were pecked,408Please respect copyright.PENANACkrfpTbbeh
By hungry vultures out of existence.408Please respect copyright.PENANASouOZPLkbs
408Please respect copyright.PENANAJK39TvuRC5
Remembering a day in my career,408Please respect copyright.PENANAQlOnBLxjdq
When I still viewed the world with bright, clear eyes,408Please respect copyright.PENANAamc5tZp4F2
And had not opened doors I could not close,408Please respect copyright.PENANAlOX4KxCzMR
Or walked by closed doors I should have opened.408Please respect copyright.PENANAYbEanewG6L
408Please respect copyright.PENANAj6pNnedEVO
My world and heart were then innocent, pure,408Please respect copyright.PENANA1XPwhbhiuu
Full of good intentions waiting to burst,408Please respect copyright.PENANAK1Za33OY6j
From a chest that could hardly hold them back,408Please respect copyright.PENANAG0r0hbHKOj
Foolishly thinking they could change the world.408Please respect copyright.PENANAa7BNm8fSJq
408Please respect copyright.PENANAD6zCh2rUqM
The painful memories I now drown in,408Please respect copyright.PENANAaEmxW9DCVM
I will not disclose. The pain I've given,408Please respect copyright.PENANAztuebn1Mzl
The pain I've received, I'll whitewash away,408Please respect copyright.PENANABqGBQGPyyv
To protect myself and those I have loved.408Please respect copyright.PENANAuuzgx0rn70
408Please respect copyright.PENANAZtdmfyyqS2
I'll limit my journey to work alone,408Please respect copyright.PENANAEYZ7Fp5fVe
Describe what I've learned that others should know,408Please respect copyright.PENANApL10ntgh09
Weave the personal with transparent thread,408Please respect copyright.PENANARGNPAIOpdY
The professional with thickest red yarn.408Please respect copyright.PENANA6RK7vQlxrO
408Please respect copyright.PENANAY1xk4uxeXS
I'll search for an agent when it is done,408Please respect copyright.PENANA3htZr4SjyO
As I'd like it read, unlike indie books,408Please respect copyright.PENANAWWMfwUoh0p
And I believe it will find a market,408Please respect copyright.PENANAFeoVp7Y0JJ
For it will reveal some essential truths.408Please respect copyright.PENANAEcVt4YeJp2
408Please respect copyright.PENANAvcb95GcmmN
It will teach much more that all need to know,408Please respect copyright.PENANAJfB3nCSLsS
Than my life's work: Lectures, books, articles,408Please respect copyright.PENANAsGL2wiCyLN
Poetry, fiction, blogs, presentations,408Please respect copyright.PENANAluVMZURRS8
Hope I can write it before my life ends.408Please respect copyright.PENANA6Or57bAr2Z
408Please respect copyright.PENANArNbeco7GqZ
My sand's running out, tick tock cries the clock,408Please respect copyright.PENANAAwDv79RdHv
Hope lockdown provides, end to writer's block.408Please respect copyright.PENANA43C2Zcp8av
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Victor D. Lopez
ISSUE #7
On Writing My First Novel (poem)
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Last updated: Mar 24, 2026
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