Started writing it two decades ago,165Please respect copyright.PENANAi45eD55Bcs
Using a pseudonym for first/last time,165Please respect copyright.PENANAFv9R0RopgB
To protect the guilty and innocent,165Please respect copyright.PENANAJrH7x8Cfl8
In this autobiographical work.165Please respect copyright.PENANAMnVrM1rQSE
165Please respect copyright.PENANAW9YQhrPZQq
Life got in the way of reliving it,165Please respect copyright.PENANACxJufhV72J
Work, wife, parents with health issues, now gone,165Please respect copyright.PENANAo5GD00cPiq
Back burners full of overflowing pots,165Please respect copyright.PENANAhhy1b3yG1q
The sands of time quickly sifting through my fingers.165Please respect copyright.PENANA0wv3fjwLyz
165Please respect copyright.PENANAZwrUXpHudm
Serious writing projects completed,165Please respect copyright.PENANA5ySb8f4c3o
A dozen plus books published,165Please respect copyright.PENANAFsaUxCm5fK
Others yet to come, new lectures to plan,165Please respect copyright.PENANA3kwt0im4oz
New courses to develop and to teach.165Please respect copyright.PENANAs3GUOciJuV
165Please respect copyright.PENANAhChumKYgc9
My story untold, lessons learned unfurled,165Please respect copyright.PENANAUVyjTbl0dj
But not not written down to pass down my truth,165Please respect copyright.PENANAmPF9os6Isp
About things I know much more than I'd like,165Please respect copyright.PENANAvQ99zNZdSj
And others should learn, in old age and youth.165Please respect copyright.PENANAabJBteYLQw
165Please respect copyright.PENANAWb0j2jNkPd
Place bound for now on an imposed lockdown,165Please respect copyright.PENANA1augaWQjHk
Chained to my desk like galley slaves to oars,165Please respect copyright.PENANAOoV11qcWTN
Taping lectures, attending Zoom meetings,165Please respect copyright.PENANA52mg37Sw61
Depression abounds, if not joy or sleep.165Please respect copyright.PENANAE7F0DAYaz9
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So I'm back again, reliving the past,165Please respect copyright.PENANAHbAvNe1n84
In memory still green, though browning in parts,165Please respect copyright.PENANAOT4mNBt8ut
Taking poetic license where I must,165Please respect copyright.PENANAqZy0aNYJxs
But gently as a child's butterfly kiss.165Please respect copyright.PENANAHCxoAThLJa
165Please respect copyright.PENANADm44vbskYw
Nearly nine thousand words today for just,165Please respect copyright.PENANAhNW9itOupp
One day's events that sowed a thousand seeds,165Please respect copyright.PENANAqiANkl0JRu
That sprouted, flourished and died or were pecked,165Please respect copyright.PENANA4Dt8kI3njs
By hungry vultures out of existence.165Please respect copyright.PENANAntBqghldS7
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Remembering a day in my career,165Please respect copyright.PENANAIR1TV8isUk
When I still viewed the world with bright, clear eyes,165Please respect copyright.PENANAnrlL7O4kjG
And had not opened doors I could not close,165Please respect copyright.PENANA8eJQAmLmio
Or walked by closed doors I should have opened.165Please respect copyright.PENANArVZkzCBxRM
165Please respect copyright.PENANA9MzulkR9Fh
My world and heart were then innocent, pure,165Please respect copyright.PENANAH9BLHjI1QL
Full of good intentions waiting to burst,165Please respect copyright.PENANAzAadvlxpk2
From a chest that could hardly hold them back,165Please respect copyright.PENANAN4mAoZaCDF
Foolishly thinking they could change the world.165Please respect copyright.PENANAdWsfgUHZ2r
165Please respect copyright.PENANAPXHc9iHueH
The painful memories I now drown in,165Please respect copyright.PENANA3wwLoYAKRt
I will not disclose. The pain I've given,165Please respect copyright.PENANArZoSvEaJvU
The pain I've received, I'll whitewash away,165Please respect copyright.PENANAde3ndS5Mpx
To protect myself and those I have loved.165Please respect copyright.PENANA9Sik7FDVVM
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I'll limit my journey to work alone,165Please respect copyright.PENANAtDzc4e7NoD
Describe what I've learned that others should know,165Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0jJXxZ6v8
Weave the personal with transparent thread,165Please respect copyright.PENANALk1R2mIpi0
The professional with thickest red yarn.165Please respect copyright.PENANAOsdPbpktVJ
165Please respect copyright.PENANAgsGYVfmfK2
I'll search for an agent when it is done,165Please respect copyright.PENANArSnZl9fFuF
As I'd like it read, unlike indie books,165Please respect copyright.PENANAAKTofDZwvE
And I believe it will find a market,165Please respect copyright.PENANAvdvyiYWniG
For it will reveal some essential truths.165Please respect copyright.PENANAHNFLeJYHC0
165Please respect copyright.PENANA6RQKo1hgpR
It will teach much more that all need to know,165Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2oLU99iWC
Than my life's work: Lectures, books, articles,165Please respect copyright.PENANA7pJ4qJhlwd
Poetry, fiction, blogs, presentations,165Please respect copyright.PENANADbDJFWjulE
Hope I can write it before my life ends.165Please respect copyright.PENANA1s7Kura7Fe
165Please respect copyright.PENANAEll9j24miK
My sand's running out, tick tock cries the clock,165Please respect copyright.PENANAbeoSWLFYk3
Hope lockdown provides, end to writer's block.165Please respect copyright.PENANAumcywIvlXZ
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Victor D. Lopez

ISSUE #7
On Writing My First Novel (poem)
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Last updated: Jun 6, 2025
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