Started writing it two decades ago,412Please respect copyright.PENANA9WExPFj6iU
Using a pseudonym for first/last time,412Please respect copyright.PENANAAWIQJuJ8ln
To protect the guilty and innocent,412Please respect copyright.PENANAENvWfu8wih
In this autobiographical work.412Please respect copyright.PENANAHvnYWKGFAo
412Please respect copyright.PENANAIexXDcCFIn
Life got in the way of reliving it,412Please respect copyright.PENANAWFVx5HD7L0
Work, wife, parents with health issues, now gone,412Please respect copyright.PENANAWBkAqzwdtL
Back burners full of overflowing pots,412Please respect copyright.PENANAukBDxoy0JE
The sands of time quickly sifting through my fingers.412Please respect copyright.PENANAoQhz2ge947
412Please respect copyright.PENANAtRcZr5YwPB
Serious writing projects completed,412Please respect copyright.PENANAnbxm2pFd4C
A dozen plus books published,412Please respect copyright.PENANAWfFS7nUAUX
Others yet to come, new lectures to plan,412Please respect copyright.PENANAZoigybdTXM
New courses to develop and to teach.412Please respect copyright.PENANA7ewqhx3zi9
412Please respect copyright.PENANAYG3gqTQKGj
My story untold, lessons learned unfurled,412Please respect copyright.PENANA9jqAgdAGn6
But not not written down to pass down my truth,412Please respect copyright.PENANAJPAaPFDlec
About things I know much more than I'd like,412Please respect copyright.PENANAnZ4ESR6Gmw
And others should learn, in old age and youth.412Please respect copyright.PENANANJ99yZGeWU
412Please respect copyright.PENANAM8tCcQb3Cl
Place bound for now on an imposed lockdown,412Please respect copyright.PENANA2XDcOVVUDg
Chained to my desk like galley slaves to oars,412Please respect copyright.PENANAj2iY0UAitG
Taping lectures, attending Zoom meetings,412Please respect copyright.PENANAYTIW82veXn
Depression abounds, if not joy or sleep.412Please respect copyright.PENANAdONdeXU8yQ
412Please respect copyright.PENANAJuGx1cgl8d
So I'm back again, reliving the past,412Please respect copyright.PENANAspGntggIkG
In memory still green, though browning in parts,412Please respect copyright.PENANArnUiTeANr6
Taking poetic license where I must,412Please respect copyright.PENANApZDNbZToyc
But gently as a child's butterfly kiss.412Please respect copyright.PENANAf1h8PToDen
412Please respect copyright.PENANAKVmADMbvBu
Nearly nine thousand words today for just,412Please respect copyright.PENANAzqctKugujV
One day's events that sowed a thousand seeds,412Please respect copyright.PENANAWZJWpOw926
That sprouted, flourished and died or were pecked,412Please respect copyright.PENANA4SP6ilqzGw
By hungry vultures out of existence.412Please respect copyright.PENANAoMdbWoNVfQ
412Please respect copyright.PENANAF8zEqPDalo
Remembering a day in my career,412Please respect copyright.PENANAvWB22OLSXk
When I still viewed the world with bright, clear eyes,412Please respect copyright.PENANAQann3m8RZr
And had not opened doors I could not close,412Please respect copyright.PENANAayGv77KbRC
Or walked by closed doors I should have opened.412Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZJQbBNElT
412Please respect copyright.PENANAuKcjRVK0yb
My world and heart were then innocent, pure,412Please respect copyright.PENANAGXCz7v37E7
Full of good intentions waiting to burst,412Please respect copyright.PENANA89XnWsEMFA
From a chest that could hardly hold them back,412Please respect copyright.PENANAXBMKBVcdLK
Foolishly thinking they could change the world.412Please respect copyright.PENANAlGgH5wkHiB
412Please respect copyright.PENANA3oIAm2Ew0h
The painful memories I now drown in,412Please respect copyright.PENANAmIMAxcCbU5
I will not disclose. The pain I've given,412Please respect copyright.PENANAz4aT6WNyt4
The pain I've received, I'll whitewash away,412Please respect copyright.PENANAo17EAyuCi5
To protect myself and those I have loved.412Please respect copyright.PENANARSE2RbtoGR
412Please respect copyright.PENANABvHhPJIgk2
I'll limit my journey to work alone,412Please respect copyright.PENANABYKhQtnBYG
Describe what I've learned that others should know,412Please respect copyright.PENANA1JB3HrvErz
Weave the personal with transparent thread,412Please respect copyright.PENANAIvc7vsn07x
The professional with thickest red yarn.412Please respect copyright.PENANAHD5mQyoxWh
412Please respect copyright.PENANAPkZjeC60s8
I'll search for an agent when it is done,412Please respect copyright.PENANAgPaPtb8HO4
As I'd like it read, unlike indie books,412Please respect copyright.PENANAVaTlBO6bPh
And I believe it will find a market,412Please respect copyright.PENANAAXXrRqS4Be
For it will reveal some essential truths.412Please respect copyright.PENANANoyn7A0C4A
412Please respect copyright.PENANAWC9aql5MHf
It will teach much more that all need to know,412Please respect copyright.PENANAKzEkDxVbyb
Than my life's work: Lectures, books, articles,412Please respect copyright.PENANAFyrcoxNBW4
Poetry, fiction, blogs, presentations,412Please respect copyright.PENANApL65u1zVOS
Hope I can write it before my life ends.412Please respect copyright.PENANAycwvp1aqUa
412Please respect copyright.PENANAl7FA73nY4a
My sand's running out, tick tock cries the clock,412Please respect copyright.PENANADkZUKp9ymH
Hope lockdown provides, end to writer's block.412Please respect copyright.PENANAubmRq9Nddo
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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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