Started writing it two decades ago,412Please respect copyright.PENANAbN9zsKnpnt
Using a pseudonym for first/last time,412Please respect copyright.PENANAGttV1bca0U
To protect the guilty and innocent,412Please respect copyright.PENANAB6TU8Udo0t
In this autobiographical work.412Please respect copyright.PENANAcgYtZDKHGV
412Please respect copyright.PENANAxBuTktfyXH
Life got in the way of reliving it,412Please respect copyright.PENANAsznyCjaons
Work, wife, parents with health issues, now gone,412Please respect copyright.PENANAzKIY8LMX4D
Back burners full of overflowing pots,412Please respect copyright.PENANAyMRXh42DWI
The sands of time quickly sifting through my fingers.412Please respect copyright.PENANAxQyJMi1g1H
412Please respect copyright.PENANAKB2vwCYY41
Serious writing projects completed,412Please respect copyright.PENANA04Da4LDymC
A dozen plus books published,412Please respect copyright.PENANA35FNYiKaFH
Others yet to come, new lectures to plan,412Please respect copyright.PENANABtPB2ABaPz
New courses to develop and to teach.412Please respect copyright.PENANACWIr74YSma
412Please respect copyright.PENANAE7jDprMlxh
My story untold, lessons learned unfurled,412Please respect copyright.PENANA9NGPzK3uXi
But not not written down to pass down my truth,412Please respect copyright.PENANAt5wWp4SFVj
About things I know much more than I'd like,412Please respect copyright.PENANAjcXas1bRa6
And others should learn, in old age and youth.412Please respect copyright.PENANArxIdIKTnwb
412Please respect copyright.PENANARrdHkZThjy
Place bound for now on an imposed lockdown,412Please respect copyright.PENANAkLcuO1TYwm
Chained to my desk like galley slaves to oars,412Please respect copyright.PENANACFD3xgplCb
Taping lectures, attending Zoom meetings,412Please respect copyright.PENANADujHzY9eEQ
Depression abounds, if not joy or sleep.412Please respect copyright.PENANAw8lQxzVD32
412Please respect copyright.PENANAFhgVfeMJJZ
So I'm back again, reliving the past,412Please respect copyright.PENANApTAcOkdco3
In memory still green, though browning in parts,412Please respect copyright.PENANAGEHEdVQ2in
Taking poetic license where I must,412Please respect copyright.PENANAq5UGyDNL1f
But gently as a child's butterfly kiss.412Please respect copyright.PENANAt0l5hTqicQ
412Please respect copyright.PENANAFtXeg7Z79F
Nearly nine thousand words today for just,412Please respect copyright.PENANAkfEuS4dgSM
One day's events that sowed a thousand seeds,412Please respect copyright.PENANAunm9oldFan
That sprouted, flourished and died or were pecked,412Please respect copyright.PENANAdlNLhxCw56
By hungry vultures out of existence.412Please respect copyright.PENANAxOf4b7YV7b
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Remembering a day in my career,412Please respect copyright.PENANAs113AjVMcl
When I still viewed the world with bright, clear eyes,412Please respect copyright.PENANA1o2JhhcetH
And had not opened doors I could not close,412Please respect copyright.PENANAk9NRkf2jp5
Or walked by closed doors I should have opened.412Please respect copyright.PENANAJXHNnQzsjh
412Please respect copyright.PENANADll6FvE8PE
My world and heart were then innocent, pure,412Please respect copyright.PENANAsjqN308XBm
Full of good intentions waiting to burst,412Please respect copyright.PENANAlY4yk2xV9F
From a chest that could hardly hold them back,412Please respect copyright.PENANA1sKXDpBaIy
Foolishly thinking they could change the world.412Please respect copyright.PENANAi9lCQ6Nq2c
412Please respect copyright.PENANAjTIKNxpWjo
The painful memories I now drown in,412Please respect copyright.PENANA9nVXD6nV0Q
I will not disclose. The pain I've given,412Please respect copyright.PENANAKno3QjMDVb
The pain I've received, I'll whitewash away,412Please respect copyright.PENANAiJdbhxjvlz
To protect myself and those I have loved.412Please respect copyright.PENANABpQsAAS8sP
412Please respect copyright.PENANAx3awNo0J6Y
I'll limit my journey to work alone,412Please respect copyright.PENANAIOM5Dq2gxL
Describe what I've learned that others should know,412Please respect copyright.PENANAc46i9lu6ps
Weave the personal with transparent thread,412Please respect copyright.PENANAHOt7kTBqdF
The professional with thickest red yarn.412Please respect copyright.PENANAnsyrXWQIyi
412Please respect copyright.PENANAzsXITuYSM3
I'll search for an agent when it is done,412Please respect copyright.PENANAAXoGeAAQID
As I'd like it read, unlike indie books,412Please respect copyright.PENANAQaPwPM1LGi
And I believe it will find a market,412Please respect copyright.PENANAT2DjJaB52O
For it will reveal some essential truths.412Please respect copyright.PENANA1XccUBvlMw
412Please respect copyright.PENANAvPDSXT2DL6
It will teach much more that all need to know,412Please respect copyright.PENANABlmcEmCPVy
Than my life's work: Lectures, books, articles,412Please respect copyright.PENANAqDku5Wy0ZG
Poetry, fiction, blogs, presentations,412Please respect copyright.PENANAe0bv1qqRfT
Hope I can write it before my life ends.412Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7loJkJSWM
412Please respect copyright.PENANAsOv20BllKv
My sand's running out, tick tock cries the clock,412Please respect copyright.PENANAaa3ADj8Z8S
Hope lockdown provides, end to writer's block.412Please respect copyright.PENANAVV9mWmfJg4
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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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