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Thursday, January 31, 2019
Onto the Tracks - poem by Antonio Cassone
ONTO THE TRACKS
Without looking back
Faced with life’s grim facts
She felt her life in distress
For all the days of worry and stress
Bills piling up
Baby's needing to be fed
Addictions still leave life hard to cope
She'd always be that single mom never to wed
It's raining
Even when sunny
Clouds fill her stinging eyes, tearing
Fretting over spoils of war and no money
Where will she go?
What more could she do?
Pills, or a gun for her brains to blow
The time is right for her wretched life to be through
Oh, she thought, thanks for this sweet bliss
She saw her opportunity train comin' 'tween the building's cracks
This was an opportunity she would NOT miss
As she urgently, bravely bolted onto the railroad tracks
She felt her life in distress
For all the days of worry and stress
Bills piling up
Baby's needing to be fed
Addictions still leave life hard to cope
She'd always be that single mom never to wed
It's raining
Even when sunny
Clouds fill her stinging eyes, tearing
Fretting over spoils of war and no money
Where will she go?
What more could she do?
Pills, or a gun for her brains to blow
The time is right for her wretched life to be through
Oh, she thought, thanks for this sweet bliss
She saw her opportunity train comin' 'tween the building's cracks
This was an opportunity she would NOT miss
As she urgently, bravely bolted onto the railroad tracks
by Antonio Cassone
Copyright © Antonio Cassone - All Rights Reserved
From his book, Writing Lines: Collected Poetic Works and Essays from A to Z 1992-2017 available -CLICK HERE- in both Paperback and Kindle Edition formats at Amazon and other fine Online Retailers.
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Best of 2018 in Movies
The return to my annual year end lists looking back at the "best of" concludes at the Movies. I was able to narrow it down to my usual 25. Here are my recommendations as to what I feel are the best of the best across all genres in film. As usual, in these days, I did also consider streaming platforms.
Listed in alphabetical order. Here we go... *drumroll*
BLACK PANTHER
BLACKKKLANSMAN
BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
COCOTE
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
FAHRENHEIT 11/9
THE FAVOURITE
GREEN BOOK
THE HATE U GIVE
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
INCREDIBLES 2
LOVE, SIMON
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
ON THE BASIS OF SEX
A QUIET PLACE
ROMA
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
A STAR IS BORN
VICE
WIDOWS
THE WIFE
WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Monday, December 10, 2018
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Home for the Holidays Photography book by Cassone Coming Soon!
COMING SOON - In his 18th published work, HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: A PHOTOGRAPHY BY CASSONE COLLECTION (his fourth volume showcasing their photographic works), provides the simplicity of the holidays and home. A clean, re-edited display of past holiday features from 2008 through 2010. The features were all from the decorations and design team contributions of Paul Miller, AIFD and Bob Drews. It is a gift wishing everyone a safe, joyous holiday season and a prosperous new year.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Monday, October 22, 2018
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Monday, September 10, 2018
Saturday, August 25, 2018
Friday, August 24, 2018
Diva/Cassone: A Collection of Poetry - The Reconstruction Edition by Antonio Cassone
In their seventh
publication (a reproduction of their first volume of poetry with selected new
works), Antonio Cassone breathes new
life into the original work and shares even more insights about life and paying
tribute to special people in the author’s life.
The book covers a wide array of topics.
Nature, divas, friendship, toxic relationships, politics are covered in
this work. Throughout are various
selections about diverse forms of love – being in it, discovering it, losing
it, desiring ‘thug’ passion and the ecstatic heat from it, fatal lust and even
the death of love itself. Included is a
mini-collection, ”The FLIP Series,” along with a few individual ones about a
gay man’s desire for a ‘straight’ or heterosexual man in their life that he
can’t ‘be with’ and the repressed feelings that go with it – in order to save
face and at least have a friendship. As
is custom with Cassone’s previous works there are many tributes. The living tributes are to an NBA basketball
player, a MMA fighter, several legendary entertainers from Detroit’s female
impersonation circuit, a lady who is like a second mother, a couple of
impressive past co-workers, the Performers Awards of Detroit & Cassone’s
friend for nearly 30 years, Diva Kingsley.
There are also several tributes to those who have passed on including
friends, parents of friends who inspired the writer and a “very dear one” with
a back story from the author’s blog. Finally,
Cassone’s commemorative 9/11 poem, Tears
Shrouded in Shards of Debris, also along with a back story article; a
comedic piece about The Milk Man, contemporary
women, a sermon and a visit to Hell cement the variety of this collection. It is rounded out with a couple of answers to
where it all comes from (the inspiration) for the artist. Born and raised in
Detroit, now living in Fort Lauderdale, Cassone brings you this collection of
poetic works as a “heart-piece” from the gracious writer to you, their ever
accepting and growing readership.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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