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This Dog Don't Hunt

I wrote this poem in frustration. At the time I was managing a team who installed a new system that ran 24-hours-a-day. The system was...

For Jerrell, On Early Mornings

I wrote this poem for my brother-in-law, Jerrell Black. At the time they lived in the woods of Conifer, Colorado. Their driveway off the...

The Genial Enologist

Pete Blodgett was a tiny, rotund man with a huge intellect who loved the finer things in life. He was sent to Denver to help grow the...

Free Cheers for the Pricers

When writing proposals for new work with the government, we engineers loved designing new systems to meet a set of requirements. But most...

On the Occasion of her Retirement

I read this poem in a bar in Morrison, Colorado where we met to celebrate Jane Lobby's retirement. She was an engineer who had devoted...

Coke vs. Pepsi

Jesse Seals was a smart young man who tested our software before we released it to Operations. He showed up every day in a T-shirt and...

B-2 Bomber Blues

This is my first poem as an engineer, written about the Northrop B-2 Bomber project. At that time, when we wanted to make copies of a...

Driving to Bath

This poem describes the trip to Bath from London in the rental car with my family. I learned to drive in Australia when in high school in...

Writers of the Future Contest Winner

John M. Campbell has been selected as the first place winner for the fourth quarter in the 2020 Writers of the Future contest. His story...

Catch My Video Testimonial

I was asked by the Writers of the Future contest organizers to give my opinion of their free Writers of the Future Online Workshop. I...

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