Submissions by randyjohnson
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
Yesterday 11:23pm
Yesterday 11:23pm
Sanford and Steptoe and Son
It has been fifty years since Sanford and Son was first broadcast on TV. It ran for six seasons and 136 episodes. The very first episode aired on January 14, 1972. It's hard to believe that it has been five decades since that sitcom was first broadcast.
What certain people may not know is that Sanford and Son was based on a British sitcom called Steptoe and Son. Fred Sanford was based on Albert Steptoe and Lamont Sanford was based on Harold Steptoe. But Fred and Lamont Sanford were portrayed by black actors. Albert and Harold Steptoe were portrayed by white actors.
Some...
What certain people may not know is that Sanford and Son was based on a British sitcom called Steptoe and Son. Fred Sanford was based on Albert Steptoe and Lamont Sanford was based on Harold Steptoe. But Fred and Lamont Sanford were portrayed by black actors. Albert and Harold Steptoe were portrayed by white actors.
Some...
#anniversary
#Britain
#nonfiction
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Jan 2022 3:45pm
11th Jan 2022 3:45pm
My Baby Doll - Part V
Sadly, your existence ended eighteen months ago.
On July 11, 2020, you would have no tomorrow.
You were a very pretty dog with brown fur.
You died and it certainly was hard to endure.
Your life ended a year and a half ago today.
It was very sad to learn that you passed away.
I bought another Chihuahua to ease my suffering but not to replace you.
You were one in a million and you can't be replaced, that's certainly true.
It's truly sad to know that you no longer exist.
You were my baby doll and you have been missed.
On July 11, 2020, you would have no tomorrow.
You were a very pretty dog with brown fur.
You died and it certainly was hard to endure.
Your life ended a year and a half ago today.
It was very sad to learn that you passed away.
I bought another Chihuahua to ease my suffering but not to replace you.
You were one in a million and you can't be replaced, that's certainly true.
It's truly sad to know that you no longer exist.
You were my baby doll and you have been missed.
#death
#dogs
#animals #nonfiction
#animals #nonfiction
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NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
4th Jan 2022 1:00pm
4th Jan 2022 1:00pm
Peter Davison's 40th Anniversary As The Doctor
I began watching the classic Doctor Who TV show in early 1984. I was only twelve years old at the time. The first episodes that I watched were Tom Baker episodes. I've always been a huge fan of the classic Doctor Who, but I'm certainly not a fan of the new Doctor Who.
It was forty years ago today when part one of Peter Davison's first Doctor Who episode aired. It aired on January 4, 1982. His first episode is titled "Castrovalva". At the time, Davison was the youngest actor to play the role of The Doctor. He was only thirty when he was chosen for the role in 1981. He was the fifth...
It was forty years ago today when part one of Peter Davison's first Doctor Who episode aired. It aired on January 4, 1982. His first episode is titled "Castrovalva". At the time, Davison was the youngest actor to play the role of The Doctor. He was only thirty when he was chosen for the role in 1981. He was the fifth...
#anniversary
#Britain
#nonfiction
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Jan 2022 6:06pm
1st Jan 2022 6:06pm
Saying Hello To 2022
This is New Year's Day.
The new year has arrived today.
I hope things will be great during this new year.
I hope there will be no misery, suffering or tears.
2021 came to an end at twelve o'clock last night.
During this new year, I hope things will shine bright.
I hope life will be very pleasant in this year that is new.
We said goodbye to 2021 and we're saying hello to 2022.
The new year has arrived today.
I hope things will be great during this new year.
I hope there will be no misery, suffering or tears.
2021 came to an end at twelve o'clock last night.
During this new year, I hope things will shine bright.
I hope life will be very pleasant in this year that is new.
We said goodbye to 2021 and we're saying hello to 2022.
#nonfiction
#NewYear
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st Dec 2021 3:33pm
31st Dec 2021 3:33pm
The Broken Heart
I'm shocked and it's hard for me to believe.
My fiancee has left me on New Year's Eve.
I thought she loved me and it's hard for me to understand.
My fiancee said goodbye and she ran off with another man.
I was good to her and there is something I've come to regret.
She convinced me to mortgage my home and buy her a brand new Corvette.
She left me and it has broken my heart and reduced me to tears.
After this, I know that it will be impossible to enjoy the new year.
She ran off with that man in the Corvette that I bought.
I hope she and her lover...
My fiancee has left me on New Year's Eve.
I thought she loved me and it's hard for me to understand.
My fiancee said goodbye and she ran off with another man.
I was good to her and there is something I've come to regret.
She convinced me to mortgage my home and buy her a brand new Corvette.
She left me and it has broken my heart and reduced me to tears.
After this, I know that it will be impossible to enjoy the new year.
She ran off with that man in the Corvette that I bought.
I hope she and her lover...
#sadness
#depression
#fiction
#despair
#NewYear
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Dec 2021 10:53pm
23rd Dec 2021 10:53pm
In Jail For The Holidays
I was so angry that I wanted to give my wife a slap.
She went to the mall and a baby was kidnapped.
She kidnapped the baby because we couldn't have one of our own.
I didn't know she'd do it, I would've tried to stop her if I had known.
I had no choice but to call the police and turn her in.
She was arrested and she's in jail because of her sin.
I didn't know what she was capable of when we got hitched.
I didn't want to be an accessory to kidnapping so I snitched.
Christmas is nearly here and she'll be in jail for the holidays.
She committed a...
She went to the mall and a baby was kidnapped.
She kidnapped the baby because we couldn't have one of our own.
I didn't know she'd do it, I would've tried to stop her if I had known.
I had no choice but to call the police and turn her in.
She was arrested and she's in jail because of her sin.
I didn't know what she was capable of when we got hitched.
I didn't want to be an accessory to kidnapping so I snitched.
Christmas is nearly here and she'll be in jail for the holidays.
She committed a...
#Christmas
#holiday
#fiction #prison
#fiction #prison
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Dec 2021 4:48pm
22nd Dec 2021 4:48pm
This Christmas Season
This Christmas Season, I wish my parents were still around.
But they both died in 2013 and they're buried in the ground.
The last Christmas I spent with them was almost a decade ago.
When a man loses his family, it's sad and it's a devastating blow.
The Christmas of 2012 was the last Christmas I was able to spend with them.
Mom died the following March and Dad's cancer got worse and I also lost him.
It's sad to know that they're both gone and we can't spend this Christmas together.
If you still have your parents, truly appreciate them because they won't live...
But they both died in 2013 and they're buried in the ground.
The last Christmas I spent with them was almost a decade ago.
When a man loses his family, it's sad and it's a devastating blow.
The Christmas of 2012 was the last Christmas I was able to spend with them.
Mom died the following March and Dad's cancer got worse and I also lost him.
It's sad to know that they're both gone and we can't spend this Christmas together.
If you still have your parents, truly appreciate them because they won't live...
#family
#death
#Christmas
#holiday
#nonfiction
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th Dec 2021 7:38pm
13th Dec 2021 7:38pm
The Late Bob Dole
I voted for him when he ran for President of the United States.
Sadly, he died on December the 5th at the age of ninety-eight.
Bob Dole fought and nearly died during the second World War.
If it hadn't been for men like him, we wouldn't have freedom anymore.
When it came time for him to fight for the United States, Dole willingly fought.
But when it was time for Bill Clinton to serve his country in Vietnam, he did not.
Bob Dole fought for his country and was even paralyzed.
When Clinton beat him in the 1996 election, I was surprised.
Dole was a Senator...
Sadly, he died on December the 5th at the age of ninety-eight.
Bob Dole fought and nearly died during the second World War.
If it hadn't been for men like him, we wouldn't have freedom anymore.
When it came time for him to fight for the United States, Dole willingly fought.
But when it was time for Bill Clinton to serve his country in Vietnam, he did not.
Bob Dole fought for his country and was even paralyzed.
When Clinton beat him in the 1996 election, I was surprised.
Dole was a Senator...
#politics
#death
#heroic #nonfiction
#heroic #nonfiction
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NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
12th Dec 2021 8:09pm
12th Dec 2021 8:09pm
Sarah Sutton's Sixtieth Birthday
Today is Sarah Sutton's sixtieth birthday. She's a talented British actress who was born on December 12, 1961. If she lives for another forty years, she will live to be one hundred.
She began acting at the age of nine in A.A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh". She made her first appearance as Baby Roo five days after her 9th birthday at the Phoenix Theatre in London.
She became the youngest British actress to have played Alice in the 1973 television film "Alice Through The Looking Glass". She was also the youngest actress to star as a companion of The Doctor in the classic...
She began acting at the age of nine in A.A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh". She made her first appearance as Baby Roo five days after her 9th birthday at the Phoenix Theatre in London.
She became the youngest British actress to have played Alice in the 1973 television film "Alice Through The Looking Glass". She was also the youngest actress to star as a companion of The Doctor in the classic...
#birthday
#Britain
#nonfiction
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Dec 2021 2:02pm
7th Dec 2021 2:02pm
Trilafon
This medication is called Trilafon or Perphenazine.
When I took it, I had the worst nightmare I've ever seen.
Life is something to be cherished.
But in December of 1996, I almost perished.
After my doctor wrote the prescription, I took the Trilafon.
If I hadn't been taken to the emergency room, I'd be gone.
Trilafon helps some people but it makes other people sick.
After taking this medication, I learned that I'm allergic.
I'd like to say it was all just a dream but it was real.
The doctors in the ICU saved me with Benadryl.
I foamed at the...
When I took it, I had the worst nightmare I've ever seen.
Life is something to be cherished.
But in December of 1996, I almost perished.
After my doctor wrote the prescription, I took the Trilafon.
If I hadn't been taken to the emergency room, I'd be gone.
Trilafon helps some people but it makes other people sick.
After taking this medication, I learned that I'm allergic.
I'd like to say it was all just a dream but it was real.
The doctors in the ICU saved me with Benadryl.
I foamed at the...
#dark
#scary
#nonfiction
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
4th Dec 2021 7:25pm
4th Dec 2021 7:25pm
Merry Christmas, Mom - Part IX
What I'm saying about you isn't hard for others to understand.
You were my mother and until March of 2013, I was a lucky man.
But you died on March the 6th of 2013 and I ran out of luck.
When I had to say goodbye, it felt like lightning had struck.
You and I spent our Christmases together for over forty years.
But we'd never share another Christmas and losing you drove me to tears.
You were so special that they probably threw a party when you arrived at the Pearly Gates.
I know that The Lord is happy to have you in Heaven but your death is something...
You were my mother and until March of 2013, I was a lucky man.
But you died on March the 6th of 2013 and I ran out of luck.
When I had to say goodbye, it felt like lightning had struck.
You and I spent our Christmases together for over forty years.
But we'd never share another Christmas and losing you drove me to tears.
You were so special that they probably threw a party when you arrived at the Pearly Gates.
I know that The Lord is happy to have you in Heaven but your death is something...
#mother
#death
#Christmas #nonfiction
#Christmas #nonfiction
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
14th Nov 2021 7:37pm
14th Nov 2021 7:37pm
R.I.P. Bob Grant
I wish that I could tell you that he's still alive but sadly, I can't.
He was a talented British actor and his name was Bob Grant.
I hate to say that on November the 8th of 2003, this gifted actor died.
What made his death even more sad was that he committed suicide.
It was his third suicide attempt and he succeeded on his third try.
I feel sorry for him because he was so unhappy that he was determined to die.
His life ended because of carbon monoxide.
That was how that poor man committed suicide.
He starred in "On The Buses" and he did one hell of a...
He was a talented British actor and his name was Bob Grant.
I hate to say that on November the 8th of 2003, this gifted actor died.
What made his death even more sad was that he committed suicide.
It was his third suicide attempt and he succeeded on his third try.
I feel sorry for him because he was so unhappy that he was determined to die.
His life ended because of carbon monoxide.
That was how that poor man committed suicide.
He starred in "On The Buses" and he did one hell of a...
#death
#suicide
#tragedy
#Britain
#nonfiction
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