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I will be 75 on June 26th and married for 50 years on August 27th. 
I have a Master's Degree in Labor Economics and BA's in Sociology 
and Psychology. I was Supervisor of Labor Market Information for 
six years and a Personnel Administrator for 25 years before I retired
July 1, 2001. hen I turned 60, I had to retire as I could no longer
be employed by the Washington Army National Guard (WAARNG). 
Just noticed that a soldier was killed in Afghanistan from Des Moines, 
WA while serving in the WAARNG. He was a staff Sergeant (SSG).
My dad was killed on August 7th, 1956 in an accident aboard the
Aircraft Carrier USS Intrepid CVA-11 Carrier Heavy Attack. I started
writing poetry while my dad was out at sea when I was 14 just after
he went on his six months cruise to the Mediterranean. I liked knights
of the roundtable and Irish and Scottish folk literature. I have 20
composition books full of unpublished poetry. I joined Poetry Soup
three years ago during December of 2012. All of my over 1850 poems
I have posted at Poetry Soup have been over the last three years. I
am also a member of Stories Told Around the World, Raven and LinkedIn.
I wake up at between 0400 and 0500 in the morning and a poem is in
my mind. I might even wake up in middle of night around 0200 and
have a poem in my mind. I have to write it down first before I type it 
up. I am also a member of Poetry Revisited which meets the 2d Sunday
of every month at 1500 hours. I am kind of at odds with the other poets
and we have our differences. I am primarily a rhyming poet and do so
in my Haiku which is king of against their rules. This is the first time I 
have ever said and written this up before. I have really lost interest in
the group and have decided not to return. I would like to start a group
of poets of my own. I can accept anyone's poetry and style but do not
feel like I was being well-received. The Brunswick Beacon of Shallotte 
a local newspaper was printing up my poems monthly. The old editor 
left who I had created a great relationship with. The new one really
doesn't have any interest in poetry. That is what I like so great about
Poetry Soup.  All of the poets in it are great. Am watching the Travel 
Channel right now at Bora Bora and Tahiti. Just had a show about Robert
Burns and Scottish history. The Travel Channel is well worth its while.
Another urge to write a poem is upon me. Better get with it. My goal
is yo write a total of 2,000 poems by my anniversary and be number
11. If you have any idea of any local poetry groups, let me know. I
ran out of space on my Poetry Soup message in response to another.
Jim Horn
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