John Loving Iii Poet Free verse

Rob Riener

A part of my family
was lost to horror
How ironic for Hollywood 
to cross that border

All in the family
We were in that day
Young and understanding
In our own perfect way

Married to Sally
With Maga in laws
Looking back we rally
Giving life that pause

At first there was just death
Old age I supposed
The next day came the truth
The shocking enclosed

Slowly crept feelings
Of the family that left
Instead being sent forcefully
Into that thing called death

I never met him
or called him a friend
But I did have a Brother
A family within

So this is shattered
the meaning of the word 
It matches expectations
In our sorrowful world

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Andrea Dietrich February 11, 2026 at 1:22 PM I loved him in All in the Family. The truth of his real life might not be what so many believe it to be. I don't trust many Hollywood types any more.

sara Etgen-Baker December 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM a Hollywood tragedy....I can't imagine how the remaining family members are handling the situation along with their grief.

Joe Maverick December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM Bad stuff whichever way its viewed John reason seems a rare thing in this Lost age, were numbers/are repeated Every second or split..My prayers for you there.'

Keith D Trestrail December 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM Archie was an old fashioned bigot, he wasn’t “MAGA”. Trump supporters are hard working middle-class and working class Americans who reject the woke coastal citycentric radical New Age zeitgeist being shoved down their throats. The real Archie Bunkers of today are the programmed kumbaya white university educated social justice warriors who have hijacked our institutions and never read a history book. Andrea Dietrich February 11, 2026 at 1:23 PM Yep!

James Peranteau December 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM dang....this throwz mine think off...your tribute iz touching dear poet....i feel everyone'z pain....my brother wuz kill'd by serial killers; Charles ng end Leonard lake when he went to their cabin to share hiz winningz from San Fran/49'rz '85 super bowl win....yep, touching....much love John Loving Iii December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM Responses I'm getting are not short.. they come from family members in the All in the family era. Little did we know that we would all be related . This is the show that shows our time related.

Sara Kendrick December 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM Keeping up with the times of what is going on in the world with this work. I can't imagine what the children of the Wieners are suffering at this moment in time. I don't know if there are grandchildren as well who might be anguishing over the deaths of the grandparents. Also, having to face the fact that such a close family member has done such a thing. Thank you for sharing this one with us. John. Sara K