Trigger pulled... sorta...

okay... so, waiting for the pre-order publishing to finish up, but "Words" is on the way...

More to come soon.

maybe. If I can keep my Faith in Life and Hope.

"Words From the Pipe and Under the Hat" Lineup...

Here's what will be in the poetry collection.
"Cooking Soup Amid the Haystacks" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex, first appeared on blog November, 2010
"Can I be Your Martyr?" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex first appeared on blog September, 2010
"Footsteps I Leave in the Sands of Life" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex first appeared on blog April, 2011
"Breaking Mom's 'Rule One'" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog
"Indelicate Deliveries" ©2009 Dyfedd Rex, first appeared on blog October 2010.
"Deer-boy on Bicycle" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, first appeared on blog November 2011
"The Call" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex
"Boat Rocking in Political Nor'Easter" ©2010, revised 2012 for elections.
"Oldest Rock Song" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex
"Sower of the Souls" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex
"Juggling Zen" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex
"Flirting with the Devil" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex
"Trees Like Violins Under the Wicked Wand of Wind" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex,
"Soft Calligraphies" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex
"Black Crow Landing as Death Dies" ©2010, first appeared in online group, then blog later.
"Flotsam Family" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex
"Mustard Where?" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex
"Writing on Spring's Patio" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, appeared on blog April 2011
"Frozen Spring" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex
"Lover's Breath" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex
"The Shaggy Dog Fears the Shears" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog September 2010
"Hours of the Night" ©2010, rewrite ©2012 Dyfedd Rex
"Plans" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex
"Doors and New Years" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex
"This is My Load" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex
"Load Wears One Down" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex
"Ghosts Make Me Tip My Hat" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, first appeared on my blog in October, 2011, published by "Salt Lake Street News" March, 2013 under my real name of David Neely.
"Dance of Inversion's Airs ©2011 Dyfedd Rex
"The Hand You Cannot See" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex
"Fate or Free Will" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex
"Ghosts of the Bar at Trolley Square" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex
"Veils of the Sleeping City" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex
"Demon That Eats Electronic Job Applications" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex, appeared on blog March 2011
"Better Days Will Come" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex
"Walk to the Wilderness for Work" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex, Original to this work.
"Walk Away" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex
"Walks Around the Block, Never Comes Home" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex
"God is a Moderate Independent" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex, Original to this work.
"Part of the Herd" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex, appeared on blog April, 2013
"The Bench of Pondering" ©unknown, Original to this work.
"Stones Born of Blood and Fire" ©unknown, Original to this work.
"Attack of the Allergies" © unknown, Original to this work.
"Climbing for Sunset Shots" ©unknown, Original to this work.
"Many Paths" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex,
"Smoking Lizard is Driving" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex, Original to this work, but bits from idea poem shared on now defunct MySpace Literature Forums in September, 2010.
"Missing Memory Moments" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex, Original to this work.
"Trails on the Hills" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog December, 2012
"Who Knows You?" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog October, 2012
"3 AM Shoppers" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog January, 2013
"What's the Old Phrase?" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex,
"Steps with Wit and Wisdom" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog December 2011
"Dance to Avoid Allergens" ©Dyfedd Rex
"Labyrinth of Street Dangers" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog June 2012.
"Litany of Wearing Out" ©2011, Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog October, 2012.
"Kite Flyer's Lament" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex,
"You Stand Alone" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, from earlier version on blog ©2011 (August, 2011).
"Sunning in the Plaza of Winter" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, appeared on blog January, 2012.
"Final Sunset" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex,
"Homeless Survivor of the Apocalypse" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex, Original to this work.
"Tastes of the Seasons" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex
"Riders of the Warmth" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex
"Floating Charcoal" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog December 2011.
"Snowy Holidays and Walks" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex, Original to this work.
"The Crowded Patio" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex, has appeared in many incarnations on my blog and the defunct Lit forums over at MySpace, and a few other places as I worked it out.
"Lesson of the Mental Patio" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex, Original to this work.
"Party on the Mental Patio" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex, Original to this work.
"My Briers as Sanity's Anchor" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog September, 2013.
"Trouble Makers on the Porch" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog December, 2012.
"Games of Cat and Mouse" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog January, 2013.
"Pigeons' Beggar King" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog November, 2011.
"Bully Birds of the Porch" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog April, 2012.
"Twisted Offering" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog November, 2011.
"Days of Penance for Venial Sins" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog March, 2012.
"My Battered Signature Items" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog December, 2012
"Looking Like a Race" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog August, 2013.
"My Hat is Retired" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog, December, 2013.
"Wandering on Sunday Morns" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex,
"Twisting Perceptions with Vapors" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog December, 2012.
"Guitar of Spiritual Tension" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog November, 2012.
"And the Greater Silence of Now" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex
"Sky Lights up Over the Bridge" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog with photos I took that inspired it,  October, 2012.
"Aromatic Sorcerous Enchantments" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog December, 2012.
"Outside the Norm" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex,
"Slips of Tongues" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex, Original to this work.
"Table of Morning Laughter" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog May, 2012.
"Of Vineweed, God, Satan, and Murphy" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog
"Return the Greeting" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog December, 2012.
"Coffees Lost and Gained" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex
"Nerd Floor" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex
"Talkers' Society at the Fountain" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex,
"Our Girl in the Tree" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, A[ppeared on blog August, 2012.
"When She Comes Back" ©2013 Dyfedd Rex, Original to this work. (I think, checked the blog, can't find it? Might be wrong)
"There is so Much More to Discover" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex, appeared first on the now defunct Literature Forums on MySpace.
"I Showed Her the Fire, Before She Jumped In" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog March, 2011.
"Lauren's Hand" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, written for a friend as a thank you for sharing glimpses of her works in progress.
"Canyon Winds Blow Me Around" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog December, 2011.
"The Gurus of the Goslings" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on the blog May, 2012.
"Thoughts of Tilted Gravestones" ©2011 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on the blog November, 2011.
"Walk Bold In A Humble Life" ©2010 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on the blog October, 2010.
"You Gave Them Keys" ©2012 Dyfedd Rex, Appeared on blog November 2012, Appeared in Salt Lake Street News February, 2013 under my real name of David Neely.
"The Last Effort" ©2014 Dyfedd Rex, Original to this work.

Progress report: "Words from the Pipe and Under the Hat"

Well,
I have three to five poems left to scavenge from the past, rework, or craft from scratch for this collection, before I enter the twenty-third circle of Hell (Dante trimmed it down, to keep it believable) of formatting this to the proper look for ebook. Then the 37th circle of formatting to ebook file formats begins.
Sticking "Breaking Mom's 'Rule One'" and "The Crowded Patio" helped the thing, a lot.

Luckily, I tend to reside in the low 500's of the circles already, so this won't be too bad.
(having said that, Cousin Murphy the Lawyer is about to visit, I fear).

Making some cover choices and decisions

Looking at two different options for that long promised/threatened e-book of poetry....
So, for those watching the site, will it be Option 1

or Option 2?

"Words from the Pipe and Under the Hat" update

Yes, I know, this is not on the updated projects for this year. Not through lack of desire, but a reality check I am dealing with. Delays that one cannot just work around, for various reasons.

Take the time spent still, despite my tossing in the towel, job-searching. Yes, that still happens, but I have grown pickier of late at what jobs I apply for, and avoid companies with a proven track-record of not hiring folks in my situation. And in looking for work I have a proven ability in only.

Also, figuring out which poems deserve to be in such a collection is tough. Very tough, as my favorites are not always the ones resonating out there. The way "You Gave Them Keys" and "Deerboy on a Bicycle" languish, as other poems posted here soar in hits tells me that, without a doubt, I am a poor judge of what folks will like. In fact, let's share a five of my favorites, which are in the collection at the moment, in my head and layout, at least.
 Here are the jump links to them:
"You Gave Them Keys" http://dyfeddrex.blogspot.com/2012/10/you-gave-them-keys-poem-of-thanks-from.html

"Deerboy on a Bicycle" http://dyfeddrex.blogspot.com/2011/11/deerboy-on-bicycle-poem-of-better-days.html

"Twisted Offering" http://dyfeddrex.blogspot.com/2011/10/twisted-offering-strange-poem-of-season.html

"Breaking Mom's Rule One" http://dyfeddrex.blogspot.com/2012/06/breaking-moms-rule-one-poem-for-my.html

"The Buck Sleeps Here" http://dyfeddrex.blogspot.com/2011/11/buck-sleeps-here-poem-of-wildlife.html

These are by no means the leaders on my board of poetry posts. "God's Cribbage Board" still leads the way, but has new rivals. Not against GCB, it was perfect at the moment, just not the best I ever did, in my mind. But it goes to show, I have a long way to walk until I figure out why folks like certain poems I feel were "quick, in-the-moment poems".

Further, I just recently re-opened bank accounts with something earned, to start building back up my ability to accept money for work or writings. This took a bit out of me, as far as this project, and has proven the main hold up on it. It is still being worked on, as soon as I get some more information on price points and new vs. old (available here for free) content ratios needed to charge for it.

Yes, I said "Charge". Right now, the way things have been going, it is looking more and more like writing my way out of being homeless is the only way that offers hope. I won't ask much, just enough I can guarantee some earnings to come from the project, and take pride in getting money that way over holding a sign on a corner as my needs, minimal compared to some, for my addictions (safer ones, in the long run) hit me. Not that most hold my pipe or coffee abuse as true addictions.

So, yes, it is still on the table, being worked on, with new material added as I get a good poem to stick into it, but it will take a bit longer to see fruition to a finished form.

Unless I figure things out sooner than I think I can. You never know, stranger things have happened.
So maybe that will wander into my "Projects" list shortly, or by summer's start at worst.

=Dyfedd Rex.