http://www.wikinut.com/author~qojqqm/Don-Rothra/ I am a retired country music entertainer and published poet and song writer. I'm also a jack of all trades and a master of none. I now specialize in writing limericks for publication. I also write for Yahoo! contributor network.com and Expertscolumn.com en-gb http://img.wikinut.com/img/23azr51salbnd5bt/jpeg/preview/Author-profile-image.jpeg http://www.wikinut.com/author~qojqqm/Don-Rothra/ If the federal government outlaws guns, the people who want to cause mass killings will turn to other methods. http://writing.wikinut.com/Boston-Marathon-Bombing-vs.-Gun-Control/34gdnqqx/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Boston-Marathon-Bombing-vs.-Gun-Control/34gdnqqx/ Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:58:23 GMT This is a love poem that I wrote in 2003 about the beauty of love. http://writing.wikinut.com/You-With-Love/1-jpimuk/ http://writing.wikinut.com/You-With-Love/1-jpimuk/ Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:11:52 GMT Written as a challenge from a fellow writer that I admire. http://writing.wikinut.com/Wind-of-A-Smartass-Limerick/2bd-dux7/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Wind-of-A-Smartass-Limerick/2bd-dux7/ Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:27:52 GMT Some of the things we learned in school were misleading and contradictory. http://writing.wikinut.com/I-m-Confused/1120xjkl/ http://writing.wikinut.com/I-m-Confused/1120xjkl/ Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:27:37 GMT Here are some things that have confused me in my 71 years on this earth. Humans are funny creatures. http://writing.wikinut.com/Some-Things-That-I-Don-t-Understand/322nq3a2/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Some-Things-That-I-Don-t-Understand/322nq3a2/ Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:00:04 GMT Mamas have a way of passing on, Leaving only memories. http://writing.wikinut.com/Remember-Mama/3jw8vlpj/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Remember-Mama/3jw8vlpj/ Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:03:29 GMT As a non-drinker, it is very hard to follow doctors orders. http://writing.wikinut.com/Purely-Medicinal-Limerick/1vgbwp7g/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Purely-Medicinal-Limerick/1vgbwp7g/ Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:27:00 GMT Sometimes, when you reject a fair warning, you must pay the piper. http://writing.wikinut.com/Fair-Warning-Limerick/21yei0s3/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Fair-Warning-Limerick/21yei0s3/ Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:39:10 GMT This lighthouse, Is located at Barcelona Harbor, approximently 30 miles east of Erie, Pennsylvania, on the New York shore of Lake Erie. http://writing.wikinut.com/Barcelona-Lighthouse/2c-wruxx/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Barcelona-Lighthouse/2c-wruxx/ Tue, 15 May 2012 00:19:08 GMT Prospectors in the Yukon live a harsh life in the cold. Many tales have been told about them. http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Prospector/2pd4_9ux/ http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Prospector/2pd4_9ux/ Fri, 11 May 2012 21:21:02 GMT Prospecting in the polar region is not the most comfortable work a man can do. http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Cold%2C-Icy-Trek/2agbtarn/ http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Cold%2C-Icy-Trek/2agbtarn/ Mon, 07 May 2012 02:40:22 GMT Poetry about the desert can be beautiful or it can scare a person to death. http://writing.wikinut.com/Devil-s-Land/d7maphf0/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Devil-s-Land/d7maphf0/ Sun, 06 May 2012 10:18:41 GMT Birds are very protective of their breeding areas in the early spring, even to the point of attacking their own reflection in a window. http://writing.wikinut.com/Reflections-Limerick/3ipd47ps/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Reflections-Limerick/3ipd47ps/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:13:34 GMT Mother Nature has many moods and they are extreme in the desert. Survival on the desert is not garenteed to even those who live there. http://writing.wikinut.com/Mother-Nature%E2%80%99s-Desert/40v-040n/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Mother-Nature%E2%80%99s-Desert/40v-040n/ Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:00:19 GMT This is poetry about working for pennies by writing articles on the internet. As a retiree, I find it amusing to put words together in poetic form. http://writing.wikinut.com/Pennies-From-Heaven/3hjs61ym/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Pennies-From-Heaven/3hjs61ym/ Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:39:31 GMT When a loved one is missing, we only have our memory to go by. http://writing.wikinut.com/You-re-Only-a-Memory-Away/10j8snks/ http://writing.wikinut.com/You-re-Only-a-Memory-Away/10j8snks/ Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:08:19 GMT We all have memories that we fall back on whenever we think of our younger years. http://writing.wikinut.com/Memories/1pd0v45d/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Memories/1pd0v45d/ Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:04:47 GMT Memories of our childhood is all that we have. We can never go back and find what was. http://writing.wikinut.com/Unyielding-Sands-of-Time/p2-_4p3f/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Unyielding-Sands-of-Time/p2-_4p3f/ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:11:33 GMT We all have our dreams of what might have been. If I was born sooner, I would have been a cowboy. http://writing.wikinut.com/Born-A-Hundred-Years-Too-Late/3ggrjw4w/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Born-A-Hundred-Years-Too-Late/3ggrjw4w/ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:13:00 GMT Poetic explanation of how to live a clean life. It's all written down in a book called The Bible. http://writing.wikinut.com/My-Rules-For-Living/qsvly2yf/ http://writing.wikinut.com/My-Rules-For-Living/qsvly2yf/ Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:57:48 GMT Everyone has a memory from the days of yore that they yearn for. But there's no going back. http://writing.wikinut.com/There-Ain%E2%80%99t-No-Way-of-Getting-There-From-Here/2dogy1_w/ http://writing.wikinut.com/There-Ain%E2%80%99t-No-Way-of-Getting-There-From-Here/2dogy1_w/ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:28:42 GMT A vow from a dying man to his wife that his love live on forever. http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Dying-Vow/2_n3ft1p/ http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Dying-Vow/2_n3ft1p/ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:15:32 GMT As time goes by and we get older, we find that we can still do what we used to, but at a slower speed. http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Age-Of-Time/23ugsx7b/ http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Age-Of-Time/23ugsx7b/ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:22:11 GMT As an old man, I think of the things I accomplished in my life. http://writing.wikinut.com/Old-Man%E2%80%99s-Daydream/i8rptvv9/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Old-Man%E2%80%99s-Daydream/i8rptvv9/ Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:05:17 GMT Even elderly people can recover from a serious illness if they receive proper care. http://writing.wikinut.com/Moms-Recovery/2wd31__c/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Moms-Recovery/2wd31__c/ Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:48:14 GMT