Major Dennis Copson is a retired United States Marine living in Oceanside,CA. He is Director of Sales and Marketing for Nature's Big Bud Worm Castings, Inc., producers of an all natural,organic gardening product. He is also a freelance writer and has published
+ more bio informationRemember the Warm Feeling lonely, Do you ever recall That walk we took One sunny afternoon in fall? Or, on a Sunday morning, Does a terrace brunch memory High over the beach Still stir within your breast? When you hear a familiar song, Alone, without distractions, Does my image emerge Clear and strong From your innermost wis...
Crimson Illusion My lover picked me roses From her garden last Sunday morn, Red blossoms in seductive poses Nestled coyly amongst the thorns. She vased them in a crimson arrangement Displayed by the window in the sun. Then I watched in nave estrangement As my illusions came undone. . As those roses, I'd sung of love, heart c...
The Seven Sins That Afflicted John McCain: Why He Lost and Obama Won On November 4th, 2008, Americans went to the polls to choose the 44th President of the United States. They did so with a convincing declaration that they were unhappy with the status quo in Washington, D. C. and wanted change dramatic change! They rejected ...
Reading Charles Krauthammer's (Washington Post) column recently in my local paper, I came across a rather stunning observation, one on which I fear many Americans have been speculating for awhile I suspect. Regarding the Tuzla sniping incident, the esteemed Mr. K refers to it as "confabulation on a pathological scale, a Clin...
Make Your Own Superior Planting Mix Its spring - gardening time again! Time to tuck your plants into their outdoor beds. In so doing, many home gardeners make the critical mistake of sticking their bedding plants into the same old worn out soil they've used for years. They dig it up a bit and maybe throw on some fertilizer a...
The Blight of Media Bias: Is Objectivity Pass On Television News? I can recall no time in our modern history that there has been a more biased media than in the current environment. As an example, could it be my imagination that I perceive the mostly liberal cable television networks, especially the likes of MSNBC, have take...
PET PEEVES: Real Estate Hype and Realtors Who Use It I read an article in my local paper recently by a corporate real estate sales person which irked me to no end. In it he hypes' the current real estate market as having reached bottom and now accelerating upward. "Don't miss the boat," he implies, "lest the new boom' set sa...
Night I fear the night, my love As it closes in on me And wraps its lonely cloak Around my world, my love. I fight the night, my love As it presses down so weighty And suffers me to choke back day In self defense, my love. But, just as this ominous nocturnal (k)night Charges with outstretched javelins of time and distance, I...
She Gifted Me Roses On Sunday she gifted me roses, one of red, one white. Each was prime in flower - not a blemish, not a blight. By Monday I took no notice; they were there, they were not. It was a day for disregarding; I remembered, I forgot. On Tuesday again I saw them, in the sunlight, in the dark. They appeared but an i...
n reading the real estate section of my local paper today (San Diego Union-Tribune, Sunday Edition, May 18th) I came across an article which sorta irked me. The longer I thought about what the author had to say in it and the more carefully I read it, I progressed beyond just being irked to a state of indignation for I felt I...
Dennis Copson
Oceanside, California US
Member since: March 2008
Articles Written: 62