Prompt: What countries do you want to visit? I have visited many, many countries already but on my bucket list are: Canada, New Zealand and Brazil. The USA, I can live without. I have been there some years back, but will not go in the current right-wing neo-fascist environment that currently exists.
Prompt: What’s your favorite thing about yourself? Obviously, my incredable good looks!
Prompt: How do you want to retire? I have! And it's been the best ten years of my life! The Golden Decade. The alarm clock sleeps, a silent, dusty friend,No morning rush, no schedule to attend.The world outside can hum its busy tune,My stage is set, beneath the afternoon. Ten years have flown, a blink, …
Describe one of your favorite moments. Here is a poem that I wrote some years ago about the birth of my son Jonathan. A beauty that beguiles the eye A splendour that can’t possibly lie I am compelled to look and stare To see if he’s not really there Straining every optic nerve I look, …
Prompt: What is your favorite season of year? Why? When summer's blaze begins to fade,And green gives way to gold and red,A magic whispers through the glade,As autumn's gentle hand is spread. The air grows crisp, a cooling sigh,No sweltering heat, no humid press,Just perfect breezes drifting by,A welcome, sweet, and soft caress. From emerald …
Prompt: If humans had taglines, what would yours be? Maturity is something I've never fully embraced... They say I'm in my seventies now, a seasoned, silvered sage,Supposedly filled with wisdom, turning life's final page.And yes, I've seen a few things, endured a laugh or two,But that wild, impish youngster? He's still kicking, strong and true.Maturity? …
Prompt: Who do you spend the most time with?Now retired, my loving wife... Retirement...Ten years have danced on silent feet,Since work's demands made their retreat.No clock to punch, no early call,Just you and I, standing tall. We wake with sun, or when we please,A quiet hum upon the breeze.Coffee brewed, a gentle start,With every sip, …
Prompt: If you had to change your name, what would your new name be? Background: I was born Joseph R Mason but my birth mother died when I was 4 days old. I was subsequently adopted and my name changed to Richard J Kirk. For the full story see: https://josephmasonauthor.com/about/ A name, a mark, a …
Prompt: Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? An Ode to the Isle of Shattered Dreams,Where innocence, a fragile bloom, redeemsIts fading light to shadows, stark and vast,Upon the shores where savagery was cast. Oh, Piggy, with your spectacles askew,A beacon dim of logic, clear and true,Your voice unheard amidst the rising roar,Of primal …
