Dana Crandell

Joined November 2021

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Dad, Stepdad, Grandpa, Husband, lover of Nature and dogs.

Poet, Writer, Editor, Photographer, Artist

My poetry collection: Life, Love & Ludicrosity

The Upland Soul

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The Disorienting Express
The runaway train in my brain Threatens to drive me insane. To divert its mad rush These keys I must crush Until only the echoes remain.
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Poets
I is What I is
In regard to my writing on Vocal My interests may be multi-focal But limericks rock. I'm a dork. (There's a shock!) So I crank 'em out like a yokel!
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Poets
Somebody Stop Me!
A limerick challenge from Mother? Maybe I'll write just one – then another. Perhaps just one more. Maybe three more or four,
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Poets
Here We Go Again
I shouldn't be penning this rhyme. I'm busy. I haven't the time. But a challenge was made And alas, I'm afraid To ignore it would be such a crime.
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Poets
DisGRUNTled
This story is part of the Vocal + Assist on Facebook Lost in a Story Challenge. You can learn more about it here: Oh, sure! Cheer for the runt that got saved! Saved by a SPIDER, of all things! Some words a human “saw” spelled out in a web? Puh-leeez! Probably imagined it. They imagine all sorts of things.
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Fiction
Bring on Spooky Season!. Content Warning.
I really have to start this one off with an explanation and I'll be posting a few links after the poem. First of all, it was written in response to S. A. Crawford's "Spooky Season Challenge." Second, it was unknowingly inspired in a weird way by Kelli Sheckler-Amsden's piece, entitled "Scarecrows and Mazes." (Here's where it started to get weird.) The meter of that title immediately brought to my mind a Julie Andrews song from "The Sound of Music." Can you guess which one? Never mind. It was "My Favorite Things." So, this poem is set to the tune of that song. It also has an Elvira reference in the second line, because I needed a good rhyming word and I was a fan. (I'm a guy, I was young once, and I love scary movies.) I'm afraid it just went downhill from there, but the final stanza (the bridge of the song, sort of) actually states my "reason for the season." Hold on; here we go and I hope you have fun:
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Poets
October's Kiss. Top Story - September 2023.
Gone is the stifling embrace of the summer, Slowly released as the September trees Blushed with new brilliance, then duly surrendered
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Poets
The Day the Veil was Lifted. Content Warning.
Disillusioned and unbelieving, we watched it play out like a disaster film, waiting for the credits to roll. By day's end, our world was forever changed.
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Poets
Me and That Green Guy. Content Warning.
I think I created a new persona for this one. I'm not sure I like him. P.S. I wasn't drinking. He was. *** Welcome, dude! Can you hear me?
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Poets
Get to Know Me: The Codger Edition. Top Story - September 2023.
My entry for Kayleigh's Get to Know Me Challenge, which you can learn more about here: I've been on the fence about entering this challenge for a while. I've decided to go ahead with it, because a few friends have left encouraging replies to my comments on theirs. So, here goes, and I'll try to keep it on the positive side.
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Confessions
The Meeting
It was a chance meeting, there on the grassy hillside. You were left to learn the harsh truths of nature and I was stopped short at the sight of you in my path.
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Poets
"I" is for Impostor
I've been sitting on a few articles for quite a while. Some, I think, are important and others, well, I just want to put them out there, eventually. Sometimes I get a little sign that says, “It's time.”
By Dana Crandell2 years ago in Confessions