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Once Upon A December

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Author: James Bell

James BellAugust 8, 2017

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Once Upon A December

written by: James Bell

@jbell_counsel

Once upon a December
Willing myself again and again, not to remember

Those late Autumn days
Thoughts of you, now just a receding and distant haze

Winter crept in uninvited
A love that flourished, now bitterly unrequited

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“Hemmingplay,” is the pen name of Doug Stanfield, who grew up on a family farm in western Ohio, went with his parents for two years in Karachi, Pakistan, in high school and had lived, until recently, in Bellefonte, PA with his late wife, Wilda and their two sons, Ben and John. Doug was a writer, editor and director of internet communications at Penn State for 26 years. He has had a few disreputable occupations, including newspaper reporter and editor, and public relations flak, but is trying to make amends for his sins by writing poetry and fiction. When his sons were safely off making their own mistakes, he turned on the computer one day, stared at the screen, and began to learn the craft anew at age 67. Doug has published three books: "Mermaid Sisters: First Dive", a children's book; "I Came From A Place of Fireflies" and, "Snowflakes & Ashes: Meditations on the Temporary”.