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(Contact Info: larry at larryblakeley.com)

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A listing and access link to all:
song lyrics and mp3 audio files http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/songs/ (all of which are a part of this Web site) can be accessed simply by selecting the "htm" file for the song you want;

poetry http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry.htm;

quotations http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/quotations.htm; and

essays written by Larry Blakeley http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/articles/articles_larry_blakeley.htm,

all of which are used to tell the story in this Web site, can be accessed by going to each respective link set out above.

My son, Larry Blakeley http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/larryblakeley_photos_jpeg.htm manages this Web site and the following Web sites:

Larry Blakeley (Contact Info: larry at larryblakeley.com)

Leslie (Blakeley) Adkins - my granddaughter

Lori Ann Blakeley (June 20, 1985 - May 4, 2005) - my granddaughter

Evan Blakeley- my grandson

Major Roy James Blakeley (December 10, 1928 - July 22, 1965) - USAF (KIA)

When I was young my dad would say
Come on son let's go out and play

No matter how hard I try
No matter how many tears I cry
No matter how many years go by
I still can't say goodbye

- "I Still Can't Say Goodbye," Performer: Chet Atkins

MP3 audio file/lyrics http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/songs/still_cant_say_goodbye.htm

For a larger image click on the photograph.

http://www.poets.org/index.cfm

Happiness lives for those who cry,

those who hurt,

those who have searched,

and those who have tried,

for only they can appreciate

the importance of people

who have touched their lives.

- Author Unknown

To Those I Loved http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/to_those_i_loved.htm

If... http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/if.htm

Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/do_not_stand_at_grave_weep.htm

Caretaker of the Children of God http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/caretaker_of_children_of_God.htm

Solitude http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/solitude.htm

The Road Not Taken http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/road_not_taken.htm

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/stopping_by_woods.htm

War Stories http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/war_stories_charles_bernstein.htm

Let America Be America Again http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/let_america_be_again.htm

Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/odes_imitations_immortality_recollections_childhood.htm

Resolution and Independence http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/resolution_independence.htm

My Heart Leaps Up http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/heart_leaps_up.htm

The Spider and the Fly http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/spider_fly.htm

The Bridge Builder http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/bridge_builder.htm

My Mother http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/poetry/mother_johnnye_blakeley1973.htm

She Is Gone (Remember Me) http://www.loriblakeley.name/letter_megan_vickery.htm