An acrostic tanka for Sadje's birthday ๐ Supportive; caring; Attentive; understanding; Deliberative Jump-starter of our muses Engages us all with love Happy 61st birthday, Sadje! I think I speak for many bloggers on WordPress when I say that your daily contributions to our collective community make each day a little brighter ~ thanks for being… Continue reading Friend, or: Dost (ุฏูุณุช)
Steven S. Wallace had a stroke Steven S. Wallace (a pseudonym) is a lovely person many of us have had the pleasure of meeting here in the blogosphere. He has been one of our regular W3 poetry prompt participants and has served as host for W3 on several ocassions, including last week. Last night, I… Continue reading Our WordPress friend just had a stroke
My friend Sangeetha is the host for this week's #TankaTuesday poetry prompt, hosted by the lovely Colleen Chesebro! Come join in the fun ๐ - click here to participate!
Ya (Arabic: ูุง), O; hey; you; vocative particle preceding a noun used in direct address Elephant (English): a mammal and the largest existing land animal, very conspicuous I. Ya-elephant, wherefore this room? A poem, then, or-- p'raps too soon? No job in sight; the crush of debt; Ya-elephant doth sit and fret, And yet... Ya-elephant,… Continue reading Elephant, or: Future
An American sentence: Returning from summer break, two schoolgirls quickly find adjacent chairs. What's an 'American Sentence'? Allen Ginsberg, inventor of the American Sentence, felt that the haiku didnโt work as well in English. Ginsberg decided to remove the line structure of the haiku, maintaining the requirement of 17 syllables total. He felt that removing… Continue reading First, or: Second grade
Poetry Partners #119 'Iโm a walking, talking, rhyming Bogomolny', a poem by Cindy Georgakas of 'Unique Times with Cindy' Up & Atom words rhyming. People think Iโm touched itโs true, except for those of you, who turn words too. I search for my thesaurus, nowhere to be found, so I Google it. looking for similes… Continue reading Bogomolny, or: Georgakas
Preoccupied with domestic abuse After my wife's and my recent attempts to help our domestically abused friend, my mind has been awash with thoughts about domestic violence. In that context, I'd like to share another story about a second friend of ours... somebody that we're especially close to. Her story, in a certain sense, is… Continue reading A domestic abuse story
A textbook case of domestic abuse The friend I wrote about several days ago that has been psychologically, sexually, and physically abused by her husband has returned to him after fleeing from their home. I don't know the details, but I do know that she has spoken to him by phone; and he's agreed to… Continue reading Abused friend returns to husband
The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
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