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“Any Fool Can Get Into an Ocean”
Here it is, already more than a week into April and I have done nothing to publicly promote National Poetry Month! Well, it was a busy, crazy start to April, so what can I say? This year I am not attempting to write a poem a day, but I may post some new ones here. I…
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Reading it Well, and Making it Relevant
This is what I am all about, and hats off to the IBlamePoetry channel on YouTube for doing such an excellent job of this. I love these readings. They are true to the poems, and innovative in their presentation. Finding nuggets like this gives me hope and joy that my fascination with poetry is not…
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Time to Say it Straight
The religious radicals are not listening. They never have, so why are we pretending to carry on a dialog with them. Haven’t we noticed their fingers in their ears? This is the best and most honest blog post I’ve read in a long time, and I hope you’ll read it. I’m tired of playing nice,…
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“Pretty” by Stevie Smith, a Poetry Reading
This is a poem written by Stevie Smith, formerly Florance Margaret Smith. A little quirky; perhaps a little creepy; maybe even a little profound, but certainly “Pretty.” Pretty Why is the word pretty so underrated? In November the leaf is pretty when it falls The stream grows deep in the woods after rain And in…
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Impromptu Monster Mash at the Haunted Porch
Dad was playing the required spooky sounds when he decided to play something really scary: Rufus Wainwright doing Judy Garland! The monsters loved it. What the video doesn’t show is the sidewalk full of trick-or-treaters just staring at us, not sure what to make of it all.
