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‘From the Womb to the Tomb’ – at last a title. Now to get writing…
How cool is this? My dear ol’ blogging/poetry buddy, Suzie Grogan is writing another book, and her publishers actually liked my idea for a title! Now if only a publisher would like one of my chapbook titles enough to get a collection printed! But seriously, check out Suzie’s blog, where you’ll learn a lot…
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Skiing, Surfing, Journal Searching, and Jennifer Bullis
So, since our gathering here to sing “Auld Lang Syne,” I’ve been working on one of the chapbook manuscripts. Last night I sent that out, after editing and paring it down from 20 to 16 more solid poems in a better order. That’s two chapbooks out there circling the contest world, and one more in…
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Auld Lang Syne, the Original Words and Tune
How is this for a Flashback Friday? Happy 2016, my friends. If you sang this song just after midnight last night, my guess is that you didn’t sing all the original words (though if you did, I want to know–that’s fantastic!), nor did you sing them to the original tune. On this lazy first day…
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Christmas Songs, Spongebob–and a Poem by Naomi Shihab Nye
I’ve been going back over some of the holiday posts I’ve made on this blog since I started it back in 2008. What follows here is an adaptation of one from two years ago, that is worth coming back to. Besides it sort of ties into the one a couple of days ago about not…
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Oh Holy Puddles, Christmas Songs with Puddles Pity Party
I suppose some may think this sacrilegious, but dang, doesn’t that big clown have pipes! And the band is pretty slick too. If you’ve been around this blog for a while, you’ve seen this clown before. Now I’ve heard some folks complain that the singer here does not need this “gimmick” to make an impression,…
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Stop Asking If People Are Ready for Christmas
Do you want peace on earth? Would you like to spread good will toward women and men? Then please, for the love of god, reindeer and all that is sacred and sane, stop asking that damned question! No, seriously, stop it. What are you thinking? What is wrong with you people? Stop asking others, “Are…
