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They Met for Coffee, the Two Women Everyone Said Would Love Each Other and Should Be Friends
Originally posted on Marilyn Rauch Cavicchia: We should do this again! they said, knowing full well that this would never happen. Who knows why some things catch fire? Who knows why some things don’t? Or worse, the little flare between two people that sparks and then dies, leaving someone inevitably embarrassed over what was said,…
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Poetry and Meaning, and Can a Poem Just Be?
“What exactly does this poem mean?” That’s the question someone just posted today on one of my YouTube readings from more than a year and a half ago. I’m glad those readings still get attention. I was recording a poem a day during National Poetry Month for a couple of years there, and between that…
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Haunted Porch Flashback
I am still too old fashioned to catch up with the Throwback Thursday craze, but since it’s Halloween on this Friday I’m in good shape for a haunted Flashback Friday! My boys and I used to have a tradition of decorating the porch and scaring the pee out of local kids on Halloween. Parents loved…
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Trick or Treat at the Library!
I’ve told you I’m working at the library these days, right? Well, it’s casual Friday, so we dressed down. There is one little girl who was not fooled by her Grammy’s mask.
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When Great Trees Fall: Remix
In the beginning of June I had recorded a poem on SoundCloud in honor of Maya Angelou, and I wrote a about how her work had influenced me. I don’t really have anything new to add to that this evening, except to say that it was my friend Jody who brought the poem to my…
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100,000 Hits and a Face Lift
It happened on the eve of my birthday a couple of weeks ago. I was waiting for it, but it was a pleasant birthday gift just the same. And my aversion to meta-blogging aside, I finally have time to tell you about it today. So I am hoping my long-term readers will forgive my obvious…
