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National Poetry Month Readings
Well, I said I’d try, right? And if you don’t remember what I said last time, or don’t know what I mean, it’s just as well. Remember how I said I hate to apologize about not posting when I could be posting? So how goes National Poetry Month in your neighborhood? It’s now becoming international…
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Aimless Love Has Landed at Last
Today’s day at work was to be five hours longer than it was originally scheduled. Then I stayed an extra two hours. So. Aside from feeling like I have been run over by a truck, this frickin’ day was longer than 35% of my life thus far! No, seriously, have you ever known me to…
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Happy National Poetry Month, 2014
So, here we are, done with day one of April, 2014. No foolin! And for the first time in years I do not have myself committed to a National Poetry Month Challenge. In years past I attempted the NaPoWriMo gig of writing a poem each day. I ended up with a lot of great starts,…
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‘Mental Cases’ by Wilfred Owen: Writing the horror of shell shock in poetry
Originally posted on No more wriggling out of writing ……: Wilfred Owen On Friday 21st March it was World Poetry Day. It is often one of those ‘days’ that passes people by, especially if they do not consider themselves a poetry lover. (I don’t think anyone truly dislikes poetry; they just haven’t found the right…
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Saturday Song, with Vampire Weekend
I hate reading posts that apologize for not posting. It seems tiresome, and makes me want to say, “Well, get on with it then! You’re making a post now.” But it’s unusual for me to go more than a week with out an update on the blog, so I feel I owe my regulars an…
