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Tag: poem
life don’t take prisoners
Once again, up against the self-imposed deadline of the calendar because I have some sort of need to not disappoint the internet. It’s foolish, but it keeps me a little bit honest, so let’s roll with it. This poem was […]
All Creatures Dumb & Small
As an extra poetry bonus this week, here’s a true story. all creatures dumb & small a bee has been stuck inside my garage for days. when i was younger, this would’ve been a cause for alarm (we were scared […]
Ain’t It A Pity?
Doesn’t everyone have a favorite tree? Probably not, so I won’t bother waiting for your answer. Once again, this one is straight outta the journal with the absolute minimum of editing. ain’t it a pity? they’ve cut down my favorite […]
Word Wednesday – May 31, 2022
Something I wrote a few months ago and hadn’t looked back on until today. As per usual, this is unedited and pretty much how it was scrawled in my journal. want what is it to want? to have this amnesia […]
Word Wednesday, January 19
There’s still approximately 15 minutes left to Word Wednesday here in Eastern Standard Time, so here’s one from 2021 that hasn’t been revised at all and, in fact, hadn’t been read since it was typed into the magic poem machine […]
poison parrots
words are slippery things, meanings & inference & subtlety all lost in a blink – twisted, turned, maimed, & unrecognizable in the wrong hands. each year, i read the words of a peacemaker & lover of justice perverted & prostituted […]
Late Spring Word Wednesday
One day after my triumphant return to blogging and I almost missed posting something. Okay, so maybe it’s not so much triumphant as wobbling back out onto rollerskates after a couple decades, but indulge for a bit if you would. […]
A Connected Word Wednesday
After a few weeks of new poems, I decided to reach back a couple years and dust one off. i stand connected too far from a future to see the right answers and too close to a past that contains […]
Word Wednesday On A Friday
Through some interesting (and frustrating) mutations of my sleep schedule this week, Wednesday turned into a contest for survival and I didn’t post anything for Word Wednesday. So, rather than wrack my brain for something to write about today, I […]