<text of above poem> “Our Art” defines /circuitous pathways to find a place of one’s own journeys through time and place in images and words that give voice to /realities adapting to a new world from where /stories began draw upon /memories and /narratives research /meaning books /will illuminate each /story the space that images … Continue reading FOUND POETRY: “Our Art”
POEM: “Paris of the Mind”
Photo by Cu00e9line on Pexels.com “Paris of the Mind” it occupies space shared by streets strolled by Hemingway and Hadley, Patti Smith, and Jim Morrison, virtuosos, and bohemian strays its studios crammed with creatives, its walls lined by Picassos, and of course the Louvre, darkened by long suffering Mona Lisa: her elusive smile i have … Continue reading POEM: “Paris of the Mind”
POEM: “Mona Lisa Survives”
Photo by Christie Photography on Pexels.com “Mona Lisa Survives” lovely lady, beneath your midnight veil, no one suspects the trials you have endured doused in acid, stoned by man, you withstood the brandished blade without a single scratch though those attacks prompted the glass that parts you from us now. still, ugly souls assault you … Continue reading POEM: “Mona Lisa Survives”
POEM: “i didn’t cry tonight”
Photo by Dara Hashenko on Pexels.com “i didn’t cry tonight” i slept in today, then finished reading a novel i thoroughly enjoyed reserved the next in the series cleaned house, dishes, my face, my body tried to scrub away the daily soil made my bed, folded, tucked away the excess, read poetry to myself silently … Continue reading POEM: “i didn’t cry tonight”
CURRENT EVENTS: BOOKS READ IN 2022
Photo by Milada Vigerova on Pexels.com Happy New Year! I’ve been keeping track of the books I’ve read ever since my local library started giving raffle entries for each list of fifty read books per year. One of these years, I hope to enter twice. But it’s more important to me to enjoy and absorb … Continue reading CURRENT EVENTS: BOOKS READ IN 2022
CURRENT EVENTS: New Year’s Resolutions Past and Present
NASA Releases New High-Resolution Earthrise Image by NASA Goddard Photo and Video is licensed under CC-BY 2.0 Gather round, kids! That’s right. It’s time for the annual accountability post on my writing blog. Sounds fun, right? I know you’ve been on pins and needles, anticipating this ALL YEAR, so without further ado I give you… … Continue reading CURRENT EVENTS: New Year’s Resolutions Past and Present
POEM: “sunflowers and soup”
Sunflower in the dark shade by eberhard grossgasteiger is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 “sunflowers and soup” rain does not touch these blooms dried brightly, yet somehow sad deprived of sun within hallowed walls beneath thin glass that sunless shines only with the flash of a bulb their Warhol-esque protest a mockery of his work to … Continue reading POEM: “sunflowers and soup”
POEM: “Fight Club Redux”
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com “Fight Club Redux” --aka “it’s your own damn fault if it’s spoiled; the movie’s been out for ages” in the darkness, the grass glitters with crystallized condensation when i walk outside to let my dog make her mark, as though the stars vaguely luminescent in their spheres had fallen to … Continue reading POEM: “Fight Club Redux”
BANNED & CHALLENGED BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS including a brief mention of “Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation”
Photo by Nicole Berro on Pexels.com In honor of Banned Books Week, I’ve decided to post a banned book recommendation each day. I have only used only books I’ve read from the American Library Association’s list of the top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books of the decade (2010-2019), with the partial exception of the … Continue reading BANNED & CHALLENGED BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS including a brief mention of “Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation”
BANNED BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “The Giver” by Lois Lowry
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com In honor of Banned Books Week, I’ve decided to post a banned book recommendation each day. I will use only books I’ve read from the American Library Association’s list of the top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books of the decade (2010-2019). . BANNED BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “The Giver” by … Continue reading BANNED BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “The Giver” by Lois Lowry
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