Four Poetry Announcements I’m pleased to announce the following: Georgia Poetry Society, 2020 Member Excellence Contest, Honorable Mention, for Draining Lake Nottely. Georgia Poetry Society, The Non-Sense Poetry Award, Honorable Mention, for the discussion of nonce at the poetry roundtable  Both … Continue reading →

A Poet’s A French Pirate has been published in DASH Literary Journal (13th Edition 2020)

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It’s with great pleasure that I share with you my most recently published poem

Third Poem Accepted

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While I am awaiting notification of the publication of my second accepted poem, I’ve received notification that a third poem has been accepted

Clerihews

For an interesting post with little known and humorous information regarding clerihews, please visit dVerse ~ Poets Pub: Form For All; the Clerihew .

A Novel In Search of an Author: Friday Desktioneers

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When everybody in the family wants you to do something, sometimes you just have to man up and do it. Even if you don’t know what it is you have to do or, in this case, how to even do … Continue reading →

The Pages of My Life: Five Sentence Fiction

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Have you lived before? Have you seen yourself in novels? These five sentences say it all…

The Player: The Sunday Whirl “Wordle”

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The Sunday Whirl invites writers to write a poem or short prose using some or all of the “wordle’s” 12 word. This week it is:                         The Player   … Continue reading →

Leonard Pitts’ Latest Column – A Discussion With God

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I love reading Pitts’ column in the Sunday Herald. I had to share this one, in case you hadn’t read it. I think it’s terrific…

The Senior Center Dances: Five Sentence Fiction

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Ginger and Fred still live. That is, Ginger Rodgers and Fred Astaire for you youngsters…

The View from the Bridge: VisDare and Sarah Ann Hall

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Okay, so I got all fla-blund-ged (confused) again (which is not that unusual for me). I saw Sara Ann Hall’s blog about a bridge which was in response to what I thought was this week’s VisDare, which it was and … Continue reading →

Out on a Limb: Friday Afflictioneers

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Who could love a gnarly tree? If you did – would it be called treeson? Would you go out on a limb for a gnarly tree? Important questions to ponder. We think we have some answers…

One Resurrection Day: The Sunday Whirl “Wordle”

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Rise and shine. A new day. A new promise…

Stirred: The Sunday Whirl “Wordle”

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Hangings don’t happen here any more. Maybe. Maybe not so much from trees but in new ways, subtle and not-so-subtle. Like lack of access to good housing, education, minimum wages, high taxes and the high cost of living, inability to … Continue reading →

Monday Madness: VisDare 12

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I can wait. No I can’t. Yes, I can. No, I can’t…

The Phantom Robot: Phantom Phriday Phictioneer

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I am a fan, he’s a fan, she’s a fan – wouldn’t you like to be a fan-tom, too? Phriday Phictioneers – Rochelle Wisoff-Fields has posted a phantom pic to write a phantom 100 word story – if you’re phantom-tastic. … Continue reading →

They Call Me Anna: Friday Fictioneers

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Amen, Hallelujah, Praise God…. Here comes a true horse’s tale

The Daily Double: Five Sentence Fiction

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Did you whisper, “Order me a double”? Well, I whispered back, “You got it.”

My Pet Snails: VisDare 10

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After my wife left me, I decided to open up an escargot breeding farm. I worked at a snail’s pace…

Walking Into the Light: Friday Fictioneers

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Some say that we see a light at the end of our lives. Some of us simply see a light bulb. Some of us go out in the dark, having not paid our last electric bill…

Empty (I’m Not in the Picture): Five Sentence Fiction

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Some of us are not aware of our surroundings – until there are no more surroundings…

Loving You: Sunday Whirl “wordle”

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That first kiss, that first love, that first time…

Who Dreamed Up Genie? VisDare 9

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This is for those people who buy the state of the art anything, spending beaucoup dollars, and then when they go to use it, end up feeling like they’re living in a foreign country.

Mini Ha-Ha’s

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Time for little laughs…

A Million Dollars in Federal Funding? – Friday Fictioneers

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Why not? All the Republicans are doing it. It’s called corporate welfare… Friday Fictioneers – Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a pic to write a 100 word story about. This week it’s: HUMOR A Million Dollars in Federal Funding? Yup. Energy bill. … Continue reading →

Elmer FODD: Friday Fictioneers

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Don’cha just hate people who go against the normal flow. Ya ask them one thing and they’ll do the other…

Jesus at a Doorway II

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If Jesus came to your door, would you be ready?

Karma Kartoons and Cosmic Comics Presents: Back to the Drawing Board – Picture it and Write

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Sometimes we’re just not in a position to negotiate…

Every Time is the First Time: Five Sentence Fiction

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Love is eternally young…

Stanley Sees the Light: VisDare 7

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There are keys, and then there are keys… then, there are doors, too.

The Pagoda of the Man Dragging Lady Through the Street (A Confucian Delight):Friday Fictioneers

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Not every one can solve a mystery – and most people opt for a frontal attack… I did not.

What Matters: 100WCGU

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You know what really matters and you don’t need a precept to point the way – or a hemorrhage either.

We Go Cruisin’: Day Five — My Heart’s With Thee, Haiti

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what a country, what a people, what hath God wrought…

This Was a No Dream, Becky Friday Fictioneers

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With ten uncles and aunts, I was part of a large Jewish family. Fortunately, I grew up in New York City; they, for the most part, lived in a small coal mining town in Pennsylvania. An unlikely place for a … Continue reading →

They Call Me Wheelie Willie: Visual Dare

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You can call me Mr. Wheelie Willie.

Gnarled Tree

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We age like gnarled trees: A haiku Thanks to Janet at This That and the Other Thing and Tea With a Pirate for inspiration.                                 … Continue reading →

Les Violins Go Cruisin’ on Their Honeymoon: Friday Fictioneers

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Hey, want to fiddle around?

An Adult Smoking and Coping (A Fantasy): Picture it and write

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Smoking is a mature way to cope with our feelings about life… a little kid inside a grown-up’s body. Let’s watch the little kid…

The Fire Burning: Wordle

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Do you have a fire burning within you?

No Rain in Sight: Visual Dare

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Oh how I wish that it would rain…

New Year’s Eve with the Steinfelds: Friday Fictioneers

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So, waddya think, money grows on trees?

Lizardimi Non Carborundum: Don’t Let the Lizards Drag You Down

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You know how those lizards can really get you down… here’s a pep talk for you.

A Batman New Year’s Eve: Picture It and Write

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Don’t tug on Superman’s cape and don’t pull that mask of the old Lone Ranger.

Two Old Humorists Feeding the Birds and Talking in the Park

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Sometimes people shut you out of their lives, and sometimes writing is a way to work it out for yourself…

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

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Many people know the prose poem entitled Desiderata – which means “desired things” in Latin. But if you don’t, please take a moment to read it through.

From the Beginning to the Ends: Five Sentence Fiction

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Lillie McFerrin posts a “Five Sentence Fiction” prompt. This week it is: The End                         From the Beginning to the Ends From the beginning to the end, ours was … Continue reading →

Smoking Mirrors: Friday Fictioneers

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Something’s wrong with this picture…..

The DUBSTEP Goat

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The goat is a symbol of great vivacity…

I’ve Never Seen the Fiscal Cliffs

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What cliffs have you seen?

What Christmas Does

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This is what Christmas does…

Jimmy Diamonds, I Hate You: Picture It and Write

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Those were the days, back in Canarsie…