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 .

Death and His Taxes: A Tricube

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I recently read in Robert Lee Brewer’s column, Poetic Asides, from the September 2016 Writer’s Digest issue that a tricube poem

FRI-Toons: Friday Fictioneers’ Cartoons

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You’ve read cartoons. Well, now it’s time for Friday Fictioneers’ FRI-toons….

One Fine Mess: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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How come we always find ourselves in this situation?

The Celebration at Miners Hill: Mondays Finish the Story

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It’s funny how a spirit, or spirits, dead or alive, can still focus on what there may be to celebrate whether in death or life.

A Hot Topic: Friday Fictioneers

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Love can be a hot topic at any age. Let’s listen in on octogenarians Adeline and Jack discuss their latest attempts at how to make one of their favorite meals. Each week Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a pic to write a … Continue reading →

So It Ain’t Exactly Heaven: Heavenly Friday Fictonaires

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Lou and Bud are at it again. This time it’s hell for Lou. But then again, with Bud, everything is hell for Lou.

Alien Interview (Barbara Walters and Sigourney Weaver): Friday Fictioneers

Did you happen to catch that historic interview between Barbara Walters and Sigourney Weaver? If you were one of the few to miss it, I have obtained the rights to reprint it here in its short and not-so-sweet entirety. Hold … Continue reading →

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 Human Time Bomb: College High Jinx ***********Friday Clocktioneers*************

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Ever want to be a human clock? No? Not enuf time on your hands? Friday Fictioneers – it’s not just for Fridays. It’s any time (so to speak) that Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a pic to write a 100 word story … Continue reading →

Johnson and the Boss Miskey, Miscue, and Misconstrue: the Friday on Wednesday Mis-Fictioneer

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This is one boss whose contest you don’t want to win…

Wouldn’t You Pretend to be Ill?: Limerick Off Monday

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I’m sure that every one of you can relate to this, especially if you have children.

Clark and Lois Reminisce: Fireday Super-Fictioneers

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Superman always shows up at a good fire sale?

Deeper In Red Ink: Limerinks (Oops! Did I Misspell That?)

I had to share these…

A Weekend Quickie ————– Picture It and Write

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Oh dear, there are some dares you should not take…

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…

Secret Service Men: Friday Fictioneers

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There’s a man who leads a life of danger To everyone he meets he stays a stranger With every move he makes another chance he takes Odds are he won’t live to see tomorrow from: SECRET AGENT MAN Johnny Rivers … Continue reading →

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…

You Are So Revered: The Friday Fict-revere

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Out of work? There’s always the midnight shift….

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

To Be Able to Read For Days Would Be Paradise: Five Sentence Fiction

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I got started reading and fell behind on my writing (ha!)

A Visit to the Tonight Studio: Friday Fictioneers

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Memories linger like the scent of her perfume or the touch of the pillow that she never shared with me because it was her favorite…

of Thee i sing: 100WCGU

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What is it that will stop this madness? This quick slide into extinction…

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.

Sometimes Sonnets Alight at Night

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Haiku’s will thread their way like ivy spreading o’er the day… but sometimes sonnets will alight at night.

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…

The Ozz Vase: Reason2Rhyme Poetry Prompt

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Hmmm. What’s this in here? Munchkins? Lollipop kids?

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…

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.

The Wood Carver and the CEO: A Tale of Two Chiselers – Friday Fictioneers

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Up in the air about who you are? Here comes the plane truth. Can you handle it?

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 Eight

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We come apart. No, I mean, we come aport. Well, we’ve finished the last of our port and it’s time to come ashore.The the worst port, er part…