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 →

My Poem “Cervantes’ Straw” is online at YourDailyPoem.com – September 14, 2020

Once again, I’m pleased to announce that my poem Cervantes’ Straw is now online at YourDailyPoem.com .

My Short Story “A Snake in the Garden of Campus Life” Is Now Published Online With Defenestration Literary Magazine

I’m pleased to announce that my short story “A Snake in the Garden of Campus Life” has been published online with Defenestration Literary Magazine.

My Poem “Nuts” is online at MyDailyPoem.com April 16, 2020

I’m pleased to announce that my poem Nuts has been published online in YourDailyPoem.com.

My poem “I Make Silence of the Lambs Look Foolish” is online at NECRO magazine

I recently attended a class at Young Harris College regarding the use of humor in poetry. The class was called “Levity and the Line.” Among several pieces that I wrote, the following involved the use of limericks in various forms … Continue reading →

Gertie And Morris in a “Slice of Type” only on Friday Fictioneers

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No, it’s not exactly a ribbon cutting event, but…

Gertie And Morris Try a Little Tenderness: Only on Friday Fictioneers

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It’s not exactly Italy, but…

Morris Buys a Watermelon: The Continuing Adventures Only on Friday Fictioneers

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Morris schlepps Gertie to a seedy part of town for a bargain. But will it be more than he bargained for?

Gertie and Morris On Stage: The Continuing Adventures Only on Friday Fictioneers

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Morris is hungry for theater. Gertie is hungry, well, for pastrami?

When You Need Some Time Away to Think, a Barn is not the Place: Friday Fictioneers

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Gertie books a place for them so that Morris can get away and think. But, boy, does it go awry!

Like Child’s Play for a President: New Poem up on Light’s Poem of the Week

Please visit Light Magazine’s Poem of the Week to see my latest poem regarding the President’s current assault on our water supply. Click here: Light Magazine Poems of the Week to read: Like Child’s Play for a President Thank you … Continue reading →

My poem “Bald Mountains Have Hope” will be online at YourDailyPoem.com, Saturday 12/14/19

My poem “Bald Mountains Have Hope” will be the Poem of the Day showing on Your Daily Poem – Home Saturday, December 14, 2019. My thanks and appreciation to Ms. Jayne Jaudon Ferrer, Editor, for her acceptance of this piece. … Continue reading →

So it’s not Katz’s Deli? Friday Fictioneers

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Another new adventure for Gertie and Morris…

Annie Goatley, A Goat’s Tale: Friday Fictioneers

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Since it was my picture, you know, I just couldn’t resist…

Gertrude and Jack Attend a Resist Trump Rally: Friday Fictioneers

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We all show up at wrong parties from time to time – whether birthday parties, whoopee parties or political parties…

Taking Charge: Friday Fictioneers

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Every parent has to take charge. Please and thank you only goes so far; nagging certainly doesn’t work and we often let things get way too far out of hand…

Making the Best of It: Friday Fictioneers

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Sometimes even the back-up plan has a hiccup…

Some Somethings Ain’t Nothing: A Little Friday Fictioneer Nothing

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Some nothings aren’t even sweet to whisper in an ear…

Yarnspinerr and the Limp Blades: A Friday Fictioneer Steamy Mystery

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“When spinning a steamy yarn, do not look to a fan base.” Confucius, 500 B.C., on the golden rule of steamy yarn-spinning.

Four Dead Mah-jongg Players: Friday Fictioneers

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When you’re dead and you have nothing really to do…

Brothers: Friday Fictioneers

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Brothers, siblings, rivals. Always teasing, testing the limits, manipulating. Like some adults we know? Even countries? Presidents, too? OK. So how will this one end?

Better than Disney World: Friday Fictioneers

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This kid would rather ride a ferry than be at Disney first thing in the morning. He’s not my child. I think some dibbick has invaded him…

Bob Dylan Meets Adam and Eve on a Whirling Sunday: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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Imagine a whirling Sunday of serious humor and religious quackery, a parody and an oxymoron, in which Bob Dylan hooks up with Adam and Eve to decipher God’s Word out on a Highway 61 in the town of Eden while … Continue reading →

I Offered My Heart on Wounded Knees (an indigenous love story)

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Love can be offered in many ways, in many places …

It Doesn’t Take an Einstein to Bake a Bagel

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Baking can be fun in the New World, but some misses are inevitable…

dVerse ~ Poets Pub: A Higher Magic

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A challenge to write a poem about magic and a prompt of a poem by Shel Silverstein, that was deliciously magical in and of itself, and I couldn’t resist the magic temptation…

dVerse ~ Poets Pub: Shoes With Laces (with love to Shel Silverstein)

I love the topic of shoes and I love Shel Silverstein, both of which have such great soles and souls…

Does Love Trump All? Or, Does Trump Love All? Or, Do All Love Trump? Tweet Tweet.

Well, my first poem is now posted in, get this, The Rat’s Ass Review. Heck, you got to start someplace. The piece is on a page entitled, “Such an Ugly Time”, reflecting thoughts about the first 100 days of Trump’s … Continue reading →

Shakespeare Never Wrote That Love Trumps All (or Trump Loves All)

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A very silly spin on a serious subject. Dr. Seuss meets William Shakespeare meets the Downfall of the Western World as I know it. Ha…

Just a quick hello

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Hoping that this little introduction will prompt you to click “read more” and join me this morning with a few updates and a political statement.

The Adventures of Jim and Henrietta and Her Amazing Bone Crushing Headache Machine: Friday Fictioneers

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Love means helping one another. Sometimes, preferably, from far away…

The First Day in the Life of Moishe and Geetel in Their New Apartment in The Bronx: Friday Fictioneers

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Nothing like a long standing love affair in a new residence ….

A Shadowy Delight: dVerse ~ Poets Pub

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To challenge myself further, in addition to the theme of “shadow” and the 44 word limit, I have constructed a 5 line poem of exactly 11 syllables per line.

Jay and Hector’s Day at the Museum: Friday Fictioneers

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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholders and a good cup of coffee always helps the eyes…

Cervantes’ Straw: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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Nobody’s faster at chocolate milk sipping than grandpa…

Clerihews

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

The “Oops” Factor in Sculpting: Friday Fictioneers

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Sculptures are permanent testimonies to life, but not in this case. In this instance, it may not even be considered a work of art, though Gianni and Santos may see otherwise. I wouldn’t argue with them.

Discovering Makes One M-i-i-ighty Hungry: Friday Fictioneers

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You never know how hungry you might get after you make that new discovery that the world never know’d about before. Wait, isn’t that the meaning of a discovery? Oh, forget it. Let’s just eat…

Kelly’s Turn: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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Step up to the plate on this one…

A Thread of a Reunion: Friday Fictioneers

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Some reunions hang on a thread…

The Course of History: Friday Fictioneers

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Things can end up being more significant than intended…

The Last Action News: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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Sex, politics, senseless shootings, exploitative news. It’s all here.

Solutions; Or, What Jon Does When Sandra Prattles Forever On About Something or Other … Friday Fictioneers

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Love and marriage. The world and casual couple conversations. Politics and practical polemics. Solutions and ….

The Boys Who Had Too Much Time on Their Hands: Friday Fictioneers

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Too much time can be… Well, you decide for yourself.

FRI-Toons: Friday Fictioneers’ Cartoons

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

Pipeline: Friday Fictioneers

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There’s always another lesson to be learned. Just not when Jimmy is in the class…

A Nice Outing: Friday Fictioneers

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Sometimes a nice outing can get a little bizarre…

A Friend in Hand: Friday Fictioneers

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A good friend always offers a helping hand…

Of Mice and Babies: Friday Fictioneers

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Like a baby learning to feed himself, learning anything new requires practice, practice, and more practice. Then suddenly the miracle happens. What an oxymoron…

One Fine Mess: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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How come we always find ourselves in this situation?