Finding Poetry
My friend Pat Laster http://www.patlaster.com/ recently commented about found poems. In a nutshell, found poems are those little surprises you unearth while reading books, articles, essays, or other works. The words, or just a phrase or two, leap at you as being particularly crafted or full of imagery or feeling, or could be rife with rhythm […]
A Season For Everything
Aaah…the ‘holiday season’. Time for giving thanks, blessings, and gifts. Time for reflecting on what we did, what we wanted to do but didn’t, what we will do next year – and deciding Ham or Turkey and if sweet potatoes should have marshmallows on top. Time for getting together, being alone, deciding which in-laws get […]
Just For Fun Friday 11/08/13
Tomorrow, November 9, is the opening of Modern Gun season in Arkansas. Although there are ‘seasons’ year-round, throughout November and December the hills and waterways will echo with the sound of gunfire, from dawn until dusk. Do you have friends and/or family that hunt? It’s a religion… Hunting season’s here! Is it dove, or duck, […]
Collections – Pigs, Pears, Poetry and Prose
I have friends that collect things. Pat collects Pears. Diane collects Hippopotamuses. Linda, Pigs. But what if you really don’t collect the things that others think you do? If you have one or two things, does that mean it’s a collection? How many do you have before it is? My mom has an ‘accidental’ collection – […]
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