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Something & Nothing (aka #everydaymay Day 3)

A long, long while ago, I posted a work-in-progress poem here, that was geared toward this idea of a wife named Nothing  who effectively “killed” her marriage, and it was all maudlin, blah blah blah. Point is, I ended up … Continue reading

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The Poet People Have Nightmares Too (aka #everydaymay Day 2)

Brian requested some vamp and zombie themed Poet People poems. Ask and you shall receive. — The Poet Woman Buries Her Sorrows A liquor bottle tossed aside A shovel pressed into the ground I’ve made a deal I’ll sink six … Continue reading

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The Hot Air Balloon Story (aka EveryDay May: day 30)

Man, barbeque sauce is disgusting. Here are all the reasons why. Actually, I don’t have the desire or creative patience right now to devote a solid post to why I dislike BBQ sauce – I just wanted to freak Brian … Continue reading

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Protected: It’s Five Years Later (aka EveryDay May: belated day 28)

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The Test (aka EveryDay May: day 26)

This is one of those posts that is kind of scary to let go, but hey, risk is part of the deal, right? So here goes. Today, Michael Ausiello, a writer I follow on twitter who reports tv news and … Continue reading

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I Can Poem (aka EveryDay May: Day 23)

On occasion, I tweet miniature poems. I do it because I enjoy the challenge of fitting a piece that has both meaning and form into 131 characters or less (the hashtag #icanpoem is 9 characters long). I also find poetry … Continue reading

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Anti-Airplane Haikus (aka EveryDay May: Day 8)

[Dedicated to Bryson] I don’t think I’m mean. I’m not a violent person. Except on airplanes. The DOOM that is flight can be summed up by one word: claustrophobia. About four hours in, one starts to hallucinate about things like … Continue reading

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Tree Bunny (aka EveryDay May: Day 6)

The summer following my freshman year of college, I stayed on campus as part of the undergraduate research program, SOAR. I basically wrote a book or two, became an expert on the Iphigenia, Electra, Agamemnon, and Clytemnestra chapters of Greek … Continue reading

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Poetry Hour Will Ruin Your Good Mood

A lot of people have been telling me about how depressed they’ve been this week. Bad days and bad dreams and bad bouts of bad badness. So poetry hour today is informed by those bad things, if for no other … Continue reading

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Bomb Artcle from Rob Bell

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