Category Archives: humor

Street Names

Posted on May 30, 2018 by

From the dVerse blog for Tuesday Poetics: May 29, 2018: “Here’s what I want you to use tonight as inspiration for your poem. I’ve listed some street names for you, and I want you to imagine what the street is … Continue reading →

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Bookends (Slaking the Muse)

Posted on May 1, 2018 by

I began April’s National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) with a poem about “Waking the Muse.” Now thirty days later (and 30 poems, though not all were posted), I will bookend the month with a sequel to the first poem. Hence: … Continue reading →

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Rough Draft

Posted on April 28, 2018 by

NaPoWriMo Challenge, Day 28:  “Draft a prose poem in the form/style of a postcard.”  Okay, maybe I took it a little too literal 🙂

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In the Stars

Posted on April 27, 2018 by

I am Capricorn, the sign of the goat. Stubborn, hairy, smells bad? Not very auspicious. Born in the Year of the Rat. Twitchy, gnawing, no sense of fine cuisine? My tarot card is The Devil. Need I say more about … Continue reading →

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Preacher

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

“Will you deliver the sermon?” he asks me. One Sunday a year, the pastor teaches Sunday School and asks parishioners to lead the worship service in his stead. Ha! Me? Preach a sermon? I preach to my kids all the time, mostly … Continue reading →

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All in the Timing

Posted on April 22, 2018 by

You don’t think we can, do you? I know it can’t be done… I’ll prove I’m right, I’ll prove you wrong. … by you or anyone.   Right down that row, that’s where we’ll go. In here, it’s called a … Continue reading →

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Mishmash

Posted on April 13, 2018 by

Eat not, you’ll never want for less. The next worst thing could be the best. Heed not and you will find the hidden. Spoil the rod, the child has bidden. Break some rules to mend the rest. Let the sun … Continue reading →

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