Category Archives: In the neighborhood

NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 30

We’ve reached the end! May your words continue to flow! Now get out there and get ready for May Day! The Eve of May amid all the ripples of news the ever presence of it all all day every day … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 29

Wednesday, always a bit weepy
ever since we had to stay home
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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 28

…learn lessons of brief white petals
see today’s hills flipping ahead. Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 27

…Petrarch hadn’t heard
of anything like haiku… Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 21

Shall I write about trees again?
Another round of people loved and lost?
Should there be a line about that time we
kissed and wept and hated and wept… Continue reading

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