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NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day Five

Don’t you look at those magazine checklists and think – if only it were that simple… All this confusion is, well, confusing me I can’t tell anymore: Am I anxious? Depressed? Angry? Sorrowful? Distracted? It rises within me, whatever it … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day Four

Not sure this is it for today, but the suggestion was for a sonnet about sadness. Although I’ve found a few lines in the past few days of iambic pentameter it wasn’t happening for me today at lunch! And then … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day One

And we’re off, today taking a quiet lesson from the wee beasts I live with: This morning, I turned off the radio, needing to believe that evil will not win. In the end, it will not conquer. So, silence the … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2019 Eve

I thought of this yesterday, the notion of eve of eve… how long things take to arrive when you’re waiting not so patiently. Yup – it’s time to buckle up for another month of National Poetry Writing Month folks! Starts … Continue reading

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August Postcard Poetry Festival 2018

Now that we’re safely within the borders of September, I can talk a little about this year’s August Postcard Poetry Festival. It was the twelfth year of the festival… Continue reading

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