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Category Archives: 2022

Rain

August 6, 2022

It rained yesterdaya bronco ride of a stormbut with no cool reliefit taunted us with what could beif it had …

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Ocean of Time

August 5, 2022

Timethe ocean at the beacheach wave a minutewashing away the lastas if it never existed. Time the sand at the …

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That is the Question

August 4, 2022

To poem, or not to poem?Whether it is nobler in mind to sufferthe slams and comments of outrageous Twitteror take …

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The Blank Page

August 3, 2022

There is nothing like a blank pageto suck all the words out of my headand send them, where?Things I was …

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Coffee Isn’t Coffee Anymore

August 2, 2022

My new officeDoesn’t have a coffee potbut a KeurigCan there be community without a common coffee pot? I remember growing …

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Where are my keys?

August 1, 2022

It’s a familiar panicthe fleeting feeling when I reach in my bagand my keys aren’t there.Wait, they are there on …

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Sunday Story Episode 30 – Legends

July 31, 2022

It’s the second half of the Ray Bradbury Challenge of writing a short story each week for a year. Prompt: A video …

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The Sandbox

July 30, 2022

So much sandit sticks to my legs, my toesmy arms and fingerswiping off is pointlessthere will beso much sandit’s a …

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The Going is the Thing

July 29, 2022

Goodbye seems to implygood is inherentgood comes firstThat the leaving is most importantand therefore good. Au revoir, the French have …

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I am Not Easily Charmed

July 28, 2022

I am not easily charmedyou, with your slippery flatteryand overly kind wordsdripping from your lipslike undergraduate adverbstrying to impress withstyle …

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