Kelly Bennett's Blog, page 18
June 27, 2023
Poetry Challenge #302-No Messing Around
The first time I heard Lucille Clifton’s poem, “Homage to my Hips,” I thought she wrote it for me. It was bold, it was sassy, it was playful, and like the hips it honors, didn’t mess around.
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June 25, 2023
What Inspires Me? The Babe Going Out With a BAAAAAAAM!
On May 25, 1935, at Forbes Field, Babe Ruth didn’t hit one home run—he hit three! ...
June 23, 2023
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June 21, 2023
Poetry Challenge #301-U-Turn
Confession Time: I can get lost in my own home—and do! I’ll be on my way to do something, something very intentional—maybe even important—and right in the middle of the going I’ll forget what I was fetching.
...June 14, 2023
Poetry Challenge #300-Rap-A-Rapa-Rap
Rap gets a bad rap. We, oldsters, now, ourselves raised on rock-n-roll, listen with our ears craning to pick out harsh sounds, harsh images, “nasty” words the same way our grandparents (parents?) listened to Chuck, Elvis and the Beatles—heads poised to...
June 9, 2023
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June 7, 2023
Poetry Challenge #299-Dream On Nikki!
As soon as I began reading about our June 7th birthday poet dream songs swirled: Dreamer, Daydream Believer, Beautiful Dreamer. . . the Everly Brother’s crooning Dream-Dream-Dream…
...June 5, 2023
What Inspires Me? Goldfish Rescuer
We all need another hero!
Channeling Tina Turner (my personal superhero) today, singing in her rockin’-stompin’ heels with one small but mighty change.
Change “don’t” to “all” in the Thunderdome Theme on behalf of unwanted, forgotten, deserted goldfish...
May 31, 2023
Poetry Challenge #298-Chewing On a Cigar
When anyone asks about Long Island, where it is in New York, especially in proximity to Manhattan, I describe it as being a long thin cigar sticking out of its mouth. And today’s poet, Walt Whitman, known as the first writer of truly American poetry, w...
