Kelly Bennett's Blog, page 19
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.
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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...
May 26, 2023
May 24, 2023
Poetry Challenge #297-Jingle Jangle Morning
Do ya think Robert Allen Zimmerman of Duluth, Minnesota sounds like a fitting name for a poet? Obviously didn’t think it did either.
...May 17, 2023
Poetry Challenge #296-Refrain for Commenting
Every romantic worth their salt knows enough of Lord Byron’s poetry to spout “She walks with beauty, like the night” blah-blah-blah…that’s a prompt for another day. For today, May 17th marks the birthday of another poet in the family, the one who, in l...
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