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Poetry Challenge #54-Alphabet Jam

Sometimes—often—the most interesting things begin with “I Can’t…” ...

Poetry Challenge #53-Shandorma Anyone?

Sometimes when you want to write a poem, it helps to use a poetic form. It helps you stretch… ...

Poetry Challenge #52-Contronym-nally Thinking

New Year’s Eve/Day being both an end and beginning, a time to look back and forward, the omega and alpha is a contronym isn’t it?

So are bolt, buckle, bill…and, in keeping with the season, trim.

When we trim our trees, we snip away bits.

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Happy Fishmas!

Happy Holidays from the Fishbowl! ...

Norman Fishy Christmas Jokes!

Happy Holidays! We have presents for you! Below are 5 of Norman’s Finniest Christmas Jokes. Can you guess the answers?Some of them are real sinkers so get ready. . . ...

Poetry Challenge #51-For the Way We Were

“Remember blah-blah-blah..”

“Of course!”

“And blah-blah-blah…”

“How could I forget…”

Maurice and Hermione had much to remember, and at the same time so little when they sang “Oh yes, I remember it well…” in the movie, Gigi

Isn’t that the way of things! And the difference between autobiography and memoire? Memories aren’t reliable. They can be rose-tinted, dangerous, lost, and revised.

For this prompt, our memories can be any/all of those or true. Who will know by ...

Poetry Challenge #50-Ode to the Lone (Ly)

“DON’T USE ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS TO PRETIFY YOUR PROSE!” The warning—BOLD & ALL CAPS—is issued at least once, in ever writing class. So much so, that it’s the title of a Writers’ Digest article expounding the excellence of Raymond Carver via his teacher John Gardner’s leaner-is-neater adverb and adjective-free prose.

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Poetry Challenge #49-Poetry Stew

The ground crunches in the morning. My knuckles and knees do too. It’s that time of year. What time? Stew time! ...

Thanksgiving Playlist

So easy picking my playlist—song, actually—for this Thanksgiving. I’m Counting My Blessings ala Bing and Rosemary as I prepare our Thanksgiving Feast. ...

Poetry Challenge #48-Can You Say “Hump Day”?

Lots of things have humps. Hills have humps. ...