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Monthly Archives: April 2017
Cassini Image of Saturn
Image of Saturn: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170403.html
First Principles
“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” —Samuel Adams (1775) This quote is from Samuel Adams’ letter to … Continue reading
Teach Us To Cook
Okay, so far, so good. I suppose playing catch up to an ongoing flow of poetic creativity is never easy. I am satisfied enough. Or, that is, I was. Then slam dunk, quicker than I ‘thunk’, there is Day 2 … Continue reading
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Tagged chorizo and eggs, Cook, pico de gallo, Recipe Poem, tortilla
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Survival Class
Day One’s challenge is to write a poem like Kay Ryan. I will do my best. In a way, however, I think this sort of thing is almost self defeating. To me, poetry should be about finding one’s own voice … Continue reading
Every Day Is A Journey – The Haibun
It turns out, the early bird special for this month of poetry is a combination of both prose poem and haiku. It is called the haibun. As might be thought, it is a form developed in first in Japan. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Audubon, Basho, Haibun, Haiku, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Prose Poem
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National Poetry Writing Month/Global Poetry Writing Month
It is that time of the year again!! Poets across America and indeed the world unfurl their writing flags and prepare to engage in mental combat with the esteemed challenge to write a poem a day for a month. Not … Continue reading
NGC 602 – Just Outside the Small Magellanic Cloud
It is an amazing thought that one photograph can encompass 200 million light years and be so beautiful. With this in mind, it would seem almost negligent to not share this photo from NASA: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170402.html
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 