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Category Archives: Poetry
Let’s eat soup by the pool in rain
Free-form Friday! Today’s poem is inspired by Irish-American novelist and playwright, J.P. Donleavy, who said, “When I die I want …
Bountiful Hours & He is Probably in Baltimore
Not that I’ve tapped into your webcam or anything, but leave your loose change between those ugly couch cushions. Today, …
Who Chooses to Die Alone in a Hotel Room?
This stream-of-consciousness piece was written after hearing about the death of guitar great, Johnny Winter. I’m saying the poem isn’t …
Wake me up when we’ve arrived
I read a tech update this week about smart luggage designed to contact the traveler when the luggage is lost. …
Your Presence is Requested
Since I will be celebrating Independence Day in the United States on Friday, here’s a non-Friday poetry offering. This post …
Vanessa Hudgens and Smelly Old Men
I didn’t do a poem last Friday because I was moving. Today, I do two poems because I am moved. …
Still Life
Technically it’s still Friday where I live, and you know what that means… poat-ree! Stream-of-consciousness writing inspired by Maya Angelou’s …
Where is the rest of him?
This is a follow-up from my A Path without Footprints post about Chester Nez, the last Code Talker. His remains …
Elev 625
It’s Poetry Phriday again! (Images with text, stories and more in-depth posts are returning soon. Mapping the Edge is in …
Mapping the Edge 