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W P Weekly Photo Challenge – Ephemeral The ever elusive side of everyday moments

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So true, Gerry. Let’s enjoy the moment and simple things in life!

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EXCITING changes coming to ARTISTS4PEACE…READ ON…

Originally posted on Rethinking Life:
ARTISTS4PEACE It is time to grow! 😀 It has been wonderful setting the foundation with all of you and our monthly scheduled topics. It is nice to share our work and our passion for peace…

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Call for Submissions: Me, as a Child Poetry Series

Originally posted on Silver Birch Press:
Spring is almost upon us (actually, in Los Angeles it’s already here) and our thoughts turn to beginnings — the inspiration for our latest call for submissions: ME, AS A CHILD Poetry Series. PROMPT: In…

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SunWinks! March 8, 2015: Rhymes with “Economy”

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[This column first appeared in slightly different form on Gather in 2012] Dear SunWinks! Symbiotes: Metonymy!  (gesundheit…) Pardon my Greek… The word “metonymy” itself may look as arcane and hairy as, say, onomatopoeia, but like onomatopoeia,…

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The Black Prince – Prose Poem – SunWinks! February 22, 2015: Waxing Prosaic

Who is The Black Prince? There he stands haughty, resplendent in his shiny blackness, black as tar, black as night, with a touch of white, just to soften his stern image, a sign of his noble lineage that stern image. … Continue reading

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SunWinks! March 1, 2015: Abstract Poetry: The Medium is the Message.

Originally posted on SunWinks!:
Dear SunWinkers! This is a lightly reworked reissue of my September, 2012 column for Gather.com on the topic of Abstract and Cubist Poetry. I also urge you to read our recent SunWinks! columns on Edith Sitwell…

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SunWinks! February 22, 2015: Waxing Prosaic

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Dear SunWinkers: In recent weeks, we’ve been backing and filling on topics in the area of the sound and sonority of the language, including a couple ideas, neologism and tumbling verse, which we hope encouraged you…

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Book Spotlight: Dreams On My Pillow by Irina Dimitric

What an honour to be spotlighted by the very talented writer and poet Christy Birmingham! Thank you, Christy, from the bottom of my heart. 🙂

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SunWinks! February 15, 2015: Take a Tumble

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Dearest hardy, intrepid SunWinkers: I frequently badger you to read your poetry aloud, and today’s column is no exception. Writing poetry without hearing what it sounds like is like studying a piano etude without touching the…

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SunWinks! February 1, 2015: Who Are You Calling an Oxymoron?

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Dear SunWinkers: If you’ve been following our column, you’ve gotten a pretty good survey of the basic essentials in the modern poet’s tool belt. You’ve learned how to use a hammer, a screwdriver, a chalk line,…

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