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My 22nd NaPoWriMo effort is in honor of Earth Day. Earth Day A vernal warmth is on the land As round the seasons go. On this small world we call Earth The only home we know. She gives to us all that we need Trash is all we give back. The water’s dead, the soil…
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My poem for day 21 of NaPoWriMo is about the lost world of the fae. We have reasoned so much magic out of the world in our search for the future. Maybe our lives are poorer for it. Enjoy! Faedreaming I dreamed a dream of peaceful wood All leafy and serene. And through it flitted…
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When I was a child, I suffered from extremely vivid nightmares. I would awake from them utterly convinced of their reality. A couple of cries in the night quickly established my father’s impatience with such behaviour. The realization that my father wasn’t going to help me was, in its own way, more terrifying than the…
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I’m a huge fan of nature documentaries. I have been since I was a kid. At this time, I’ve got to say nobody can hold a candle to the BBC. I recently picked up BBC Africa. While watching the first episode, I was reminded again of just how much I love their work. My 17th…
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NaPoWriMo Day 16 and it’s time for a ghost poem. This one is for all the busy little “psychic investigators” out there on reality TV. Put away your parabolic microphones and digital thermometers you ghost bothering busy – bodies. If they want your help, they’ll call your agent. Enjoy! The Haunter It walks alone no…
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Today marks the halfway point in the NaPoWriMo challenge. So naturally, I had absolutely no clue what to write. As I was stressing about it, I began devising rhymes about my problem. Here is the result. Enjoy! Writer’s Block I sit here and I ponder what To write I have no clue. At fifteen yarns…
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My first poem of the day was a bit heavy and political. This one’s a little lighter and fluffier. Elsewhere on this blog, I wrote about “The Penguin and the Snake: A Parable About Self – Acceptance”. This is sort of a prequel. Enjoy! Penguin Dreams A penguin sat upon the ice And stared up…
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I’ve been reading a fair bit about the ongoing drone war controversy. I don’t agree with the idea of murdering people because they might be a threat to your “interests” somewhere down the road. Let’s not kid ourselves. If you kill someone without due process of law, that’s murder. Even more so when the dead…
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As a gamer, it bugs the crap outta me when some people announce that violent games and movies are more to blame than “gun culture” for mass shootings. I live in Canada. That means I’m exposed to all the same violent games and media as my southern neigbours. On the other hand, we experience a…
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NaPoWriMo sees me changing gears yet again. Today is all about my dog Chester. Anyone who’s been reading this blog for a while will probably have seen him here before. The other day I was sitting on my couch debating what to write my next poem about. As I was pondering, Chester shifted around on…
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