Brain Bits To Go

April 8, 2021

NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 8

Since April is National Poetry Month, I try to do at least one spring themed entry per year. Here in Canada, winters are cold and long and spring is much anticipated. It is probably my favourite season. For Love of Spring To watch the swelling of a bud, Then watch the leaf unfold. The wonder…
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April 7, 2021

NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 7

Don’t Fight the Dark I see a light through fog and dark, To it I turn my eye. A beacon and a guide I see, As shifting shadows fly. Lost have I been within the dark, How long I cannot say. I pray this glint, this gleam may lead, Once more to light of day.…
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April 6, 2021

NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 6

Now for something completely different! Sometimes, I just start writing with no real idea of where it’s going or what the narrative is going to be. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes, like this time for example, it takes itself in some truly unforseen directions. The Ghost Writer I swore that I would never…
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April 5, 2021

NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 5

Before anyone argues that their dog is the best one, I just want to say… Every dog is the best one that ever was. Not just dogs. Every pet that is loved by their owner is the best one that ever was. It’s not a competition… it’s all about the blessing! Loving My Best Dog…
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April 4, 2021

NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 4

With all the people I see complaining about “cancel culture”, snowflakes, and people being offended, I wanted to share the following. You Don’t Know You don’t know what I have been through, Nor truly anyone. Perhaps you think you speak in jest, Are only having fun. But words cut deep and deeper still, Their wounds…
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April 3, 2021

NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 3

It was my lady wife who suggested the subject of today’s effort. If you enjoy it, thank her for the inspiration. If you do not, then blame me for the execution. The Caress A finger traces over skin, As perfect as the dawn. The faintest sigh, the moment passed, Too soon, too quickly gone. The…
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April 2, 2021

NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 2

My friend Jen turns fifty-five today. We’ve been friends for twenty years now… but that’s nothing. I met her through my wife who has been friends with her for fifty years! All of that made today seem like a great day to celebrate that friendship. That One Friend I wish that everyone could have, A…
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April 1, 2021

NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 1

It is April 1st once again and so begins National Poetry Writing Month. Last year, I finished a couple of poems away from the 30 verse target. Hopefully this year I can go all the way. Time will tell. Without further ado… today’s offering. A Most Poetic Death “Good morning”, said the typist to, The…
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May 31, 2020

It’s been a while…

I realize I still owe some poems but for the moment, that well appears to have run dry. Here’s what I’ve been working on in the meantime. Specifically turning this sketch into this final ink render. As always, I would love to hear what you think. Cheers, Winston
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May 1, 2020

NaPoWriMo Day 28

Clearly, I didn’t make my goal of 30 poems in 30 days. Life happens. I still intend to deliver the last three as my writer’s block permits. Persuant to which… On Not Finishing NaPoWriMo The words all bleed and blend and blur, Like sidewalk chalk in rain. I shriek and moan inside my head, Gone…
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