• So I figured I’d lighten the mood a bit. Today’s NaPoWriMo entry is all about me… and the millions of others who work in malls or other places with no natural light. This one’s for all of us. Enjoy! The Mallshroom I run a shop within a mall From morn til day is done. I…

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  • Today’s NaPoWriMo entry is a little different. Before you send me any hotline links, allow me to clarify. The inspiration for this comes from people I’ve known and films such as “The Aviator” wherein you observe the slow, inevitable disintegration of the person. That is what I set out to capture in this piece. Enjoy.…

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  • NaPoWriMo and the creative well has yet to run dry. Here is the fourth poem of the month. Only twenty six to go! Enjoy. Lycanthrope I feel the moon drag at my soul Just like it pulls the tide. And when it grows all round and full It rips my soul aside. The beast within…

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  • Here is entry number three for NaPoWriMo. Today’s is a little more pastoral. Don’t worry though, I’ve got something a little special cooking for tomorrow. In the meantime,… Enjoy. The Cardinal So brilliant in my dreary yard Before the green of spring. The Cardinal is back again A dazzling, scarlet thing. Here he grabs an…

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  • Here is my next offering for the National Poetry Writing Month challenge. It’s early yet so the well is still pumping creative juices. The challenge will emerge when I’ve picked all the low hanging fruit. Enjoy. Vampires Lament A flash of teeth in dark of night Between my wet, red lips. You tilt your head,…

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  • It’s National Poetry Month. To celebrate the occasion, Word press is hosting “National Poetry Writing Month”. The idea is to post one poem each day in April. Below is day ones entry. Enjoy. The Haunted House The house stands there beside the hill Where blooms nod in the breeze. The sky so bright, the scattered…

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  • In a recent story by the Atlantic Wire, Adam Clark Estes raises the alarm over a clause in the drone war policy that allows the U.S. government to kill Americans too. It seems Predator attacks are only fun to watch on CNN when the person on the other end is a foreign national. So now…

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  • There is a program on A&E called “Beyond Scared Straight”. The premise is as simple as it is ridiculous. Troubled teens are forced to spend a night in an adult prison where it is the job of staff and inmates to abuse and terrify them. This is intended to deter them from their current lifestyle…

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  • Salon’s Anonymous Love-In

    Salon.com ran an article entitled “Anonymous Big Year”. It is essentially a celebration of the self-styled hacker collective. But let’s try for some actual balanced coverage here. Sure they made a big fuss about SOPA/PIPA and they help organize protests when it’s something like the horribly useless Occupy movement. On the other hand, they cost…

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  • Merry Christmas To All!

    I know it’s early yet (at least where I am) but I probably won’t have a chance to post later. I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I know that there are many, many people out there who don’t celebrate Christmas. That’s fine. I don’t need you to believe the same things I…

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