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Poetic Asides Assigns a Change of Plan Poem
We all have plans go astray when circumstances refuse to cooperate with our intentions. This prompt from Poetic Asides today addresses that situation. Enjoy two such occurrences from my life. Going...
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Make-up Poetry for Times Missed
Due to extenuating circumstances, I’ve been absent from posting any poetry for the past two sessions of both Poetic Bloomings and Poetic Asides. I’m remedying that situation today. Here are poems for...
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Claudsy’s Blog 9-8-12: Exploring Great Books from the Past
Cover of Mirabile This is the kind of book review I relish. The late author, Janet Kagan, left behind a legacy of only two books—Hellspark and Mirabile--but what books they are. Today I want to give...
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Kitchen’s Flash Fiction: The Weaver and the Woven
The Weaver and the Woven by Claudette J. Young Her knobby fingers twisted the leather lace, wove it into patterns as her visitor watched. These were old patterns; ones hailing back to the time before...
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November PAD Chapbook Challenge 2012
Courtesy of BJ Jones Photography It’s official. The 2012 Poetic Asides November Poem-A-Day Chapbook Challenge has begun. As usual a new writing prompt will be put forth each morning. Poets have the...
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Seasonal Flash Fiction Challenge: Elf
This afternoon another challenge came my way. It was one I hadn’t anticipated. In fact, it’s the first of its kind for the Wordsmith Studio gang. It is a challenge that runs through all of December and...
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I missed yesterday’s prompt for Poetic Asides. Falling behind is not my favorite past-time. I much prefer being at the door when it opens. I had to think about this prompt for a little while, simply...
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Ekphrastic and the Image
Photo credit: Marjory M. Thompson Poetic Bloomings has gone Ekphrastic again today. I love doing these poems, as can be seen by my Calliope posts each Saturday. To create a poem based on an image,...
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2013 Poetry Month–Day 9
Poetry is an… (Photo credit: liber(the poet);) Day 9 started out for me with poetic asides. Two for Tuesday comes around each week with opposites usually, and today’s prompt held true to the pattern....
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Investing Time in Infesting Ones
Day 15: Peeking (Photo credit: sweet mandy kay) I’m still struggling with the sonnet from yesterday. I may actually get one finished some time this week, if I’m very lucky. In the meantime I chose to...
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Thought Ripples: Catching Your Breath
Courtesy of BJ Jones Photography How does one catch one’s breath? What does it take to accomplish the feat? Silly questions, some would say, but are they? A year or so ago, I experienced an epiphany of...
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Claudsy’s Blog: Snatching Opportunity from the Jaws of Trouble
One of the things that I’ve been talking about for the past several months is the idea of finding the opportunity, which comes along with each problem. This past week, I got slammed with a big one....
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