not what you think
It’s been a few days since I’ve posted. Perhaps you might think I’ve not been disciplined enough, not been writing enough. And, while it may be true that I am not always disciplined, it would be...
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I cried yesterday. I never cry. Because of the weird way in which my local paper works (it’s a tiny paper), content I write often appears online before it appears in the printed edition. This can be...
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And another thing . . . Why would anyone want to go into a field where half of the people you work with are jerks? As many of you know, I am currently freelancing for a couple of papers in my area. It...
View Articlethe visitor, revisited
Truth is, I’m struggling. I’m reaching and falling. I’m hemming and hawing. I’m trying and failing. I’m rowing, now bailing. Stop! Another day. — from my poem “Writer’s Block“ My mind has been going a...
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You say you want the real me, I say I want it, too. But how can I destroy me, reveal myself to you? We all of us have demons, dark things we’d rather hide. Though, honest, we’re not heathens, still it...
View Articlethe bad blogger
One of my first views in Florida, not far from the Tampa Airport. .. It’s been funny, these past few weeks, not writing regularly on my blog. I feel like such a bad blogger. A good blogger — one...
View Articlethe importance of “this”
One hour and eleven minutes. That’s how much time I have to get this post written before midnight. That’s how much time separates me from posting once every three days and once every four. What’s the...
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Poetry’s in the journey . . . Poetry I cannot force, it comes and then it goes. Like a river at its source, it ebbs and then it flows. Words, you see, are only that, and rhyme and rhythm, too. Poetry’s...
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