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From Transit: A Collaboration for our When and Where by Kelly Belmonte and Tom Darin Liskey ASHESSometimes the deepestTruths are on the surfaceof a priest’s thumb. Ash symbol of death, signof impermanence, iconof a simple truth: Every beginninghas an end, and all storiesthat start will stop. Wisdom lives withinconstraint, these opposing truthsthat every child knows: …
Eremo - Jeff Johnson / John Van Deusen A Review by Kevin Belmonte Once, I experienced the great gift of hearing Vangelis' classic album of ambient music, "Chariots of Fire," played at volume in the centre of a stadium at Philips Exeter Academy: on an autumn day while students practiced for an upcoming track meet. …
I have a confession to make: As much as I love the holiday season, the whole giving and receiving of gifts thing kind of stresses me out. I'm not sure why, but it often comes down to not wanting to disappoint the intended recipient. Though, truth be told, most good gift-getters are not keeping score. …
As we stare down the starting line of December, I offer these last few bits from the time-themed November Poem a Day challenge. I skipped about a week's worth of prompts as I was playing Thanksgiving host and recovering turkey-fixer. Perhaps I'll go back and give those missed prompts a try sometime in the future, …
Another batch o' poems in the books, and once again I skipped a day. This time, the missed prompt was "terza rima" - a poetic form that was a bit beyond my bandwidth for a workday. Perhaps I will tackle it when I have more breathing/thinking/musing/making room. But for now, here are my offerings for …
I've been crushing this poem-a-day challenge! Until yesterday... which I skipped because, well, life. And I just ran out of poetical steam. But there's no shame in this poetry game. Days 5 through 12 up next (minus Day 11): Day 5, Prompt: Chronos / Kairos On Martha time, I watch the clock.There’s so much to …
Last week as I was endlessly scrolling my socials, this post on Instagram caught my attention: Hmmm.... A poetry challenge? That could be more productive than endless scrolling, yes? I'm in! Rather than post every day here, I'll share about once a week through November. If you're interested in more regular updates, you can find …
It's weird how someone said the world is blowing up but all I can hear is the refrigerator humming along with my dog’s contented groan as he circles into himself for a nap. Isn't it strange? All I see is the gold of autumn falling slowly, slowly beyond the glass, and my cat tenderly bathing …
(a found poem from Scintilla by Jeanne Yu) Love uses a word I read but never heard out loud. It was very ordinarily valiant – nuanced meaning fading into obsolescence. Never overthink extraordinary. Pull out a salvaged word; hear it aloud. ***** Photo by JOSHUA COLEMAN on Unsplash
The past few months I've slogged through a bit of a dry spell as far as creative writing goes. When I saw an announcement on the local library’s webpage for Creative Writing Prompts – a time once a week to gather with others who want to write and just write to a prompt – I …
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