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September 12, 2017

Free Time

What do you do with your free time? I like to write with mine It’s quite sublime But free time is difficult to find when other add items to growing to-do lists Expectations and responsibilities Favors and reasonable requests The cost of free time ___________________________...

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June 15, 2017

A Storm of Doubt

Doubt blows through a dust-devil of uncertainty clouding my judgment It’s hard to recognize the truth in the storm To believe the evidence right in front of my face One does not become a contest finalist if one cannot write Still self-doubt rages on _____________________________________...

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June 5, 2016

Choices

Life is a series of choices Some seem insignificant but have life-changing impact Others we agonize over but are insignificant in the grand scheme of things Some choices appear to be the only option We can’t see the consequences to come or alternatives before us...

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May 2, 2016

Sifting Beans

I’m sifting through dry beans picking out rocks tossing damaged beans skipping the limas keeping the good ones planning a steaming hot pot of bean soup with bacon carrots, celery, and onion a few of my favorite herbs Or maybe I’m writing a memoir ____________________________________...

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April 25, 2016

Birth of a Poem

How, pray tell, does a poet decide Which words to lay side-by-side How did Milton measure the cost When he penned Paradise Lost Could Dickinson take a single breath Without thoughts of poetry on death When describing Ben Adhem’s vision By what motive was Hunt...

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April 19, 2016

Cry, Pray, Write

So you want to know how to write a memoir. Well here’s what I know. Step one: Ask yourself if you’re nuts.  If yes, proceed to step two. Step two: Attend a writing conference for inspiration. Step three: Go home and cry because you don’t...

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April 14, 2016

Memories

Yesterday, Toni at Kanzen Sakura commented thanking me for writing two haibuns. I replied that I’d only written one. Apparently that’s because the second one was still in the works. So I’m posting this second haibun now for Haibun Monday at dVerse Poets Pub. ___________________...

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