Category Archives: developing relationships

Taking a Break

I have aborted self-experiment #5, but I learned enough by going as far as I did. Writing or even publishing poems at that rate is very taxing when you are doing anything else. Work last week was insane. Everyone at … Continue reading

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Two Worlds/One Door

I rinsed out / two worlds A cereal bowl / open into (someone else’s) / myself left crumbs of / locked inside crusty cereal / except all around the sink / pouring forth for Mary to / when I find. … Continue reading

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Today’s Poem Is Brought to You by Sunday Telemarketing

The Household Body “Can I speak with the head of the house?” The Telemarketer asked. I thought: Do houses have heads, and can you speak with them? “No,” I said. But then I thought: If a person is the head, … Continue reading

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7 things you may or may not want to know about me.

I have been very busy catching up on the things I did not do last month because I was writing, but now I am back and ready to write everyday. Thanks to Ms. Moonbeam, who tagged me, I have a … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo Daily/ A Sunday Morning in Weston

II Essie arrived at Maddie’s around 9:00 and knocked no answer. So she went back to the motel and paid for another night, and went out to a little coffee shop on the highway for breakfast. She ate slowly and … Continue reading

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