We all have routine tasks we tend to put off— changing the oil, mowing the lawn, or cleaning out the gecko cage. Today’s poem asks you to perform a menial task (weeding, washing the car, organizing your closet) and write […]
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Keep It Simple
“Let’s not louse this thing up. Let’s keep it simple.” ~ Dr. Bob to Bill W. We must breathe to live. What else MUST we do? Nothing. Everything else, all of life, is a choice. Other things are advisable, some […]
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The rules for a minute poem: 3 quatrains (or 4-line stanzas) 8 syllables in the first line of each stanza 4 syllables in the remaining lines of each stanza rhyme scheme: aabb/ccdd/eeff written in strict iambic meter Recovery in twelve […]
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Bursting free from obsession is never a a sprint, a race once around the circle. It’s not a do-it, done, over but a fixture, a permanence, a staple of life. It’s not a billboard, all you need to know, simplified […]
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