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Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 749 - Every Wednesday, poets from around the world can find a Wednesday Poetry Prompt at Writer’s Digest. This week, write a "Group (blank)" poem. The post Wed...4 hours ago
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You Weep What You Sow - Sam is an autistic Trump voter. He is now listed on a registry. Barb voted for Trump because he said Biden had lost record jobs. Unemployment under Biden w...12 hours ago
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Time Intervals - … Measurements made in an unknown direction are of no use … This is from Living at Micro Scale: The Unexpected Physics of Being Small by David B. Dusenbery...1 day ago
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Kiss: Ellen Bass’s Stunning Ode to the Courage of Tenderness as an Antidote to Helplessness - There is no greater remedy for helplessness than helping someone else, no greater salve for sorrow than according gladness to another. What makes life liva...3 days ago
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New from Bottom Dog Press - Ad for *America Poetry Review* *Frank Lehner at Mr. Smith's Coffeehouse July 14th 2:00* *140 Columbus Ave. **Sandusky, Ohio* *Open Mic to follow. Join Us...4 weeks ago
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Stay away from the pool - My mother & I were visiting a friend of hers who was living in an apartment complex that I regarded at the time as positively palatial, what for the commun...1 year ago
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In Memory of Ed Ochester, Poet & Editor, RIP - We have asked Ed Ochester (above) to edit our Sunday poetry pages for the next few months. Here is one of Ed's poems: March of the Penguins The editor of N...1 year ago
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“In spite of all the learned have said ...” - Philip Freneau Philip Freneau (1752-1852) was a journalist and poet in the early years our country was forming. And, oh, by the way, I once wrote an under...3 years ago
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Lit Youngstown Hosts Heather Dobbins & Barbara Sabol - I closing in on scheduling Lit Youngstown's 2021 First Wednesday Readers Series, and we're soon hosting the last reading of 2020. It's one of the many...4 years ago
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Proof of Life - Um, hello? Is this thing on? I am writing from the Central Time Zone, as we have officially moved to Oxford, Mississippi for the academic year! And I have ...5 years ago
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Another Visit to DeLasalle Middle School at the end of March - About sixty sixth graders read The Life and Times of Benny Alvarez at DeLasalle. I went to visit, and their questions were excellent. They all wish there...6 years ago
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Lana K. W. Austin - Lana K. W. Austin’s poems, short stories, and reviews have recently been featured in *Mid-AmericanReview, Sou’wester, Columbia Journal, Zone 3, Appalachia...6 years ago
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Free Mittens! - Out for a walk last week I spied a clothesline strung between two trees. I remember reading about this in the weekly Hebdo. The sign says "Une Ville Tri...6 years ago
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Window (The Disappeared Grandchild) | blackout: venezuela in collapse | Joseph Ceravolo: Migratory Noon - . [image: El Salvador, 1974 | by Marcelo Montecino] *El Salvador, 1974*: photo by Marcelo Montecino, 3 September 2010 [image: Morgue, San Salvador, 82 | ...6 years ago
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The translucent veil of life - Haha, so the truth comes out. Having 2 children is A LOT more work than 1! I haven't been able to get out of the rocking chair more than a few moment...7 years ago
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Voices in Italian Americana reviews Paola Corso’s “The Laundress Catches Her Breath” - Paola Corso’s poems about women’s work and lives bring to life an intimate and fragile world without a hint of sentimentality. Take “Step by Step with the ...8 years ago
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On the move - *Gal about town, photo by Bob Perkoski* Dear readership, Your humble hostess has been doing a whole lot of what is depicted in today's photo: walking aro...9 years ago
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Strawberry Month - The strawberry sweets at Lagusta's Luscious this month are insane! I missed out last year and decided that this year I would take full advantage. I luck...10 years ago
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TC: Why Hillary Became a Goddess on the Night of Her Acceptance Speech - . *Hillary Clinton greets a supporter following her address at the 18th Annual David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum at Columbia University ...10 years ago
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AWP in Minneapolis, and recommended reading - Again I've been away from this blog longer than I'd intended. Much busy with writing, and reading, and life in general. I'll be attending the annual AWP co...10 years ago
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Remixing the World's Problems Results - The one thing about judging poetry is that it often takes me much longer than I expect. For everyone who has waited so patiently for me to get these result...10 years ago
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In a Landscape - The Playlist - John Cage, “In a Landscape” Bob Dylan, “My Back Pages” Neil Young, “Ambulance Blues” The Twilight Zone Theme Babylon 5 Theme Simon & Garfunkel, “Richard Co...10 years ago
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3 comments:
On the day after Thanksgiving, when I seem susceptible to recalling all sorts of things I thought I'd forgotten, this really connects me to memories of my mother (I think this would surprise her) and of Caroline's mother. It's funny -- I don't think our daughter Jane (now 14) will ever be able to connect with it; her experience is so different, although she learned to sew quite well on her own. And I can substitute for the image you've drawn the faces of certain touring musicians I've known, all of whom were quite handy with needle, thread and clothes iron. Curtis
Hi Nin. Thinking of you and your mom and your sewing girl.
Mother was wonderful at needle-work.
In traveling the wide world, back in the depths of another century, it often seemed useful to know how to supply a stitch in time.
On the youth-hostelry circuit in North Africa in 1963 I learned that the two nations that manufacture the best travelers were Australia and Holland.
The Dutch and the Aussies were always so self-sufficient. They carried swell little compact sewing-kits, and knew how to use them.
Their mothers should have been proud.
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