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Nora, a young woman in rural Ireland, lives...

Valerie's grandmother disappears so Valerie...

Just a little romp in the sheep field for...

I rewrote this, after posting two chapters...

What country could produce a multicultural...

evaluation of another's writing depends on your...

Democrats have a winner News item from Feb....

I just sent this to the New Yorker. It's a view...

my son gives me 3 quail eggs for a gift - they...

I've been writing about Valerie in "Lost...

Langston Hughes wrote about a hard life...

Read Ireland mails books from their business in...

While teaching fourth graders to sing a...

Gaelic version of previous haiku in Yiddish -...

another trip to the Beaver Pond in South...

competition for birds is serious business.

Certain loaded words are used like pawns in...

This morning TV news coverage of the Pope's...

Along the "rail trail" in W. Massachusetts,...

A trip to the laundry results in a display of...

if you are a perfectionist, surrender to wabi...

Just summarize, don't offer any suggestions...

Obama is like an Egyptian Pharaoh. He projects...

New Jersey driving--what's not to like? I doubt...

Ten year old girl buries mole, has funeral.

hearing the mournful sounds of a bamboo flute I...

I met someone two years ago who seemed isolated...

Reading lots of history books can be a...

My friend Bev needs a new laptop so we go...

This sonnet asks some questions about the...

Words have significance and should be chosen...

Foam noodles in the Y pool give a special...

while examing a bean pod I think of missing...

birdsong is complex

Sudden recognition of a child's beauty and its...

loving narcissists can be tricky, not easy to...

NEWS FLASH; panda on a diet because female...

Nigerian monkeys string together calls to send...

This began life as a newspaper item written for...

Deirdre has been isolated because of a prophecy...

I wrote this poem after reading Mishmont's...

I leave a phone message for a lonely boy to...

rambunctious five yr old knocks over vase of...

This letter is post-mortem. My father worked...

I heard a story today on Link TV about a 9 yr...

Political satire again, folks, this time in the...

Easter brings many natural events and stories...

while pondering the enclosed contents of a...

Lynn Margulies has a book just published called...

grasshoppers--the scourge of grass eaters. Look...

By their fruits you shall know them.

cowbirds lay eggs in other birds' nests. They...

This morning Mary wrote a prompt under Novel...

honeybees are disappearing and questions are...

difficult book, summarized in 17 syllables

WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS & HIS RED WHEEL BARROW...

30 hour shifts are routine for interns at...

nothing is worse than ineffective (noodly)...

medical appointment provides reading time for...

We all know V.P. Cheney had a major role in...

Observations of happenings in the garden in June.

newspaper item: Springfield, Massachusetts....

Bag Balm is an all-purpose veterinary ointment...

I watch my son carving shells in wood for a...

School are underperforming but cost a lot...

Bob Keen (R.A.) recently suggested a lot of...

Experience is the best teacher of what love is...

Just another nature poem. No flattery, please,...

Basketmaking is a craft with a native American...

McCain says Al Queda is in Iraq, like nobody...

The ladies of this site share a communal...

Once you get to know Alan through his stories,...

One of the great souls on this website lives in...

forum addicts will recognize some stolen...

The forum provides opinions that offer poetic...

chats on the forum of recent vintage that...

anything will do really as this is stolen...

Rivers change, the ocean remains the same.

Sometimes our feeings get hurt but we recover...

some wisdom from Doinmybestatlast about travel...

Two incredible film geniuses of the 20th...

exotic sounding words strung together to give a...

Traveling in unknown terrain can be surprising.

some writers can't be flattered--they must be...

New Bedford, Massachusetts is the departure...

vacation experience summarized in 14 lines...

rules for haiku: 5 syl, 7 syl, 5 syl. so this...

I like recipes in short form. This is one of...

Lawyers are not historians but they should...

Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote ecstatic poetry...

Once again, inspired by the style of Gerard...

There are reviewers who exceed the norms for...

Today we hear that Pavarotti has died. His...

Mish notices news about science progress and...

Iowa caucuses prove Hillary needs more prayer -...

sometimes writing has to be put aside for more...

while emailing Mish I got the notion movie...

Movie titles can be funny all by themselves but...

African American Women's Humor--an anthology is...

I have a neighbor whose grandson is in the...

another adventure at Nora's - a ten year old...

Nature is the gateway to philosophical queries...

Life has many problems. Some you can figure...

A poetry reading about strange events after an...

Ever feel the need for a good curse? Somebody...

A Long Island mensch takes his bride on a...

Nora is our only granddaughter. She loves her...

Puerto Rico's island of Vieques has been...

This poem is a reflection on the work of a...

The first primary in the country in the state...

anti-chaiku poem - mocks form

have a good laugh

I'm reading about Yeats' poetry (Helen...

William Butler Yeats, Irish Nobel Prize winner...

Tonight I got my first political recording to...

Obama and the Kennedys link up. They have a...

JFK's grandchildren choose Obama. Ted and...

Last night's debate between Obama and Clinton...

If you agree or disagree with my thesis on...

very bad poetry but does include some nice...

Just found out that the editor of writer's eye...

I accept all opinions

spring isn't all flowers and sunshine --...

ever feel useless? these thoughts ramble...

Jellyfish challenge fishermen, fill their...

Just a little springtime poem about gardening

Moose are seriously bothered by ticks. They're...

This is a reminiscence of a visit to Detroit I...

West Virginia votes are in. Hillary won by a...

In Boston the new museum of contemporary art...

Senator Kennedy's diagnosis reminds me of my...

Biology determines response in emotional...

martyrdom may be self-inflicted

tonight's news-Kucinich introduces 5 hour...

It's disgusting but somebody's gotta do it. The...

An event happened today that still feels...

Historical characters gather for a few beers...

Ever want to meet someone who is no longer...

As a student at U.Mass., Amherst, I enrolled in...

A young Manchurian maiden playing the bamboo...

Women communicate with difficulty concerning an...

How an over-extended grandma learns to take...

What if John McCain had to be replaced by a...

child's view of hurricane in New York City

My son's Tolkien addiction leads hiim to...

Listening to my brother practice music from...

45 yr old bachelor finally succombs to therapy...

Talented teen-ager reflects on her life in a...

Famous poets and artists from the Rochester...

Valerie, age 14, daughter of divorced...

A couple clear out an old lady's rooms after...

Irrepressible old woman goes shopping and...

If you've ever been to the Big E you may be...

When Spanish explorers arrived on American...

Two famous women discuss Paris and peasants but...

Trip to an art gallery becomes an educational...

Elvis, Frank and John sing together and rile up...

Food additives with neurotoxin effects are in...

got my first letter from 5 yr old Nathan today....

An editor asked me to write an article about...

Jim Tate's recent poetry reading, where the...

We can't seem to get our act together here, so...

I try to help Hillary snap out of depression...

A sudden squirting at the gas pump this morning...

30 years since Elvis departed--big commercial...

The polyps are being checked at the lab and...

A 3 year old describes her experience with a...

sometimes I forget to check under the sink....

My experience of Maine: a forest with a rocky...

Tourists in Barcelona witness the arrival of...

A group of teachers attend a performance at the...

Recently Hillary Clinton has been behaving in a...

Sonny believes my modus operandi is Freudian...

Miss Lynch teaches language arts but her...

Few people realize what adventures await them...

Even classics can get roughed up in reviews....

Joyce took liberties with his experimental...

Chapter two of Ulysses by Joyce, an Irish...

This chapter of Ulysses gives us a glimpse into...

Shopping for candles in Massachusetts saves...

history repeats itself - a little lesson for...

a rather senseless story full to the brim with...

New writing compared to new baby, revisions...

Professor markets literary criticism thesis but...

Six years ago our daughter started medical...

My spouse recently discovered he has a duodenal...

Two sisters arrange a meeting involving a...

After more than a year of living with a pair of...

any cleaning problems should go to Kat Nove....

I attended a concert in the 2nd Congregational...

Just read in the newspaper that people in...

This is a true story about a remarkable...

Spinning fibers is as old as the pyramids. You...

I've been asked about the diary entries of...

Computers and Druidism have a very old...

Haiku form --yesterday's headlines. Hillary...

Just some speculation about how history might...

any and all comments acceptable, especially...

Hillary Rodham Clinton has some problems with...

If it's April 1, then I have a lottery ticket...

Sometimes kids are way too smart.

Nora tries to sort out the real from the...

Imagine a movie about Mother Cabrini, the first...

Imagine a lost movie starring dancers Fred...

Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart appeared...

Prophet Isaiah lived 2500 years ago and warned...

Just a few suggestions about writing sex scenes...

High fashion isn't all it's cracked up to be....

Recent events have earned the Clintons the...

Nora writes scary stories because that's all...

HOW I GOT STARTED WITH EVERYTHING--life with 3...

I'm a middle child. Two younger sisters, one of...