Poetry
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Schaller’s Pump, the oldest bar in Chicago, clossed in 2017. https://tinyurl.com/8pk4nhpw
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It’s Poetics Tuesday over at the dVerse Poets Pub. The challenge is to write a poem in the first person that compares some trait of ours with something animal. It should not be a whale, but another creature (mammal, fish, bird, insect, etc.) with which we have something in common. The title should be the animal thing, in
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It’s Poetics Tuesday over at the dVerse Poets Pub. MsJadeLi of the Tao Talk blog is our host. Today our mission is to explore diverging connections between things in poetry. Of the three options, I’ve decided to take a crack at the Diamante poetry form. Friend Faithful, Honest Sharing, Trusting, Caring Ally, Confidante, Liar, Backstabber
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This week’s prompt at MindlovesMisery Menagerie is to write a response to the phrase, “The End of the Road.” The end of our road came too fast. Despite road bumps and hairpin turns— Seems the best things aren’t made to last. Time spread its wings and flew right past, In thoughtless splendor unconcerned. The end
Ergo, the Ogre 