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Stupid blogging platforms!

I am driving myself nuts trying to pick a blogging platform. I hate the look of Blogger templates. They’re ugly compared to other blogging forums. But I also hate that WordPress puts ads on my blog. I have no choice … Continue reading

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Does anyone know some good haiku about fireworks?

If you can post a couple here, that would be great. We’re getting ready to see some right now! Thank you! Gene

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Finding more poetry by Gary Hotham

When I met Don Wentworth of Modest Proposal Chapbooks and Lilliput Review at Haiku North America, it was a lucky day. Hotham is one of my favorite poets. I always carry around his book, Breath Marks. Don was fortunate and … Continue reading

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Josh Ritter on creativity…

“Sometimes struggling for originality can really hamstring the work of just writing a song and getting it done and singing it. As time goes on that definitely becomes a thing. You find you live in other people’s shadows, unless you … Continue reading

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Jack Kerouac reading his haiku

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John Godfrey reading at St. Mark’s Church NYC Jan 2004

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John Godfrey reading at St. Mark’s Church NYC Jan 2004

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ALFRED LORD TENNYSON, night

All is well, tho’ faith and form Be sunder’d in the night of fear. ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, In Memoriam

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(leaving) (haiku)

walking cane in dry grass  leaving the present  where it is 

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I’ve Been Changed by Tom Waits

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Why is dance so important?

Egyptian art shows that people have been boogying in one form or another for a long time. It seems like we take to it naturally when we are young. What kid can resist the opportunity to shake their groove thing? … Continue reading

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This coming week on the blog

Over the last couple of weeks, the blog focused on religious and philosophical themes. In honor of blues pros Annie Raines and Paul Rishell, who played at my birthday party, this week the blog will go from God to the … Continue reading

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The God helmet: an experimental apparatus

God helmet refers to an experimental apparatus in neurotheology. The apparatus, placed on the head of an experimental subject, stimulates the brain with fluctuating magnetic fields. Some subjects reported experiences using the same words used to describe spiritual experiences.[1] The … Continue reading

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PIPA and SOPA: No post on Jan. 18 in support of the Wikipedia blackout

No post tomorrow in support of the blackouts in response to PIPA and SOPA. This ABC News link explains it well.

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