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”Parting Words from Moristotle” (07/31/2023)
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of art, poems, stories, serials, travelogues,
essays, reviews, interviews, correspondence….
tells how to access our archives
of art, poems, stories, serials, travelogues,
essays, reviews, interviews, correspondence….
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Drive sober, or it’s all over
Labels:
driving,
light verse,
limerick,
verse
Friday, June 28, 2019
Goines On: Act like it
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Thursday, June 27, 2019
Fiction: Jaudon – An American Family (a novel) [3]
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James screamed at the sight of Chassy’s limp body. There was a hole in her back from the Henry rifle’s bullet, which seemed to have killed her instantly. He threw his arms around her and pulled her to him. He held her in his lap, rocking her and crying until at last Sara touched his arm. “James, we have to get across the Sabine before nightfall.”
Labels:
Ed Rogers,
fiction,
Houston Texas,
Jaudon Family,
novel,
saga
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Sketches from the Twin Cities:
walk along pond’s path
Labels:
Geoffrey Dean,
haiku,
poem,
Sketches,
verse
Monday, June 24, 2019
Goings On: Cardio walk
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He hadn’t felt like walking fast when he left the house. And he almost forgot to start Runkeeper before starting out leftward to follow their street around the neighborhood. About a hundred yards ahead of him, a woman in black shorts was walking her dog. No longer accompanied by Ziggy, Goines decided to fall in behind the pair, and sped up a bit.
Sunday, June 23, 2019
All Over the Place:
Long hair/strong hair
Labels:
All Over the Place,
free verse,
Michael H. Brownstein,
poem,
poetry,
verse
Saturday, June 22, 2019
The Loneliest Liberal:
Speed, in numerous forms
By James Knudsen
If I were to recount my travels since the beginning of this month, you would probably expect a high-minded tale of theatre and ivory-towered academia. But this is going to be me. The end of the school year means that educators get time off and college students come home for the summer. My fiancée, Melany, her daughter Chloe, and I know that the first order of business at the end of the school year is to retrieve elder daughter Sophie from Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. There is also the matter of her stuff, which arrived there back in September courtesy of my Chrysler mini-van. However, said mini-van was procured by sister, Morissa, in late May to haul some of her stuff to Bainbridge Island, Washington. Hmmm.
If I were to recount my travels since the beginning of this month, you would probably expect a high-minded tale of theatre and ivory-towered academia. But this is going to be me. The end of the school year means that educators get time off and college students come home for the summer. My fiancée, Melany, her daughter Chloe, and I know that the first order of business at the end of the school year is to retrieve elder daughter Sophie from Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. There is also the matter of her stuff, which arrived there back in September courtesy of my Chrysler mini-van. However, said mini-van was procured by sister, Morissa, in late May to haul some of her stuff to Bainbridge Island, Washington. Hmmm.
Friday, June 21, 2019
Goines On: Ophthalmology appointment
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Thursday, June 20, 2019
Fiction: Jaudon – An American Family (a novel) [2]
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The riders following their wagon came to the dock and began firing into the sky and shouting for the boat to return to the shore. Thankfully, the boat’s captain chose to continue across the river. James asked a deck hand why the boat didn’t turn around. “You don’t turn around in the middle of the Mississippi River. If the water catches as you slow to turn, you go over and that’s all for you. Those people can wait until tomorrow morning. Or they can swim.”
Labels:
Ed Rogers,
fiction,
Jaudon Family,
novel,
saga
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Ozymandias is gone (a poem)
Labels:
Ozymandias,
poem,
poetry,
Roger Owens,
verse
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Goines On: Auto-suggestion
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Sunday, June 16, 2019
All Over the Place: Father
Labels:
All Over the Place,
Michael H. Brownstein,
poem,
poetry,
verse
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Goines On: Pregnant with possibility
By Moristotle
[Author’s Note: Allusions in this vignette to other Goines vignettes are not acknowledged. My intention is that the vignettes, artfully collected and arranged, might someday be published as a book, a sort of “portrait in a thousand strokes.”]
The sky ahead of Goines was vast and cloudless as he merged onto the freeway to go to an ophthalmology appointment. He felt strong, he felt good, enjoying the sky, the feeling. He felt as though there were many possibilities for him out there in that expanse of world and time, and though he knew he wouldn’t, he wanted to live forever.
[Author’s Note: Allusions in this vignette to other Goines vignettes are not acknowledged. My intention is that the vignettes, artfully collected and arranged, might someday be published as a book, a sort of “portrait in a thousand strokes.”]
The sky ahead of Goines was vast and cloudless as he merged onto the freeway to go to an ophthalmology appointment. He felt strong, he felt good, enjoying the sky, the feeling. He felt as though there were many possibilities for him out there in that expanse of world and time, and though he knew he wouldn’t, he wanted to live forever.
Friday, June 14, 2019
A trip, limerick’d
Labels:
Beth's Fudge and Gifts,
Betsy Bowen,
Betty's Pies,
Geoffrey Dean,
Grand Marais,
light verse,
poem,
poetry,
Split Rock Lighthouse,
verse
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Fiction: Jaudon – An American Family (a novel) [1]
The beginning of a tale that might never end
By Ed Rogers
[Editor’s Note: Ed tells me that he “needed to write something, so why not write something that I might never finish? The saga will continue through generations, maybe longer than I will be around to tell it. It could be my farewell song.”
I hope we will all be around long enough to listen to all of the saga Ed manages to sing.]
By Ed Rogers
[Editor’s Note: Ed tells me that he “needed to write something, so why not write something that I might never finish? The saga will continue through generations, maybe longer than I will be around to tell it. It could be my farewell song.”
I hope we will all be around long enough to listen to all of the saga Ed manages to sing.]
Labels:
Ed Rogers,
fiction,
Jaudon Family,
Ku Klux Klan,
Nathan Bedford Forrest,
Night Riders,
novel,
saga
Monday, June 10, 2019
Goines On: In the company of poets
By Moristotle
Goines observed that a lot of poetry was appearing on a certain weblog lately, and as he drove along the freeway he became aware that he was composing something himself. His fingers were even tapping out the words on the steering wheel.
Turning his attention to the words coalescing under his fingers, his excitement mounted and the freeway receded in his awareness. “The weblog was having a run of good luck....”
Goines observed that a lot of poetry was appearing on a certain weblog lately, and as he drove along the freeway he became aware that he was composing something himself. His fingers were even tapping out the words on the steering wheel.
Turning his attention to the words coalescing under his fingers, his excitement mounted and the freeway receded in his awareness. “The weblog was having a run of good luck....”
Labels:
fiction,
Goines On,
light verse,
limerick,
poem,
short story,
verse
Sunday, June 9, 2019
All Over the Place:
Rouba Mas Faz
Labels:
All Over the Place,
free verse,
Michael H. Brownstein,
poem,
poetry,
verse
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Friday, June 7, 2019
Sandwitchery
Sarah Angst postcard art |
By Geoffrey Dean
For those who are listening, a tale is in store,
A tale about sandwiches, witches, and more.
One Scholar inquired, when music was done,
How was, after all, the sandwich begun?
I told her sincerely what little I knew,
Of the Sandwich Earl’s haste as his appetite grew.
Her skeptical look and her lack of reply,
Showed me clearly I’d failed to reveal the full why.
If one is impatient, no relief will be found,
For this tale’s neither brief, nor by accur’cy bound:
Labels:
Geoffrey Dean,
light verse,
poem,
poetry,
verse
Sunday, June 2, 2019
All Over the Place:
Field trip to the zoo
Labels:
All Over the Place,
free verse,
Michael H. Brownstein,
poem,
poetry,
verse
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