Category Archives: Poetry

Painting pictures with words.

Welcome Summer Solstice

Posted on June 24, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Kiora Tash of The Myth of Trees. I only recently began following Kiora, and know almost nothing about her except that I enjoy the way she thinks and the way she feels. She describes … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quips and Quotes, Writing and Blogging | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Comments

A Tribute Written For One of My Favorite Poets

Posted on May 27, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Paul Szlosek of Paul’s Poetry Playground. Paul is a first-order poetry aficionado (he even looks like a poet). A past recipient of the Jacob Knight Award for Poetry, his work has appeared in numerous … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Poetry, Quips and Quotes, Writing and Blogging | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

The devils are here

Posted on May 13, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Benyamin Bensalah of Benyapoesy. Calling himself a “pocket poet” (I’m not sure what that means, but I like it), Benyamin is of Algerian/Hungarian extraction. By his own description he is “a strange production of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quips and Quotes, Writing and Blogging | Tagged , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Highlight Highs don’t last as the days slip by

Posted on April 8, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Kate Duff of A Thousand Bits of Paper. Kate is a poet, writer, and published author who lives in Australia. About her writing, she says it’s “a ‘song line’ or ‘dreaming track,’ a path … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Poetry, Quips and Quotes, Writing and Blogging | Tagged , , , , , | 10 Comments

THiRST

Posted on March 4, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Vikash Goyal of KASHiVOLOGY. “Scattered and grown” (his words), Vikash lives in Kurseong, India. He describes himself as “a businessman by profession and an eavesdropper by choice,” who is inspired by the Beatles, among … Continue reading →

Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Poetry, Quips and Quotes, Writing and Blogging | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

The Lives of Trees

Posted on February 21, 2020 by mitchteemley

Of all the flora upon the earth, none seem quite so human as trees. Endlessly varied, not only by species, but individually, they strive to find nourishment, to grow and produce offspring. They struggle to weather the storms of life, … Continue reading →

Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Poetry, Quips and Quotes | Tagged , , , , , , | 37 Comments

in regards to Foghat

Posted on February 19, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is MB (M Brazfield) of Words Less Spoken. MB is a self-described Gen-Xer who grew up in urban Los Angeles and in her youth haunted the streets and clubs of that sprawling metropolis. She struggled … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quips and Quotes, Writing and Blogging | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Magical Places to Be in Love

Posted on February 14, 2020 by mitchteemley

Some places are objectively beautiful. They take our breath away, and then return it to us full of light and hope. Yet magical places are everywhere, even in the “bad parts of town.” Why? Because we carry the real magic, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Poetry, Quips and Quotes | Tagged , , , , , , | 25 Comments

An Ode to February

Posted on February 4, 2020 by mitchteemley

30 days hath September April, June, and November. All the rest have 31. Except for February, it has 28, then, boom, it’s done! Oh, wait, and leap years—who knows why?— on those years Feb slips one more by. ♥ Or … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Humor, Poetry, Quips and Quotes | Tagged , , , , , | 22 Comments

the day after

Posted on January 29, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Tetiana (Tati) Aleksina of Unbolt Me. English is not Tati’s native language, but you’d never know it. Her unexpected, sometimes startling (and occasionally profane) poetry is more nuanced than that of most born-to-it speaker/bloggers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Poetry, Quips and Quotes, Writing and Blogging | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments