Category Archives: Poetry

Painting pictures with words.

The Ugly Time?

Posted on December 11, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week I used to consider late autumn with its leafless trees and sullen skies the ugly time But then I grew up and came to understand its barren beauty how it saw the loss and longing in … Continue reading →

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Future Tense

Posted on November 29, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is British writer Gwen Grant. Gwen’s books, poems and story collections have a long-established following. The Guardian’s Lucy Mangan has called her semi-autobiographical Penguin Vintage Children’s Classic Private Keep Out! “the funniest children’s book ever … Continue reading →

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Four Haikus on Childhood

Posted on November 8, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Jonathan Moya of The Moya View. Film reviewer and poet Jonathan lives in Chatanooga, Tennessee “with a wonderful wife, Kristen and pomchi baby, Sharma.” He has two published poetry collections, Like No Movie I … Continue reading →

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A Satisfied Cat

Posted on October 26, 2023 by mitchteemley

It’s hoodie weather. I live in t-shirts year-round, but in October I add a hoodie, because in autumn a t-shirt without a hoodie is like tights without a cape. But now, every time I put on my hoodie, I think … Continue reading →

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How to Waste a Life

Posted on October 25, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is JYP, a.k.a. Jewish Young Professional, whose pithy poetry and far-reaching prose never fail to engage me. She is honest and down-to-earth, even confessional–which is all-too-rare a quality in our world today. Read on and … Continue reading →

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Seeing the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Posted on October 23, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Beauty abides in common things If only we choose to see it And grace will turn our limbs to wings If only we choose to free it ℘  “Often, when we blame our artists for painting ugly things, they … Continue reading →

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To Him They Belong

Posted on October 18, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is David Redpath of Highway Bloggery. David is an Australian stream-of-consciousness poet, photographer, artist, traveler, and seeker of truth. There’s a compelling spirit of longing and compassion beneath his acerbic words. “When will the world be set … Continue reading →

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i am her(e), you’ve found me

Posted on October 11, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Maia Runa (a.k.a. maiaruna) of Maia Diaries. Maia is the author of three intertwined poetry collections. “Drawn to strange and unusual settings and circumstances,” Maia is “willing to find beauty in the ordinary.” Not … Continue reading →

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The Good Mosquito

Posted on September 21, 2023 by mitchteemley

I dreamed I was a good mosquito and thought it not a sin to drain the blood of every human to pierce and pock their skin I was a loving ‘squito mama with a lot of larvae Denzel, Jane and … Continue reading →

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Small Stone, Big Faith

Posted on September 10, 2023 by mitchteemley

“But here’s the real reason my heart is so free, I don’t fight for God. My God fights for me.” ~ Little Rock, Big God I have the Dr. Seuss gene. I’m not sure which oddball aunt or uncle bequeathed … Continue reading →

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