Category Archives: Poetry

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The Poetry of Strong Women

Posted on June 22, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Gabrela Marie Milton of Short Prose. Gabriela is an Amazon bestselling poet. She’s also a Pushcart Prize nominee and 2019 Author of the Year at Spillwords Press, as well as the author of the #1 … Continue reading →

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The Longest Day of the Year

Posted on June 21, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Sixty years ago, Hollywood released The Longest Day, a movie about the D-Day landings in the summer of 1944. For Dad it was a must because he’d been in World War II, sort of. I’d read the … Continue reading →

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I Am Right Behind You

Posted on May 25, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this Week is Annabel of The Modern Etiquette. Annabel is a poet, writer and professional dancer, as demonstrated in her beautiful classical Indian-inspired piece above. There’s a delicacy and tenderness streaked with enduring strength in everything Annabel … Continue reading →

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Insurmountable

Posted on May 11, 2022 by mitchteemley

Erasure Poetry Collage My Featured Blogger this week is Constance (Conny) Bourg of Tender Rebellion. Conny is a poet, essayist and digital collage artist who lives on the Flemish coast of Belgium. Her work is sometimes direct, sometimes cryptic, and … Continue reading →

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World Weary Woman

Posted on April 27, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Paula Light of Light Motifs II. Paula, a writer and poet based in Orange County, California, harbors an abiding love for her children and grandchildren, as well as movies, cats, and cupcakes. The most … Continue reading →

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Why We Chain Our Doors

Posted on April 13, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is George Raymond of trefology. George has the kind of absurd sense of humor I cut my proverbial teeth on, and you know how sharp proverbial teeth can be (think Monty Python). George sums up … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Winter

Posted on March 18, 2022 by mitchteemley

Winter’s a curtain God draws while the scene Alters from ambers to fervent greens And yet, no mere drape, this skeletal cloth Itself is alive with a numinous frost So, come anew, winter, miraculous friend When your transforming veil is … Continue reading →

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The Silence That Shouts

Posted on March 16, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Mike Utley of Silent Pariah. Mike has nearly complete hearing loss, but lives in a rural area with few if any deaf support services. Hence, the internet is his way of communicating with the … Continue reading →

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Getting His Munia’s Worth

Posted on February 2, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Narendra Nayak of A Sliver of Life. This poet-photographer’s (poetographer?) posts never fail to delight. While America is focusing on groundhogs (one of our sillier traditions), Narendra is focusing on more predictable and amiable … Continue reading →

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lost Christmas Poem

Posted on December 23, 2021 by mitchteemley

Many are unaware that the Lord of the Rings author was a lifelong Jesus-follower. Tolkien not only spoke openly of his faith, impacting the lives of many, including his close friend C.S. Lewis, but was also one of the translators … Continue reading →

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