Category Archives: Poetry

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The Common Threads That Connect Us All

Posted on November 24, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Laura M. Bailey of All the Shoes I Wear, “my attempt,” she says, “to write down the bones of a crazy, random, uncharted life.” Indeed, this engaging, down-to-earth writer-poet has also been “a construction … Continue reading →

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Let’s Grow Wise and Surprise Everyone

Posted on November 22, 2021 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “The older we get, the faster we were” (printed on t-shirts at a college runners’ reunion). We can’t buy wisdom, we can’t inherit it, and we certainly can’t download it. Yes, it’s based on experience, yet … Continue reading →

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I Am of the Sky

Posted on November 19, 2021 by mitchteemley

I am of the earth say my feet I am of wood and stone say my hands I am of sky and clouds say my eyes I am of the stars says my heart I am of eternity says my … Continue reading →

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The Logic of Dreams

Posted on October 25, 2021 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week There’s a sort of “dream logic” by which most people live their lives, an unchallenged belief in what will be, even while living solely for what is, or rather for what seems to be. For what … Continue reading →

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The Featured Blogger Collection

Posted on October 20, 2021 by mitchteemley

Dear blogger friends, and normal people, I’m up to my creative eyeballs with a new in-development film project, as well as doing background research for my in-progress Memoirs. So I’m on a weeklong blogging hiatus, of sorts. Meanwhile, may I … Continue reading →

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Creak Crack

Posted on October 13, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Richard Thomas (a.k.a. Uncle Tommy) of Wild Like the Flowers: Rhymes and Reasons. This relentlessly witty Austin, Texas-based philosopher, poet, and cartoon artist’s work is available for purchase online. He’s also the author of … Continue reading →

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Light Strikes My Darkened Heart

Posted on August 26, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Hernan Pauccara When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. I’d returned home empty-handed. … Continue reading →

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My Own Private Easter

Posted on August 19, 2021 by mitchteemley

‘A Boy in the Forest’ by Pikila When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. Having … Continue reading →

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Parable of the Bricks

Posted on July 15, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Suliman Sallehi When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. I knew the … Continue reading →

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Above the Park

Posted on July 14, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is John Malone of Big Blue Mouth. John is an Australian poet, as well as a teacher of poetry and creative writing. He describes the focus of his blog site succinctly (like his writing) as … Continue reading →

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