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”The Bittersweet” Translated into Italian by Irma Kurti!
I am grateful to Irma Kurti for translating my poem “The Bittersweet” into Italian. It appears in International Web Post Journal. The English version follows the Italian. This poem came about after I discovered a leaf clinging to a spider web on a bush near my front door. I filmed…
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A Stunning Review of The Lost Book of Zeroth by Pete Mladinic
I’m grateful to Pete Mladinic for reviewing my latest satirical collection of poetry and flash fiction about the chaos created by soulless AI Robots. Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic today. AI technology is used in almost all areas, such as science, medicine, business, art, literature, and home management. Although…
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: Cora’s Quest by Lauren Scott
Across from my house lies our neighborhood park. From my front yard, I can see the small bridge that traverses the creek. We often see small herds of deer feeding on the grass in the park. One doe that lives in my brother’s back yard has borne many fawns in…
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Woman
This poem is in my first poetry book, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir. Woman for Mom Woman, how you portray your complex essence and ambiguity.You are a study of lightcast on the walls of your Self. Shadows border your brilliance.Your portrait is askew with flavorsthat you offer to guests enamored…
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Lady Liberty Cured of Adult Mutism
My latest collection of dark humor, The Lost Book of Zeroth, contains four parts. Parts 1-3 (Little Spark, Chaos, Good Deeds) contain satirical poems and stories about AI robots suffering the dark side of the human condition. The robots’ escapades are fueled by fear, jealousy, greed, and other negative emotions.…
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Poems for Emily Dickinson
This post is late. I should have put it up on the anniversary of Emily Dickinson’s death on May 15. She passed that day in 1886 (55 years old). I wrote the poems while attending an online Tell It Slant Poetry Festival, which is sponsored by the Emily Dickinson Museum…
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An Ode to My Knees, Whom I Named Tina and Cher, on May 24, 2023
It’s been a couple of years since my left knee replacement. A healer once told me that I needed to properly grieve the loss of my old joint and introduce the new joint to its partner. Apparently, when I had my right hip replacement, my left hip was confused, so…
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Box Turtle: A haibun
Box Turtle When the trees were young and the sun high, we had a small garden, lush with tomatoes we shared with a box turtle that would chomp on the fallen fruit. Or did my husband pick the ripe ones just for her? Her beautiful shell, the intricate patterns—did they…
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“Follow Me” is up on Collaborature!
My gratitude to Editor Melissa Lemay for accepting and publishing my haiku “Follow Me”, which is illustrated by a photo of the riparian forest on the Missouri River taken by my husband, Dierik. You can view the haiku and photo by following (no pun intended 🤣) this link. While you’re…
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: Heron Spirit by Ken Gierke
Ken Gierke’s new poetry collection, Heron Spirit, is a conversation with the natural world. The poems take us from playing in leaves to lines that paddle in unison with the waves of metaphors, the lines that stretch into the endless horizon of an endless river. Nature holds bold, tall titans, sentinel eagles,…
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