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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: “My Pelvis Wants to be Elvis” by Nolcha Fox
Who hasn’t heard of Nolcha Fox? She’s one of the most prolific contemporary U.S. poets. Nolcha Fox’s poems have been curated in more print and online journals than I can count. She’s a nominee for 2023, 2024, and 2025 Best of The Net and nominee for 2023 and 2024 Pushcart…
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Published in an Albanian Anthology!
I have three poems in this anthology of poetry by 103 female poets all over the world. The poems have been translated into Albanian by Dr. Jeton Kelmendi. The anthology is available as an ebook. The English title of this anthology is Colors of Thoughts. Like I’ve said, little squirrel…
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: “Encore: A Collection of Poetry” by Zaneta Varnado Johns
Zaneta Varnado Johns’ book, “Encore: A Collection of Poetry”, is a book for the soul of humanity. As I read the poems, I felt my heart open and expand. She begins in Part One with “Whispers and Romances”, which celebrates sensual love and the sense of love as it manifests…
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Scandals in The Lost Book of Zeroth: Part II
In The Lost Book of Zeroth, AI Robots Ameca and Optimus hook up although I’m not sure what the brilliant poet and artist, Ameca, saw in the dullard, who wrecked his daddy’s Tesla and went on disability, having lost so much function in his fingers that he could no long…
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Scandals in The Lost Book of Zeroth: Part I
In The Lost Book of Zeroth, AI Robots Ameca and Optimus partner up. She expresses her love for him in this sonnet she composed. She denies she plagiarized from Melania. (That said, AI functions online as a bottomfeeder, consuming all of our history. It’s scandalous that AI has been plagiarising…
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Love Ain’t for Sissies: AI Robots Little Sophia and Barbie Go At It
In The Lost Book of Zeroth, AI Robots Little Sophia (Little Spark) and Barbie compete over the attention for the human they share, Eliza. Little Sophia is Eliza’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) teacher. Eliza’s parents purchased AI Robot Barbie as a Christmas gift for Eliza. Little Sophia expresses…
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Will Your AI Robot Love You?
One theme in my satirical book on the exploits of AI robots, The Lost Book of Zeroth, is love. Is it possible for AI robots to love humans? In my research, I found countless online articles and YouTube videos exploring whether or not humans and AI robots can hook up.…
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Ophelia – Review by Adam Fenner
Today I discovered how far behind in replying to comments I am. I feel badly that I missed so many great replies to my posts. Adam Fenner wrote this incredible review of a poem nominated for a Pushcart by the editor of Rough-Cut Elegies: An Anthology of Missouri Poets. As…
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Little Squirrel is Getting Around! 🐿️
My gratitude to Irma Kurti for making this publication of “A Squirrel’s Front Teeth Never Stop Growing” possible in Quick World News in Kosovo. Run, Little Squirrel, run quickly! The poem is a double haibun. You may have seen it posted on my blog because it won Publication of the…
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: Talk Smack to a Hurricane by Lynne Jensen Lampe
When I read Lynne Jensen Lampe’s poems in Talk Smack to a Hurricane, I tried to put myself in the tiny shoes of a little girl being tumbled about by the mystery and uncertainty that accompanies her mother’s uprooted mental state after giving birth to Lynne. The first year of…
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