by Nellie Curtiss … Have you written a poem lately? Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? Poetry does not always have to rhyme or use punctuation like a grammarian, nor does it have to have a specific cadence (beat), nor does it have to use onomatopoeia (sounds that imitate the word itself). Continue reading “Is it a poem, a Twitter rant, or a Facebook Post?”
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Is it slothfulness or fibromyalgia?
By Nellie Curtiss … Sometimes the hair follicles “Eek!” with soreness and running fingers through hair fires pain from scalp to hair tip. Showering is like standing naked while fine sand or BB pellets spray. Pulling socks up from ankles pitches muscle aches into the mix, too. Dressing is grueling as every metal harbinger thatContinue reading “Is it slothfulness or fibromyalgia?”
Supermoon before Father’s Day
by Nellie Curtiss . . . The supermoon surprised me tonight As it hid between the branches of the great Centurion Blue Spruce across from the swell tide Of buzzing lamps canvassing the Alta Fuel station On Main like it was one balloon lamp for the Corner and diagonal recess yard where children shriek inContinue reading “Supermoon before Father’s Day”
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