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Sunday Post of the Slow Poet

Over the last couple of years I’ve been finding my drive to write, slowing down.  Last week was the first serious blog I’ve written in months.  There are plenty of reasons – retiring, moving, pandemic … All have conspired to … Continue reading

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How to Write Post Apocalyptic Stories

I’ve long been a reader of post apocalyptic speculative fiction and have for a decade or so been working on a post apocalyptic novel.  I really like my story, have an outline, a first and last chapter, extensive notes … … Continue reading

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Three Things that Could be Poems

I wanted to write a poem so I started to think about a subject, a line, an object, a scene or metaphor that could be turned into verse.  In daily life there are so many things that we overlook.  As … Continue reading

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Christmas Lights

I’d like to say that I just sit down at the keyboard and bang these posts out in 20 minutes.  I don’t, but I’d like to be able to say that the words just flow from my brain to my … Continue reading

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