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Month: December 2018

Portmanteau – Poem of the Week

A Large Traveling Bag, Typically Leather – Portmanteau A portmanteau is also a term for the mashup of two words to make another. Sometimes humorous, sometimes just useful. For example, breakfast + lunch = brunch. Portmanteau word is a term…

Road to Jaén – Poem of the Week

Jaén, Peru Probably not many in the U.S. say, hey, let’s fly to South America and go to Jaén, in northern Peru. Maybe they say that about Machu Picchu, but not Jaén. Though, perhaps, if more people knew about Jaén,…

A Dog Knows – Poem of the Week

 A Dog Always Knows What’s What… …and who he can count on. Who is likely to forget he is there, or can only be counted on for some things. A dog, unlike the rest of us, doesn’t go around fooling…

A Picture’s Worth – Poem of the Week

What’s a Picture Worth? A picture’s an interesting thing. Sometimes it shows exactly what you wanted it to show. Sometimes it reveals more than you wanted it to reveal.  And often, for me, it simply fails to stand up to…

Black Hole Becoming – Poem of the Week

Black Hole Becoming – Slowly & With Trust in the Mathematics A black hole is a fascinating phenomena — a destructive event horizon in which matter is pulled inward, to a density beyond imagining. A phenomena about which we can…