Is the day sentient? Can it be? This week’s poem is a prose poem, and one which is definitely more to the lyrical poem side of its heritage than the narrative prose side of the family. The idea it comes…
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Category: Poem of the Week
If I were a sparrow, people might mystify me But then, people mystify me sometimes anyway. Being human doesn’t necessarily help me out with understanding other humans. A sparrow, in fact, might have as a good a chance as I…
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…
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 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…