Last weekend, he and I camped out in front of the fridge, wine glasses in hand, bottle sitting within arm’s reach (we went through 5 bottles over the weekend, oh how I love that delicious red!), pulling words off and filling my fridge with the most poems I think it’s ever seen.
We just couldn’t stop, [...]
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Well dear friends, it would appear the elusive book deal I mentioned so many months ago has indeed fallen through. I am incredibly saddened by this because as you all know I’d love to make enough money from my writing to allow me to one day quit working for THE MAN. Not that this book was [...]
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We seemed to be a good match, he who would not become Bachelor #7. Both runners, poets, vegetarians. And in this electronic world of communication we live in, this email and text-filled world we survive and thrive in, we seemed well matched.
And then after days of phone tag and amusing voice mails we finally connected. Except while [...]
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I realize not too long ago I posted the 3rd Edition of Fridge Poetry, but a lot of new stuff has sprung up. Plus my dear friend Tamera is coming to visit in a couple of days and she can usually be found at some time during the weekend camped out in front of the fridge, meticulously [...]
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It’s not plagiarizing if I give him full credit, right? Let’s hope so! This is a new poem by Billy Collins. I love how it uses common phrases and sayings, simply genius. So read it and consider it your poetry lesson for the day!
Adage by Billy Collins
When it’s late at night and branches
are banging against [...]
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