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I got my entry in with a week to spare. It's that time of the month.  |
A new item for a poem I wrote in January in Thailand.
May be a tad erotic. Food often is, especially in Thai. There's a new entry in my blog "ในสวนของเลียม"  . |
Now I have a 30th wedding anniversary idea.  |
Reply| I wonder what the prompt will be for this month's WDC contest. Last year it was Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car". Me? I'd nominate "Wasted Love" by JJ (Austria) ... because I really really really like it. It's in English, and is a response to unrequited love. Romance would def be a genre! It goes from pop to opera to EDM... It morphs from sweet to intense to dance music. It won Eurovision 2025. Regardless, hoping we get a prompt soon! This only comes once/year so remember to check in and write! ABBA sang in 1980 "The Winner Takes It All" (a divorce song) but the winner of this contest gets 1,000,000 gps and that's nothing to cry over; so, hope the prompt is posted soon.
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| While we didn't ultimately select that song for "Rhythms & Writing: Official WDC Contest" this year, the new prompt has been posted and the contest is open for business! |
Jeff  - That's all I wanted! Thank you. It's hard running contests and if the prompt gets out late it creates more issues. |
| Well, Sen Scott FL didn't get his way to further gut Medicaid. That said, until Americans embrace the motto E Pluribus Unum we'll continue to have partisan warfare that the wealthy exploit. As for health care, how dare we take care of everyone. My opinion: There has been a War on the Poor since Reagan in the 1980s and a War for White Rights since Reconstruction in the 1880s becoming more fervent since the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Now Project 2025 is an American Inquisition on non-Christians, and Our Dear Dictator wants to be crowned... something. If you're poor, non-white, non-Christian... you probably should think about emigrating... but where? Add to the discussion at "the BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL and human rights" in "Taboo forum: human rights " [18+] |
| minor disruption for your peaceful day, sorry for the all-caps: THE USA IS AT WAR WITH IRAN back to clipping your in-grown toe-nails... |
| Well, that was a big boondoggle, now wasn't it. Trump just screwed the pooch on this one. |
QueenNormaJean Julyishereboom!  - DJT thinks he's smarter than Iranians. He knows nothing about the culture of martyrdom... and patience... he knows nothing about a lot of important things. |
🌖 HuntersMoon  - Perhaps postponed for a week, month or year... The Iranians waited 26 years to get back after the US overthrew their government in 1953. They are patient people. |
A folder with no reviews. One can read the full 7 chapters here:
These are the 7 chapters. Since I knew my setting (Udon Thani in Thailand) and two main characters (Pond and Lim) in #1 I just tried to go with the flow no matter how qUiRKy the prompts. #4, 5 & 6 took the story in directions I would never have explored on my own.  They are all listed (in earlier and/or later versions) in one folder (One Folder to Bind Them All) with footnotes. At some point they will be re-edited and made into one short story of about 1,800 - 2,000 words. Genres used or alluded to: romance, cultural, animal, food, nature, (auto) biographical, business, spiritual, supernatural, relationship, death, LGBTQ... among others. Senses are used throughout. The chapters may be reviewed separately as well:
My anniversary month is ending, so now is a good time to review and post following the rules of
I'm finished with posting... see y'all next year. |
| There comes a softening... "[to the crystal vase]" [13+] "[to old stone walls]" [E] "[to mathematics] E2" [13+] "[to the royal pew] " [ASR] "[to our brains]" [13+] "[to random clutter]" [E] "[to old books]" [E] And a new item from 2007  ... catching up, 16 line poem
Now review! then post here (read the rules):
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For anniversary month, get extra credit for reviewing by posting here:
There comes a softening to the brain...
All of the following follow a similar format... poetic, short. All are reviewable. "[to a bruise] Ñ3" [13+] "[to the arm] L4" [E] "[to grey stones]" [ASR] "[to new shoes]" [E] "[to dough]" [E] "[to the empty bowl]" [ASR] |
| 3 more posts and I'll be done with this anniversary month task. Thank you to all those who have read and reviewed. Flash
Flash
Ekphrastic
And a new item from an old ditty:
The complete list of anniversaries are found at
Remember to post reviews for extra credit! |
| It's still June and I'm worn out. Salish myth... woven into a flash about a gamer.
Flash set in Grenada, Nicaragua (a place I've visited).
A short poetic lament.
Three linked vampire vignettes: A vampire's back story.
And João meeting Anacleto.
And now you understand why João wants to run away. Can he? This would end part 1 imho. But... who is interviewing? Hmm.
Almost done. Three or four more posts should do it. Until then... remember... there are many writers here waiting to be read and reviewed. Annette has a list of those who joined in June. Read them, review them, then post you review here:
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| Catching up. It's still my anniversary month and these items are still feeling lonely. But... you could make them happy with a review: 122 wc kinda like a haibun.
Sad?
What would Basho choose? You?
A short vignette from one of my vampire novels.
Definitely XGC
As always, a shout out to Annette who loves to know what you've reviewed:
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| My first blog "L'aura del Campo" (now used for poetry) was 20 years old yesterday. This is my first extant entry: "Summer: 1 Rahmat 162 (June 24)" . There are no comments. I deleted (and saved... but who knows where...) many entries when I ran out of space. I no longer have those available. Wish I did. I was journaling every day during that time though and I've kept those notebooks. Now I blog and forget to journal.  In many ways my typical day is more boring now than when I was homeless. The constant struggle to avoid drama and guarantee a place to sleep at night was "invigorating". I was also 20 years younger. My first blog comments came from VerySara  and Prosperous Snow celebrating  . By 2007 I was receiving 10+ comments daily. I wax nostalgic at times for the "good olde daze" of what we called "Blogville" RIP. Here, as IRL (in-real-life), the art of communication and making connections is passé: so... pre-covid, so... old-fashioned... messy... uncomfortable... time-consuming... disease-ridden... My present blog (in English) is found here "ในสวนของเลียม" |
| If you are squeamish... or don't believe in s**. DO NOT READ THESE:
Both are from 2007 when my poetic stream of vomit inspired Ye Olde WDC... 17 comments in blog entry "Poised in prayer. Albedo/libido?" from June 8, 2007. I was inspired way-back-when and imho a better poet. Plus, WDC was more interactive and supportive. We bounced off each other. If you do read them... consider a review for
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| Today is my account anniversary that I share with Sum1! So please read one of my offerings (none need reviews, but review if you wish or just leave a comment here). These are the most reviewed, considered my best (and are also my performance poems). 1.
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These all have 10+ reviews and good ratings: Poem. Response to poet. "If I am to live" [13+] Poem. Tribute to poet. "Listening to you read" [18+] Prose poem, Kansas: "'heart's home'" [ASR] Poem: "By the heat of a radiator" [13+] Short poem. Missoula. "Sentinel" [ASR] Poem. Response to poet. "In the midst of silence" [13+] Children's story. "White cow in a red hat" [E] Hockey cinquains. "Glice" [13+] Poll. "Your favorite interaction with a bird?" [E] Nature poem. "Waterlily" [13+] Poem in Lucifer's p.o.v. "Lucy" [13+] Nature poem. "But only God can make a tree" [13+] Poem trying to be biographical. "At three" [E] Short ekphrastic poem (image) "In Mongolia" [E] Poem. Death tribute. "A radiant moon has set" [ASR] Love poem. "Zmitri" [13+] None of these needs reviews; but since this is my account anniversary month, remember to get credit if you review one:
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| Jellyfish - I grew old here... What's important to me is that I managed to continue for so long. It's the digital storage space for things I wrote as far back as 1999. In a way, it's my legacy. |
| Aw, sorry. I missed your anniversary. Hope it was a good one. Congrats on your tenure here. |
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