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This is my diet: Wake up, coffee, juice, bagel; Night, burrito, beer (#5 in the 5-7-5 Alive project.)
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If you’re reading this You might not have realized yet That it’s a haiku (#4 in the 5-7-5 Alive project.)
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When I was a kid I thought 25 was old I am still that kid (#3 in the 5-7-5 Alive project.)
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I wished it was mine Sweet old red motor scooter Paid the rent instead (#2 in the 5-7-5 Alive project.) As I continue to post my haikus, I’ll note that they will likely disappoint any haiku purists. My haikus are more like tiny, prescribed pieces of prose rather than those which fit within the…
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I went through a phase about a year back where I would write a lot of haikus. I still love writing haikus, but lately I’ve been several syllables over. I figured I’d post one haiku from my collection every day or so until I a) run out, b) change my mind, c) forget my…
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In case you haven’t seen this yet, here is an awesomely mind-numbing thread on presidents from FARK.com.
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My new action hero (created at HeroMachine 2.0). She uses photosynthesis to power her rocket jet wings and lightning bolt hair. Weapons? She doesn’t need weapons. She can zap you with photons at the flap of an eyelash, or oxidize you to ashes with one little breath.
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I know blogging about dreams is pretty lame … But I felt that this read like short fiction, so I thought I’d be lame anyway. Enjoy! ———————————————————————- I was living in what seemed to be my current apartment, but which uncharacteristically had a rooftop deck with a pool and jacuzzi. When I went up…
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If you’re into short short stories (or if you don’t like reading fiction because it’s too long) you’ll enjoy Esquire’s Napkin Fiction Project. The magazine mailed plain white cocktail napkins to 250 authors around the country and published the results online. While I haven’t read them all, one of my favorites is The Holdup…
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I really liked this poem from today’s “The Writer’s Almanac“, so I’m reprinting it here… Poem: “A New Lifestyle” by James Tate from Memoir of the Hawk. The Ecco Press. (buy now) A New Lifestyle People in this town drink too much coffee. They’re jumpy all the time. You see them drinking out of…