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Poem: "The Festival of Lights"
This poem came out of the December 1, 2009 poetry fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from beetiger and sponsored out of general funds. You can read more about the five days of Divali and the masnavi form online.The Festival of Lightsâ€...
Poetry Fishbowl Report for Tuesday, December 1, 2009
This fishbowl began with a steady flow of prompts that lasted for a while before petering out. I worked from 11:30 AM to 12:30 AM, so about 11 hours allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 15 poems, almost all medium. There wa...
Poem: "History Returned"
Today's freebie poem was inspired by a prompt from marina_bonomi. The name of this six-line verse form is "Scottish stanza" or "Burns stanza."History ReturnedFrom Italy to Scotland’s heatherAll bent and bowed against the weatherWith sword of steel...
Poetry Fishbowl Open!
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of i...
Poetry Fishbowl Tomorrow!
This is a reminder for the December 2009 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "cultures of the world." I'll be soliciting ideas for culture heroes, historic figures, ancient or modern societies, objects linked to a certain culture, winter hol...
The Truth Behind Thanksgiving ...
... is that America was founded on invasion and genocide. For this we are now grateful, because we live here; and frustrated, because it's left us a legacy of problems with race relations and immigration.The end does not justify the means: the means...
Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, December 1
This is an advance announcement for the December 2009 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "cultures of the world." I'll be soliciting ideas for culture heroes, historic figures, ancient or modern societies, objects linked to a certain cultu...
Egyptian Food
I found this nifty website while researching Egyptian food and recipes....
Being Latino
Here is a good essay on the experience of being Latino in America:Maria Elena Salinas | Reflections on Being Latino in AmericaMaria Elena Salinas, Univision.com (Spanish Translation: Ryan Croken): "I finally saw myself on television. And no, I wasn't...
