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May.11.2013
My new term for a poem. Unforunately it's not very poetic.
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May.03.2013
There once was a poet named Thomas
Who everyone said had such promise
Till he wrote that the Wasteland
would turn into Graceland
Which I don’t understand, to be Honest.
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May.01.2013
And the poet cannot reach this impersonality without surrendering himself wholly to the work to be done. And he is not likely to know what is to be done unless he lives in what is not merely the present, but the present moment of the past, unless he is conscious, not of what is dead, but of...
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Apr.30.2013
Chinese food for dinner tonight (tofu with mixed vegetables). My fortune said:
Blessed is that man who has found his work
I imagine that works for women too but my fortune and I wouldn't want to speculate.
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Apr.26.2013
The nursing staff called over the intercom for vital stats.
"I'm alive," I said. "Me too," said Mom.
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Apr.25.2013
Creative Nonfiction Magazine is out with issue 48, whose theme is Southern Sin. Here is my (slightly re-re-edited) submission, which was possibly too venial.
To Watch a Mockingbird
Harper Lee tells us that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. But is it a sin that I like the film version...
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Apr.22.2013
Here is the question in my view:
When it comes time to Fall,
Will I exchange the all of me
For all the All in ALL?
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Apr.19.2013
I was reading House at Pooh Corner today and it started me thinking about my favorite fictional forests. I thought of:
The Hundred Acre Wood (ibid)
Arden (As You Like It)
Lothlorien (Lord of the Rings - though I suppose I like some of the others in the books as well)
Merlyn's Forest (The Once...
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Apr.16.2013
Heard on the radio: If you are trying to have a baby without success...
What I hope they meant: If you are trying without success to have a baby...
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Apr.13.2013
When we lose the micron or two that ink rises above a printed page, we substantially alter the experience of reading, and consequently its effect.
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Memory in reverse is Imagination.”
—The Magical Dog Who Never Sleeps
About Stephen
Stephen Evans is a playwright and author who came to Maryland for the waters. He was not misinformed.
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Best Friends Animal Society (http://www.bestfriends.org)