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A horn of plenty, if you just look for it
Thanksgiving is a good and necessary holiday but perhaps more so in times of want than of plenty. What is wanting this Thanksgiving 2020? We want to be together. We want our families, our friends. Most Thanksgiving celebrations are pared down this year with families separated by virus or politics, some permanently so, thanks to […]
MoreDeath series part three: Seek and ye shall not find
Miguel by César Vallejo I’m sitting here on the old patio beside your absence. It is a black well. We’d be playing, now. . . I can hear Mama yell “Boys! Calm down!” We’d laugh, and off I’d go to hide where you’d never look. . . under the stairs, in the hall, […]
MoreThe Grace of Influence
When Giving Is All We Have by Alberto Ríos One river gives Its journey to the next. We give because someone gave to us. We give because nobody gave to us. We give because giving has changed us. We give because giving could have changed us. We have […]
MoreHi you haiku
I have haikus to post today and tomorrow, and that will be the end of this project . . . unless. . . my international readers step up! Sending out a challenge to Poem Elf readers in countries outside of the United States to send in a quarantine haiku. I know you’re there, I see […]
MorePublic Service Announcement: Writing haiku is good for your health
Welcome to the third installment of readers’ quarantine haiku. Thank you for sending in these gems. I love them. (Reminder: if yours hasn’t been posted yet, wait a day or so, I’ll get to it. And keep them coming!) Let’s start with flowers because . . . flowers! After winter, flowers. What a […]
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