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Sunday, May 14, 2023

Haiku at Sandy Hook

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Emerald City. I can see it from Jersey. There is no wizard. It's no secret: I love New York's skyline , and I often write haikus abo...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

This Is the Way Poetry Month Ends

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It ended with a howl! This is a photo taken April 29, 2023, of Talena Lachelle Queen , the poet laureate of Paterson, NJ, reading Allen Gins...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Poetry Month in New Jersey, 2023

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What to do early on a Saturday night in New Jersey? How about some poetry during National Poetry Month? This coming Saturday, April 29, the ...
Saturday, March 25, 2023

What's the Best (or Worst) Cover Version of a Song?

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A busker in Helen, Georgia, singing "Angel From Montgomery" as good as John Prine, almost as good as Bonnie Raitt. What's the ...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

Poem: 'Byzantium in Jersey'

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My grandfather, 1969, Budd Lake, NJ Last week's poetry prompt from Dimitri Reyes intrigued me greatly. "Today is my grandfather...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

Poem: 'Grief's Cliche'

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I have only one prompted poem to offer today for February, and it was written in March. Another that I wrote was too personal (naming names)...
Sunday, February 26, 2023

Remembering Fr. Julian in 1,000 Words

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93 years ago today, a mother was cradling her first-born son in her arms at St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic, NJ. She had been told her newbor...
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Monday, February 20, 2023

Love Thee, Notre Dame

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This Facebook post.  
Sunday, February 19, 2023

ChatGPT Gets Us: An AI Conversation With 'Jesus'

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The message in RF: "Jesus still believes with two outs in the 9th." I first saw one of the "He Gets Us" advertisements s...