Micropoem: racist
racist it's not so much that you think you're better than 'those people' that causes my blood to boil as much as it is that you use the words 'those people' [For more attempts at Micropoetry, click here]
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Poetry with Erik with a K: Intro
i would like to introduce you to Erik [with a K] Sometimes when i am bored or feeling extremely creative, i like to disappear so that my alter ego, Brad Fish, can take centre stage - among the most popular things that Brad Fish was ever good for was a series of Dangerous Things You Can Least Expect videos lovingly known as DTYCLE where he warned us about all kinds of things we might have [...]
Poetry with Erik with a K: Timothy Winters by Charles Causley
Amy Benn requests the poem 'Timothy Winters' by Charles Causley and Erik [with a K] gives it his best shot: [For more poems with Erik with a K, click here]
Tandem Post: 37 Million Light Years
37 Million Light Years It arrived on the screen as a message of hope: "37 Million Light Years" The number seemed so ridiculously large that Corporal-Sergeant Janet Witherspoon wondered how it had ever been cause for concern in the first place. How does an exploratory spacecraft fitted out with all the latest technology still somehow manage to mess up so badly? 'Human error', she thought to herself. Living in a futuristic society beyond anything most people [...]
Taboo Topics: Parents of young children – Meet Terran and Julie [and their 5!]
My friends Terran and Julie Williams were going about life with their three delightful children, sharing regular stories of funny statements and learnt lessons and chaotic moments, when suddenly the news of a 4th child on the way... and then further news that their 4th was a set of twins... If you think three young children is hard, try to get your head around five! Terran shared this piece on Facebook yesterday and gave me [...]
Highlight Moment from my life #63 – Hair
It is a fairly strange thing for a guy to list ‘Hair’ as one of the 100 highlights of his life, unless you’re David Beckham and have David Bekham type hair i guess? But for me, it’s been an extension [ha!] of my personality and a way for me to express myself in many various ways and so definitely deserves to be on this list. […]
Micropoem: Hypocoffeeracy
i sit crushed at my table... the inequality and shameless poverty i drive past each and every day rips open my chest grabs my beating heart and begins to squeeze... completely overwhelming me as i signal to the waitress to bring me another Yirgacheffe pour-over [For more Micropoetry that i have been trying out this year, click here]
Deep Dive Conversation Dinner: Money and economic type things
I know that I am cared for by an abundant Provider I choose to be grateful and trusting, I believe I have enough and that what I need will always be provided. I choose to be content and generous. I know that my choices matter for myself, for others and for future generations. Help me to live consciously and creatively, celebrating signs of your new creation that is present and coming. Creator, who made me [...]
The Power of a Gr-Attitude
i somehow got into two Facebook argumersations yesterday at the same time. TWO! i can't remember that happening before. i usually try pick my battles one at a time, but somehow, two different articles i shared, generated two different fairly strong push backs. Which i love. i love it when people push back and are genuinely committed to the conversation and engaging and not simply being trolls or palookas. But sometimes [especially when it's people [...]
The drum beats on…
i have read some REALLY helpful articles about privilege this week. My fear is that the appearance of the word 'privilege' with the assumption of it being specifically 'white privilege' on my blog immediately drives the very people i am wanting to hear and engage with this stuff away. But my hope, which is so much stronger than my fear, is that there are people like Bob [who a bunch of us had this long [...]