i recently discovered the incredibly gifted Dante who writes incredible micro poetry on his blog, Original-Dante. Thinking my poetry would definitely err on the macro side we decided to do a collaboration and use the same title to inspire two different poems and so here is my offering: THOUGHTS FROM THE BLENDER i gaze into the mirror and the person staring back at me is not you i cast my eyes across to your face [...]
Just got back from an incredibly insane week with Creekside Church youth on Houseboats on Lake Shasta and had some time while i was there to stick some words together: To Church why run after what you can simply choose to be? oasis of mirage in a sun-drenched desert dessert of list-filled proportions served to you on an already full to bursting stomach. teasing... trying to slip the mask of your face over your face [...]
SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE TUB - by brett "Fish" anderson sitting here perched on the edge of this hot tub half in, half out struggling to rationalise my body's capability with the extreme temperature that is bubbling back at me but i've been here for a while and this water sure ain't getting any cooler am i getting any braver? and will i finally slide all the way in? hold that [...]
Meet Marci. Marci has a problem. 10.15am From the moment she recovers from the second round of playing Snooze on her Nokia 6510i, Marci has one sole focus in mind. "Not to be confused with the Nokia 6510!", she always responds with a slight giggle when people ask her what model she has, and she mouths those soundless words again as she throws on last nights clothes and heads to the bathroom for a 76 [...]
[i wrote this post a week ago because i wanted to get permission from Ray's wife Rhian before posting it, but am glad to be able to share it now] UGH, Cancer. i woke up this morning to the news that an insanely gifted man i had befriended on the Twitterer had succumbed to the brain tumour that had taken him hostage, and died a few days ago. His wife Rhian, had just shared the news [...]
Here is Erik [with a K] reading Sea Fever by John Masefield recommended by Steve Heineman: What poem would you love to hear Erik [with a K] read next? Leave your reply in the comments and if you enjoyed this, please SHARE it with your people [For the first ever Erik with a K poem, click here]
i am loving being a part of this Tandem Blogging series with 8 other very creative and very different individuals. There is the dual satisfaction of having a very focused piece to write on a topic i didn't choose [which is incredible for creativity] and then also the thrill of bouncing from post to post once we've released them, to see how differently each writer interpreted the title each week. Last week was my favourite [...]
Pearls before Swine is my favourite comic strip as a lot of you know and i thought this was particularly apt as it introduces the topic of today's Tandem Blog post [where i, alongside 8 other bloggerists, get given a title and have to write whatever post it inspires] which is simply: = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Ninety-ninE Nectarine, you ask? Well it does happen [...]
"THAT... IS COMPLETE AND UTTER... RUBBISH!" D muttered, before slamming the door on his way out. B hated his roommate! Oh sure, it had seemed like a good idea at the time. Move in with Death? Everyone had been completely jealous. What in the world could be more exciting than that? And to be honest, in the beginning it had been. The thrill of watching the sand slowly pouring through the hourglasses. Sneaking a quick peek [...]
"But these words are Magic!" he said, and i think it was the gravelly emphasis that he placed on the "GIC" part of "maGIC" that caught my attention. Otherwise, i may well have escaped that encounter relatively unscathed. As it was, i did not. i was instantaneously curious... "What type of magic?" i asked, as if i was suddenly an expert on all the diverse varieties that existed. As if an hour before i had not [...]