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  • Commentary Awe

    Finding Awe

    Have you ever experienced a black, maybe you just need to find something that creates awe in your life. Today we talk about how to find awe in the world around us. My wife gave me a box of cards for the holidays in 2022. I was puzzled because they were creativity cards and I thought, what the heck is this, I don't need them. Well, folks, I was wrong and I will attempt to do a card a week and record an episode about how I am utilizing the card I draw every week if you decide to pick up a deck and do these let me know.

    Links on Awe

    • Kickstart Creativity
  •  

  • Awe Definitions

    [email protected] I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation.

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  • Special Message

    If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to discover new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



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    16 min
  • Interview with Emi Ferguson on Classical Music

    Emi Ferguson's Bio

    Emi Ferguson has brought her love of music and performing to audiences around the globe,

    sharing the stage as a flute player, singer, and composer with performers including Yo-Yo Ma,
    Paul Simon, James Taylor, and four U.S. Presidents. Emi loves to collaborate with composers to
    help shape the future of music in addition to looking back to the past, imagining what historical
    composers might have wanted their music to sound like. Born in Japan and raised in London
    and Boston, Emi moved to New York City to study at The Juilliard School where she is now a
    faculty member

    Links for Emi Ferguson

    • Emi's Website
  • Iconic Composers
  • Trope Publishing

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    To reach out to me, email [email protected] I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation.

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  • Special Message

    If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to discover new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



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    39 min
  • Commentary Attention

    Being Attentive

    Being attentive means fully being present and empathetic to the needs of others. How are you paying attention to your audiences? My wife gave me a box of cards for the holidays in 2022. I was puzzled because they were creativity cards and I thought, what the heck is this, I don't need them. Well, folks, I was wrong and I will attempt to do a card a week and record an episode about how I am utilizing the card I draw every week if you decide to pick up a deck and do these let me know.

    Links on Attention

    • Kickstart Creativity
  • Tolstoy's "The Three Questions"
  • Jon Muth's "Three Questions"

  • Attention Definitions

    Attention: the act or state of applying the mind to something, a condition of readiness for such attention involving especially a selective narrowing or focusing of consciousness and receptivity, sympathetic consideration of the needs and wants of others, a position assumed by a soldier with heels together, body erect, arms at the sides, and eyes to the front.

    Attention Challenge

    • Reflect on Tolstoy's "The Three Questions" or Jon Muth's adaptation of the same title.
  • Consider the word inspire, which literally means "to breathe in". Reflect on how to use your breath as a tool for inspiration, and how taking mindful breaths can reorient your attention to the present moment.

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    To reach out to me, email [email protected] I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation.

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    If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to discover new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my o



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    24 min
  • Commentary Wabi-Sabi

    Practice Wabi-Sabi

    Embracing imperfection is vital to your artistic practice, and embracing that is actually a philosophy called wabi-sabi. My wife gave me a box of cards for the holidays in 2022. I was puzzled because they were creativity cards and I thought, what the heck is this, I don't need them. Well, folks, I was wrong and I will attempt to do a card a week and record an episode about how I am utilizing the card I draw every week if you decide to pick up a deck and do these let me know.

    Links on Wabi-Sabi

    • Kickstart Creativity
  • Japan Objects Article on Wabi-Sabi

  • Wabi-Sabi Definitions

    Wabi-Sabi is centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.[2] The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" in nature.[3] It is prevalent in many forms of Japanese art.

    Wabi-Sabi Challenge

    • As you design something consider how can you take your cues from nature.
  • How might you and your collaborators embrace wabi-sabi thus opening up space for imperfection?
  • Repair something broken. Perhaps you'll find you'll love it more than ever. Be inspired by kintsugi, a wabi-sabi practice of mending a cracked piece of pottery with gold, reminding us that damage can become a beautiful part of our history.

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  • Special Message

    If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to discover new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



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    17 min
  • Commentary Rest

    Practice Rest

    Taking time out to recover and finding time to rest is essential to avoid burnout. Give yourself the grace to rest. My wife gave me a box of cards for the holidays in 2022. I was puzzled because they were creativity cards and I thought, what the heck is this, I don't need them. Well, folks, I was wrong and I will attempt to do a card a week and record an episode about how I am utilizing the card I draw every week if you decide to pick up a deck and do these let me know.

    Links on Rest

    • Kickstart Creativity
  • Artist Hub Article

  • Rest Definitions

    Rest is a bodily state characterized by minimal functional and metabolic activities, freedom from activity or labor, a state of motionlessness or inactivity, peace of mind or spirit, a rhythmic silence in music, or something used for support.

    Rest Challenge

    • Consider your beliefs about rest and work. What are they? Did you inherit them?
  • Design a rest ritual for yourself, your family, or your group.
  • Stop what you are doing and devote ten minutes to savor something. What did you choose to savor?

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    Reach Out To The Podcast

    To reach out to me, email [email protected] I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation.

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  • IG: @createartpodcast
  • Twitter: @createartpod


  • Special Message

    If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to discover new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



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    13 min
  • Poetry Prompt April 30, 2023

    History of National Poetry Writing Month

    National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.

    This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.

    My History with National Poetry Writing Month

    I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.

    What I am doing differently for Poetry Month

    For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.

    Todays Poetry Prompt

    I’d like to challenge you to write a palinode – a poem in which you retract a view or sentiment expressed in an earlier poem. For example, you might pick a poem you drafted earlier in the month and write a poem that contradicts or troubles it. This could be an interesting way to start working on a series of related poems. Alternatively, you could play around with the idea of a palinode by writing a poem in which the speaker says something like “I take it back” or otherwise abandons a prior position within the single poem. 

    At One Time 

    30 April 2023 

    You used to be important to me 

    I even let you seep into my world 

    Mine 

    The world of words 

    That I crafted for others 

    And let you reside for one or two works 

    I looked to you to provide guidance and called you Papa 

    I wanted to be the ideal son 

    I don’t know when I felt that I should 

    And most normal families 

    According to your third trophy wife 

    Are set up that way 

    And she said that because 

    I told you not to come unannounced 

    I gave you restrictions 

    To protect my mental health 

    To protect the family I cocreated 

    I told you both not to send anything without checking 

    And you could not abide 

    You could not follow directions 

    You could not honor my life 

    So you were discarded 

    I won’t speak your name in my house 

    I won’t call you Papa 

    Or father or friend or mentor 

    Especially after the one call you did receive 

    At a time when I knew you wouldn’t be home 

    And I left the last message 

    You would ever receive from me 

    You were renamed sperm donor 

    Which is what you were 

    But you were so much more 

    You were my tormentor 

    You instilled the hatred of my body 

    My mind 

    My choices 

    You instilled that I shouldn’t ever be satisfied with myself 

    Which is not the same as never being satisfied with the status quo 

    I have to lie to my children 

    And beg their forgiveness later in life 

    When they find out you didn’t die 

    When I vaguely mentioned that you did 

    No details 

    Just death 

    Because you are dead to me 

    But you still live in me 

    And the hatred I have felt of myself 

    Reminds me of your hold 

    Your influence 

    But the victory comes 

    When the day you will actually die 

    And I won’t fear you showing up at my door 

    Ad having to explain to my children who the person 

    I won’t let in the house  

    Standing on the porch 

    Waiting to infect 

    The poison 

    The poison you injected into me 

    They may ask who that person is 

    And again I will lie to them 

    It's just easier this way 

    Then describing your sickness 

    So I do thank you for one thing 

    And that is being the photo negative 

    I don’t ever want to be 

    Other than that 

    I’ll see you in hell 

    And that is what you mean to me 

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    To reach out to me, email [email protected] I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation.

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  • Special Message

    If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to find new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. . You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



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    8 min
  • Poetry Prompt April 29, 2023

    History of National Poetry Writing Month

    National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.

    This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.

    My History with National Poetry Writing Month

    I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.

    What I am doing differently for Poetry Month

    For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.

    Todays Poetry Prompt

    Now, write your own two-part poem that focuses on a food or type of meal. At some point in the poem, describe the food or meal as if it were a specific kind of person. Give the food/meal at least one line of spoken dialogue. 

     

    Thanksgiving Dinner 

    29 April 2023 

    I never really thought about this meal when I was younger 

    We always drove the hour that took forever 

    No rest stops unless you call pissing in the corn fields a rest stop 

    We always left before dawn 

    And were lucky to return with our lives 

    We would eat freshly slaughtered ham 

    Nothing tasted sweeter 

    The mashed potatoes not from a box 

    Was chunky and gritty smashed rather than mashed 

    With all the cousins in their bare house 

    And each year a James Bond flick on the background 

    The cigarettes overflowed in the ashtray 

    The beers and wine were flowing, even for the kids 

    I’d like to say I tasted my first beer there 

    But then I’d be lying to you 

    Just like all the lies of “yeah we are good to drive” 

    Before the days of MADD and knowing better 

    One day I stopped going 

    Could have been because my folks found god 

    He was hiding out in the churches 

    That met when I was watching wrestling 

    And we as a family turned away  

    I didn’t really get that feeling again 

    Yes, there was destructive activities 

    That I can see from the safety of time 

    “I didn’t let you die during those days 

    Yes, there was the accident one year before the times of DUI’s 

    Yes, there was the car on fire that you passed without a care 

    But I didn’t let you die 

    I kept you as safe as I could for something else” 

    When I lived alone 

    With the roommates and on the 33rd floor above the Lake  

    The diner that I had frequented was open 

    Taking in others like me 

    Without friends or a family 

    And on the TV, still black and white 

    A game of hockey played quietly 

    While the others were munching on turkey 

    I became engrossed  

    And that was when 

    I decided the next year to hold a feast 

    But unknown to me what the next year would bring 

    I was alone in my apartment  

    I had finally escaped the crowds 

    Making a meal for two 

    In a studio barely big enough for one 

    In case there was a knock at the door 

    There was none 

    But the next year was different 

    I had stepped out and allowed myself to feel 

    To become attached to those who enlightened me 

    On being a human 

    On being open and vulnerable 

    And that year I had a few friends over  

    Who had nowhere else to go 

    And we dined like kings 

    “I am preparing you for a much better feast 

    A feast that you can share with family and friends 

    A family you created 

    And friends who were true” 

    And so, one year of cooking and clamoring 

    There I was 

    A Husband and father of three mentor to a nephew 

    And friends who brought friends to feast 

    We dined on duck 

    And other delicacies 

    We left a spot open for anyone who had nowhere to go 

    And my children sat there and asked 

    Why the empty spot 

    And we said together 

    “That spot is for me 

    That spot represents the chair that I once sat at 

    Alone in my studio 

    That chair represents those who couldn’t make it to a home” 

    With confused looks no more questions came 

    And a small wish was born that day 

    A wish that they wouldn’t have to carry that tradition forward 

    A wish that one day I wouldn’t either 

    A wish that the past could be forgiven 

    And a wish for a better year ahead 

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    To reach out to me, email [email protected] I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation.

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  • Special Message

    If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to find new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. . You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



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    10 min
  • Poetry Prompt April 28, 2023

    History of National Poetry Writing Month

    National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.

    This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.

    My History with National Poetry Writing Month

    I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.

    What I am doing differently for Poetry Month

    For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.

    Todays Poetry Prompt

    Today, I challenge you to write your own index poem. You could start with found language from an actual index, or you could invent an index 

    (actual index used from It’s Not All In Your Head by Patricia Ferrell PHD) 

     

    Indexing A Diagnosis 

    28 April 2023 

    Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 

    Acceptance 43-46 but I was 48 when I finally got the diagnosis and even today, I don’t fully accept it, and for sure when I was 43-46 I sure as fuck didn’t so who was supposed to tell me to accept it when there was nothing to accept 

    Anger 10-11 Let me tell you, I have been angry for more than those two years, I have been angry at this insidious condition for what feels a lifetime, and I don’t think at 10 or 11 I was that angry 

    Anxiety 71-96 oh great I have that to look forward to, at least I’ll live to 96, but then how does this book know that, oh wait is it the level of anxiety on a 100-point scale, well that seems about right each and every day that ends with a Y 

    Attitude 197-198 I don’t have one, I am just frustrated with people’s ignorance and bullshit, if you want attitude I’ll give you attitude 

    Bike rides 196-197 Yes, I have a stationary one in my mancave, it's great for collecting dust, hanging clothes, for looking like I care for my body.  

    Children 57-59 every prayer I say to a god I don’t believe in or recognize is that they don’t get this and if they do then what I will do to the gods that allowed this 

    Cognitive Impairment 3-5, 64-66 are you talking about the time I was pouring beers for the sperm donors party when he wanted to be an elected official or are you talking about all the cigarette smoke I inhaled because it wasn’t the right time to quit or are you talking about how many times I have to reread a line to remember that I read that line.  

    CNS Components 6-10 is that a new Canadian free streaming service, will they teach us Americans the correct way to make poutine or play hockey or to just be nice, no? How about a Canadian stereo system, no? Well, I know what a CNC lathe is, am I close?  

    Coping Strategies 173-199 I thought I knew how to cope, but now I want this tattooed to my chest, written backwards so I can read it in the mirror and when I take off my shirt people can ask me what is carved there. Humor is a hell of a drug 

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  • Special Message

    If you have found value in this podcast please feel free to share it with a friend as that is the best way to find new podcasts. I want this to be a 5-star podcast in your eyes so let me know what you would like to see. Speaking about sharing with a friend, check out my other podcast Find A Podcast About where I help you outsmart the algorithm and find your next binge-worthy podcast. . You can find that podcast at findapodcastabout.xyz.



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    9 min
  • Poetry Prompt April 27, 2023

    History of National Poetry Writing Month

    National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.

    This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.

    My History with National Poetry Writing Month

    I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.

    What I am doing differently for Poetry Month

    For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.

    Todays Poetry Prompt

    Today, begin by reading Bernadette Mayer’s poem “The Lobelias of Fear.” Now write your own poem titled “The ________ of ________,” where the first blank is a very particular kind of plant or animal, and the second blank is an abstract noun. The poem should contain at least one simile that plays on double meanings or otherwise doesn’t quite make “sense,” and describe things or beings from very different times or places as co-existing in the same space.  

    The Vulture of Tolerance 

    27 April 2023 

    It doesn’t matter who we are 

    Or where we came from 

    Or what religion we subscribe to 

    How much money we made 

    How many people's lives we have positively impacted 

    There is no difference in party allegiance 

    Or Nationality 

    Gender or sexual orientation 

    If your socks match 

    If you are wearing underwear or prefer to go commando 

    If there is dirt under your fingernails 

    Or callouses on your palms 

    Or glitter nail polish that you let your children apply 

    If you are obese 

    Or suffer from a chronic disorder 

    Or suffer from too much of the chronic 

    Once your body is laid out in a field 

    You all taste the same to them 

    And no, you don’t taste like chicken 

    You are their food 

    And all that makes you, matters little to them 

    Your dreams and aspirations are just seasoning 

    They don’t care at all about anything you have done 

    You are what's for dinner  

    Dark meat, light meat  

    Meat is meat 

    And when you are as ugly as they are 

    An easy meal is like going to the drive thru for them 

    So, cheer up 

    Be their happy meal 

    And make sure not to carry plastic toys in your pockets 

    Choking hazard ya know 

    Wouldn't want to be the next meal 

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  • Poetry Prompt for April 26, 2023

    History of National Poetry Writing Month

    National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.

    This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month), she started writing a poem a day for the month of April back in 2003, posting the poems on her blog. When other people started writing poems for April and posting them on their own blogs, Maureen linked to them. After a few years, so many people were doing NaPoWriMo that Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.

    My History with National Poetry Writing Month

    I started writing poetry in 1988 after I had been exposed to T.S. Elliot in my honors English class in high school. In 1992 I started reading my poetry publicly at Espresso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. While living in Rockford Illinois I published my first book of poetry Throwing Yourself at the Ground and Missing in 2007 followed by Postcards From Someone You Don't Know in 2008 Wisdom From the Sack in 2010 and Shaving Crop Circles In My Chest Hair in 2017. You can get copies of all of these books in my merch section. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021.

    What I am doing differently for Poetry Month

    For 2023 I am not going to be just writing poems in April, I will be writing poems all year round. Also, since I will be writing all year round, I am using a different source for my prompts. There is a blog called Think Written and you can find it here. I will also be performing these works at Katora Coffee House here in Fredericksburg Virginia on their Friday Night Snaps Open Mic Poetry reading. Some of the podcast episodes you will hear will be a live recording of me reading the poem to a live audience, other times I will be reading it in the comfort of my home studio. I do plan on posting my work to the NaPoWriMo site and interacting with the poets there and see if they want to read their work on this podcast.

    Todays Poetry Prompt

    prompt for the day asks you to write a portrait poem that focuses on or plays with the meaning of the subject’s name. This could be a self-portrait, a portrait of a family member or close friend, or even a portrait of a famous or historical person.   

    Defined By A Name 

    26 April 2023 

    How can I honor a god that doesn’t honor me back 

    It's not that I don’t believe, simply I don’t believe as you do 

    My idea is less personal and more expansive 

    But stick with coloring in the lines 

    It’s what you really want to do 

    I wasn’t there being Paul's bunk mate 

    It’s not my fault that he hijacked your religion 

    That guy was a two fer part Jewish and part Greek 

    So, I hope he can make a great falafel gyro 

    Hold the pork 

    You may think I am rich 

    And I have some student loans to show you 

    You may think I am masculine 

    And my ex-boyfriends will tell you the same 

    I like to shock people's perceptions 

    That’s why I took on my nickname 

    I am strong and nerdy 

    I am so many contradictions 

    An Anarchist in Libertarian clothes 

    From blue-collar 80-hour work weeks to two flights of stairs commute 

    Have fun unspooling my threads 

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Conversations, projects, interviews, and commentary are aimed at creating more than you consume. Timothy Kimo Brien with over 30 years in creating art in various disciplines helps you overcome any blocks that are holding you back from the potential artist we all have inside us.

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