O magnificent pen! What joys you bring! Shall I wax poetic about thee, dear pen? Nah. I’ll save it for poetry hour. However, now that I’ve weeded out all the readers who judge what they read by the first line of anything, I’ll get to the good stuff. Did you know there are ball …
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Imagination Is Everything
You know how it goes. It’s night. The lights are off. When you look into the corner of your room, there’s someone sitting there who shouldn’t be there. Whoever it is, they wear dark clothes, and an even darker expression on their face. They don’t move, but you’re staring so intently at this mysterious person …
Wordswirl
Recollections wreck elections. I know there are things needing to be done. Lope to the kitchen. I watch ditches. Sink spirits like a loose cannon. Water cannon. Cold sweat overtakes me. I know there are things needing to be done. Anxiety knew long before as it crowded my brain migraine. Ache eats into my subconscious. Need …
Why Rap Doesn’t Work In Movies
You’ve seen the scene with Thor totally conquering hundreds of ugly foes. You heard the Led Zeppelin song “Immigrant Song”. You know why the song was chosen: it conveys emotion, it gives the listener a sense of the action on the screen. Not only that, but the song is about Valhalla and other Viking themes. …
Time of Change
February is a time of change for nature. Sometimes change for humans is unnecessary, like putting a wig on a bald man. Would you put a wig on a bald man because you’re ashamed of what nature and God gave him? If so, that’s not only unnecessary, it’s ungrateful. For a writer, throwing out a …
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