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Readings of four more poems (published in OV View)

were recorded; they can now be listened to. After Winter, Birdhouse, Earrings, and Hummingbird are the four poems (all ready to be heard). For those who might wonder how they’re spoken or sound: https://zfthrimej.wordpress.com has links to where they’re found… … Continue reading

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Necklaces, earrings, jewelry,

and stringed beads can also function as Christmas tree ornaments. *** “They may look like they’re winning, but I have not yet given up,” said the untangler of the necklaces (most got mixed up in a knot). *** National Wear … Continue reading

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In its May 26, 2023 issue, Orangevale View published my poem “Earrings”

on page 19. Here’s the link to the issue: https://www.ovview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Issue-10-VOL-16-5.26.2023.pdf . While an early draft of Earrings appeared in this blog on 5/16/23, OV View published a shorter version of it. Both versions can be found in this website via … Continue reading

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National Piercing Day (the sixteenth of May) reminds me of concepts I’m sharing today:

What if earrings gave their wearer the power to hear others’ thoughts? Perhaps they pierce through boredom and also through writer’s blocks, and maybe change volumes from loud to soft. Mysteries are what they might help unlock. To lose privacy … Continue reading

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The pigtails of a distant woman appeared thin, shiny, and metallic.

Those pigtails are really earrings; to keep calling them pigtails would be invalid.

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The basketball player likes to wear hoop earrings since they’re off the hook.

When she does not wear them, she puts them in a basket (that’s on the bench).

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The basketball player likes to wear hoop earrings

since they’re off the hook. When she does not wear them, she puts them in a basket (that’s on the bench).

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Necklaces, earrings, jewelry, and stringed beads can also function as Christmas tree ornaments

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