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The Fire is Your Friend

One of my FB friends shared something I read tonight and I thought I’d start off with a re-telling of the story he shared. He’s a DJ, and he told the sad story of showing up early for a booked 70th birthday party and no one was at the venue nor was anything set up for the event. He called the client and learned that the person of honor had suddenly passed away a week ago, and everyone was at...

POETRY SLAMS from Broken People in this Broken World

po·et·ry slam noun a competition using elimination rounds for the reading or performance of poetry. __________ I suppose this is a two-blog-post kind of Saturday. Will keep this rather short with my thoughts… Several years ago a friend sent me this link to a young woman reading a poetical expression concerning her depression and anxiety. I must say, her expression and especially, her delivery, lacks proper words that might convey my high applause of this piece. While everyone’s unseen battles...