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Overlook (a poem)

11/22/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Overlook (a poem)

Who wants to hear a political opinion? Not me. Overloaded, I won't add to the mix.  Which leaves me wondering what to post. I had something in mind but it'll have to wait until next time. I'm hosting Thanksgiving and running out of time. I present you with my poem "Overlook," which originally appeared in The Stony Thursday Book, a Collection of Contemporary Poetry, (No. 8, Autumn 2009), edited by Ciaran O'Driscoll, and published by The Arts Office of Limerick City … [Read more...]

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Glimpse of solace: In flight by Laura Rodley

11/08/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Glimpse of solace: In flight by Laura Rodley

This seems like an apt photo for today, Election Day, where we don't exactly know where we will land. The photo is by  Laura Rodley -- my gratitude to her for letting me share it  here. Laura Rodley’s work has been nominated numerous times for the Pushcart Prize and Best of Net anthologies. In 2013 Laura was awarded the Pushcart Prize (for her poem “Resurrection,” which originally appeared in The New Verse News). She has two chapbooks from Finishing Line Press: Your … [Read more...]

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Here’s how to spend your hour

11/05/2016 By Ellen Beals 2 Comments

Here’s how to spend your hour

It’s my favorite weekend of the year. Not because the Cubs are the champions though that is GREAT. It’s because it’s the end of Daylight Savings--that extra hour is the best present of all. I’m here to suggest you, especially Cubs fans who have stayed up late watching the games and then celebrating, put that hour to productive use: Take a nap. Crawl under the covers and think of yourself for once. You deserve it! I know I’ll be celebrating that way. I don’t have too … [Read more...]

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Hunger by Laura Rodley

11/01/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Hunger by Laura Rodley

Hunger Does the maple leaf hunger for the sun, shaking hands with its light, the light that turns the maples’ leaves to rusty orange, heavy with color, so heavy they drop? Does the cardinal hunger for its mate, how they are never more than twenty feet away from each other, the wind of their flight, attaining bird seeds or shelter, so close they thrive? Do the deer hunger for acorns, remembering the buttery taste of those already eaten, or do they step … [Read more...]

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