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Every day you are writing your story. Every situation, every decision, is adding a sentence, a page, or a chapter to the book of your life. In this message, Everyone has made a mess of their lives at some point or another. But God doesn't waste pain. If you'll surrender your story to Him, He'll turn your scars into sermons. He'll turn your breakdowns into breakthroughs. Pastor Jamie Nunnally shares how your mess can become your message. 1. Your story is history.Guilt says "what I did was bad." Shame says "who I am is bad." But God says "What I did and who I am has made you brand new."Christian, God has not only forgiven, but forgotten your sin.Isaiah 43:25 NLT To blot or wipe out in Hebrew is to "obliterate or exterminate."The blood of Jesus isn't just white-out that covers your sin—it's an eraser that completely removes it. 1 John 1:9 Honesty with God is the first step to healing from God. Shame grows in the dark, so bring it out into the light. Admit it, quit it, forget it. 2. Your story is His story.When talking about your past, your pain is not the headline—His power is.Romans 8:28 Don't glorify your pain; glorify God through your pain. 3. Your story is ministry.Your past can help someone's future. Ministry isn't just what happens on a stage at church; it's what happens when you sit with someone in the middle of their storm.2 Corinthians 1:3-4The ministry you're called to often comes from the mess you went through.The most powerful ministry tool you have is probably not your preaching, but your past. 4. Your story is prophecy.The Bible says God is no respecter of persons, so when you share what God has done for you, you are prophesying what He will do for someone else.2 Corinthians 1:10 NIV On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver usIf He did it before, He'll do it again!Your testimony is God's promise for someone else's problem. When you testify, you prophesy! 5. Your story is victory.Revelation 12:11 NKJVYou get to help God defeat His enemy with your testimony. 6. Your story is a journey.Your story isn't over—its still happening. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 NLTWhen we stop short of finishing the story, we come away with the wrong conclusion. Don't write someone off while God is still writing their story. The very thing you think disqualifies you—your brokenness, your past, your mess—is the very thing God can use to bring beauty and healing to others. It's time to stop hiding the chapters of your life that you hate, and start letting God use them. Someone's healing is on the other side of your honesty. Let Him turn your mess into your message. Have your surrendered your story to the Lord?

Alicia explores the completely revamped ProAdvisor Academy, breaking down the new certification paths, training modules, and enhanced features available to QuickBooks ProAdvisors. She provides a detailed walkthrough of the six available certifications, including the new Intuit Bookkeeping certification, and explains how the point system ties into ProAdvisor benefits like premium support and third-party discounts. The episode offers valuable insights into test-taking strategies, certification requirements, and how to leverage the new Learn section to fill knowledge gaps without pursuing full certification.SponsorsCoefficient - https://uqb.promo/coefficient MediaBooks - https://uqb.promo/mediabooksRedmond Academy - https://uqb.promo/redmond(00:00) - Welcome to the Unofficial QuickBooks Accountants Podcast (01:01) - Accessing ProAdvisor Academy (01:45) - ProAdvisor Academy Overview (02:33) - Foundation Certifications (03:41) - Intuit Bookkeeping Certification (10:32) - Certification Levels 1 and 2 (20:17) - Desktop Certification (22:06) - ProAdvisor Academy Learn Section (22:53) - My History and Badges (29:31) - Conclusion and Final Thoughts Send your Questions/Comments (we could read/answer them on air) ask@uqapodcast.comLinks/Apps Mentioned in this episode:ProAdvisor Academy: https://www.firmofthefuture.com/quickbooks-proadvisor/exploring-the-new-quickbooks-proadvisor-academy/Insightful Accountant deep dive article: https://insightfulaccountant.com/in-the-news/people-and-business/exploring-the-new-quickbooks-proadvisor-academy-certification-and-training-reinvented/Free virtual conference to prepare for QuickBooks Online Certification Level 1 in December: https://proadvisor.training.intuit.com/dec2024vcon/Alicia's QBO Advanced class on Nov 26, http://royl.ws/QBO-Advanced?affiliate=5393907Sign up to Earmark to earn free CPE for listening to this podcasthttps://www.earmark.app/onboarding

Content warning: child sexual assault, child rape, statutory rape, incest, sexual abuse, cultic abuse, religious abuse, narcissistic abuse, assault, physical, emotional, mental, and financial abuse. Jessica Willis-Fisher is a singer-songwriter living in Nashville, Tennessee. Her childhood as the eldest of twelve siblings and member of a family band was marked by great tumult and abuse, despite spending several years in the public eye. Jessica would eventually free herself and deal with all that came next: coming to terms with her abuse, navigating the media, working to see her abuser imprisoned, and healing from the harm. The Broken Cycle Media has immense gratitude for Jessica's time, energy, and all the awareness she is bringing with this conversation to intrafamilial abuse. Jessica's website: https://jessicawillisfisher.com/ Jessica's song, “My History:” https://jessicawillisfisher.com/brand-new-day-lp/ Unspeakable: Surviving My Childhood and Finding My Voice - https://jessicawillisfisher.com/book/ A Little Bit Culty feat. Jessica: https://alittlebitculty.com/episode/behind-the-reality-jessica-willis-fisher-on-her-childhood-abuse For more resources and a list of related non-profit organizations, please visit http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources Sources: Fisher, Jessica Willis. “My History.” Brand New Day LP, Bard Craft Records, 2022, Track 6. https://jessicawillisfisher.com/brand-new-day-lp/ Baker, K. C. (2017, July 11). Former TLC Star Toby Willis Pleads Guilty to Child Rape and Receives 40-Year Sentence. People Magazine. https://people.com/crime/tlc-toby-willis-guilty-plea-child-rape/ 

Want to know more about mortgages and how to hack the system? Here are my Top 10 Tips! 00:00 – Intro 00:30 – My History with Mortgages 08:31 – My Top Ten Tips For Mortgage Success 09:43 – #1 Mortgage Size 10:22 – #2 Get Rid of it Before Retirement 11:59 – #3 Understand Your Down-Payment 15:54 – #4 Credit Score 17:33 – #5 Avoid ARMs  18:59 – #6 Recoup Closing Costs 19:52 – #7 Keep Equity as Equity 21:03 – #8 Refinance When it Makes Sense 25:51 – #9 Automate Extra Payments 27:04 – #10 Don't Go Backwards Today's Story is about Jay's experiences with mortgages and what he has learned along the way - including how Dave Ramsey's advice didn't quite work for him. Let us know what your experiences have been with mortgages in the comments. The Main Topic goes over Jay's Top 10 Tips for Mortgage Success. If you ever plan on having a mortgage you need to know these tips. If you have a tip we should have added, please leave us a comment! Please don't forget to like, share, and subscribe! Doing so helps us grow and share HopeFilled financial wisdom. We release a new full episode every Tuesday!  Disclaimer: This podcast serves as educational entertainment only. Any and all opinions relating to real estate, law, taxes, insurance, and/or securities investing that may be contained within this podcast should not be interpreted or implemented as recommendations nor advice. The opinions related to these topics – especially those regulated by state and/or federal entities – should never be taken as replacement for advice from a competent, licensed professional. HopeFilled Financial Coaching is not liable for any individual acting on any understanding of topics directly or indirectly related to real estate, legal practice, taxes, insurance, or investing even if an individual in question changed their understanding after listening to this podcast. All listeners are entirely responsible for seeking advice from licensed professionals before taking any action of their own. Our Website: HopeFilledFinancial.com  Music: "Take Me Higher" by Jahzzar Music Copyright License: This music is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. White House calls videos of Biden's public malfunctions 'cheap fakes'. Donald Trump commands 18-point lead over Joe Biden in Iowa. Morgan Freeman explains why he detests Black History month. "My History is American History"

This episode is the second part and wrap-up of my postpartum body recomposition journey. I'm sharing more about my personal journey and what it took to maintain consistency. If your goal is body recomposition or fat loss, this episode covers how you must be in a caloric deficit, following the laws of energy balance, and staying consistent to see results. The number one reason I succeeded in my journey is that I never questioned if I was doing the right thing. My strategy always focused on energy balance and muscle maintenance, and I never thought I was doing it wrong. I'm sharing why my strategy and experience are the foundation of my coaching method.   Connect with Hope: Follow on Instagram  Join my email list Check out my website   Resources & Links: Episode 29, 3 Components of Successful Body Recomposition Episode 18, My Postpartum Body Recomposition Journey So Far & The Power of Choice Episode 8, 3 Pillars of a Sustainable Diet + PEC Plates & 2-Mac-Snacks Episode 1, My History with the Paleo Diet & 3 Major Changes to My Nutrition Philosophy 7 Days of Simple Meals eBook 30-Minute Nutrition Consultation  The Hopewell Approach Course 1:1 Nutrition Coaching Hopewell Health recipes   Make sure to hit subscribe so you never miss an episode!

Charles Barkley Threatens Black Trump Voters, DRAMA On The 'Queer Eye' Set, and a deeper dive into MY History and WHY I think and believe the way I do! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm excited to share my thrilling story of how I managed to break into New York Fashion Week not once, not twice, but three times. I was a young woman determined to land a job in the fashion industry, and I'll take you through my hilarious and outrageous attempts to get in. From trying to con my way past security to hacking my way in with an old QR code, I tried it all. Along the way, I encountered some of the biggest names in fashion and even checked in celebrities like Beyonce and Jessica Biel. But getting into Fashion Week was only half the battle. Listen in as I recount my firsthand experience of the glamour and excitement of the runway shows. ▶︎ Watch the Video Podcast Here! 00:42 — Intro 01:22 — My History of Breaking into Fashion Week 02:04 — Break In #1 06:59 — Break In #2 08:31 — Break In #3 20 :01 — Looking Back Resources: The Tents Documentary on Fashion Week The Doers Portal Team AP Consulting Team AP Resource Shop The Roundtable Freebies _____ Into it? Subscribe/Follow/Rate the podcast wherever you are listening (from one entrepreneur to another, we know how important this is right?!) Subscribe to the Team AP Consulting YouTube Channel! And make sure you take your Archetype quiz to unlock loads of free content tailored to you + your business. Follow us on IG here! And check out all the other bomb podcasts from Fast Forward Productions right here. Get more from Ashli over on this side and leave your listener voicemails at the link below --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfiltered-entrepreneur/message

Into the third week of Fantasy Fund Manager, the interest is still growing as over 3500 users have joined the fun with a critical education driver behind the initiative. Corion Capital's Garreth Montano and Chris Clarke from Money Better joined BizNews' Stuart Lowman. The most brought-in stock for the week was Richemont, which also made it the most-owned share in the game. Gareth put this down to the weakening rand, which might have also played the antithetical part in Capitec being the most sold-off share. The developers have also worked hard with the My History tab launched in-app. This addition allows users to keep track of any weekly trades and performance. If you still want to play the game, register at www.fantasyfundmanager.co.za and compete in the weekly and monthly prizes—thanks to our platinum sponsors Sharenet, Terebinth Capital, ClucasGray Asset Management, and Money Better. Remember to subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Willis Fisher is Americana singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and author of a bestselling memoir “Unspeakable: Surviving My Childhood and Finding My Voice”. Jessica is the eldest daughter in a family of 14 which was headed by an extremely controlling, abusive, violent and domineering father who is now serving a prison sentence of 40 years on 4 counts of child rape. The darker reality was far from the wholesome All-American Christian musical family persona depicted in their reality TV show or their stint on America's Got Talent. But Jessica found the courage to find her voice, share her story and do deep healing work; some of which has been channeled into music and her critically acclaimed debut solo album “Brand New Day”, a song of which is played at the end of this episode.We also discuss:Jessica's childhood abuse & her father's arrestNarcissism, sociopathy, cults, high control groups Healing from trauma & getting out of survival modeJessica's husband & the remarkable power of love in healing Moving forward & post-traumatic growthAre we friends on socials yet? If not, come and say hello through the links below! InstagramTikTokYouTubeWebsiteConnect with Jessica here: Instagram YouTubeWebsiteThe featured song at the end of the episode is "My History" which is available here on YouTube.Music by: Flood (Instrumental) by RYYZN https://soundcloud.com/ryyznCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0

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  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 find new podcasts. 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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  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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's prompt challenges you to also write a love poem, one that names at least one flower, contains one parenthetical statement, and in which at least some lines break in unusual places.   Giving Love Another Try  25 April 2023  I wasn't content   With being   Alone  But I wasn't interested  In sharing  Everything  I wasn't content  With the  Life  But I wasn't interested  In starting   Over  I wasn't content  With the  Past  But I wasn't interested  In rehashing  Us  I wasn't content  With the  Situation  But I wasn't interested  In developing   Feelings  (I found contentment in your eyes, I found interest in your smile I found tulips where you walked))  You didn't want  Just another  Body  But you did  Try to  Love  You didn't want  This to   Fail  But you did  Rely on  Defenses  You didn't want  Me to   Escape  But you did  Honor my  Freedom  (You found where I hid my heart, You found a way to trust me You found daisies to put everywhere)  We weren't sure  About our   Compatibility  But we tried  To make  It  We weren't sure  About being  Dependent  But we tried  With open  Minds  We weren't sure  About our   Lasting  But we tried  And are  Trying  (We were met with scoffs, We sometimes scoffed at ourselves we planted a family)  We weren't sure but we tried  You didn't want but you did  I wasn't content but I wasn't interested   (And so far, it's the journey   That we needed to be on  Together)  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 poem in the form of a review. But not a review of a book or a movie of a restaurant. Instead, I challenge you to write a poetic review of something that isn't normally reviewed. For example, your mother-in-law, the moon, or the year you were ten years old.  2 Stars  24 April 2023  Not a big fan of 2020  I rated that year at zero stars  If I could have, I would have gone into the negative numbers   but your system doesn't allow for that  Someone is upper management needs to know what happened  I usually like to give years the benefit of the doubt  And think about them from a different perspective  But 2020 was worse than 2016  And that is saying something  So I decided that maybe I was being a bit harsh   And I gave 2020 1 star in 2021  There were a lot of lessons learned in that year  Things seemed to be getting better  I could find toilet paper everywhere I went  I am talking 2 ply  And the ads for bidets didn't interest me anymore  Kids were back in school   The talk of mass extinction was quashed  And except for that one day in January  Things were okay, not normal but okay  In 2022 I kept my 1-star rating of 2020  Because it seems we still haven't learned the lessons  We needed to learn to prevent another 2020 from happening  And we were 2 years out  I mean come on folks  I know some of our family trees don't fork  But at least lets really look at what happened   And not do the same shit all over again  At some points it looked like we were going to go back  And then I would have had to go back down to zero stars  So here we are in 2023  I have to say I am not recommending 2020 under any circumstances  However, I am raising my rating to 2 stars  We got through it, and we are here right now  A bit smarter  A bit larger  And all in the comfort of our homes  If we are lucky enough to be able to have a stay-at-home job  We praised the essential workers  Until the next headline came by  We praised some of our elected officials  Until they were found making backdoor deals as usual  Some of us have even found our true calling  And left the world of bosses behind  I don't plan on shopping here for future years  Nor can I recommend shopping here for the future  Look what we are leaving the young with  The four horsemen on red bull and bottom shelf vodka   I won't be here for the hangover that's coming  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod [podcast_subscribe id="207"] 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.

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, cast your mind back to your own childhood and write a poem about something that scared you – or was used to scare you – and which still haunts you (if only a little bit) today.  Summer Nightmare  19 April 2023  The heat had settled in for the season  We were sweltering although the sun had gone down hours ago  When building the house  It was decided not to have central air or a basement  Our neighborhood was rumored to have been built on a gravesite  For the indigenous population  It was the type of rumor to keep kids in at night  But some rumors need to be heeded  It was another night of sweating  With the hum of fans that put us to sleep  I knew I was dreaming  Only to wake up to the sound of a broken window  I peered over to my window  The drapes were opened when they should have been shut  And a figure was standing outside  Readying what appeared to be a bow and arrow  I heard a swoosh and then a thud in the wall   Right above my stomach  And then I sprang up  Breaking the shaft of the arrow  And ran to my parents' room  I forgot about the fan in my startled state  And ran right through the fan  Slicing up my knee and leg  Waking my father who took me to the bathroom  We cleaned off the blood in the tub  And I frantically told him what happened  I had awakened everyone in the house  As we turned on the light in my bedroom  We found the window intact  The drapes pulled back  But no broken shaft  Just two arrowheads lodged into the wall  Right above where I slept  My father thought I had planted the arrowheads  As one could find them easily in our neighborhood  And decided to yell at me for breaking his sleep  Telling me this was all in my wild imagination  When we moved away years later  The arrowheads I recovered from that night  Were lost in the move  But I still can feel the figure pursuing me  And I always make sure the drapes are closed   Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 Cafeteria: Create a poem inspired by the people who might be eating lunch in a cafeteria at school or at a hospital.  Chicken Enchilada   17 April 2023  I was back in Illinois  Not my hometown or the city I adopted  But a small-town dependent on the base  I had just puddle-jumped from St. Louis  When in processing was done  And I had raised my hand when asked   Who was a musician  I was whisked away to a special squadron  A small group of us who raised our hands  Stood in the day room of the squadron  We were given rooms   And a tour of our new temporary home  We were told to drop off our luggage  And return later that afternoon  So, we all silently went to our rooms  I knew at that time to pack lightly  To tread lightly on this Earth  And as I opened the door to my new home  My new roommate was not there  Heading back down to the dining facility  I wanted to have a few moments of solitude    I'd just spent 6 weeks living with 50 other soon-to-be men  And my sociability jar had been exhausted  Working my way through the food line  Looking over my shoulder  Waiting for a training instructor to slip in behind me  And scare the shit out of me  My head was on a swivel   I grabbed the bare essentials for lunch  Not wanting to draw attention to myself  I crawled into an empty booth  Breathed deeply and went to work on the food  I tasted my food  It had been weeks of rushing to shove groceries down my throat  But now I had nowhere to be, no one to answer to for a few minutes  I savored each bite  It was at that time I was overcome with a feeling of certitude  I felt that the decision was right  It had been one of the first times I felt this way  And the food cemented my feeling  I am not sure how long I sat alone in that booth  Others came and went without much fanfare  My comrades in basic training found me  And we all sat quietly   Deep in thought  Living like the kings we told ourselves we were  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod [podcast_subscribe id="207"] 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. Yo

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 Signs of the Times: How has a place you are familiar with changed over the past 10 years?  Pacifying Uptown  14 April 2023  I lived in this neighborhood for a year or so  Top floor, facing south, seeing Wrigley Field from a distance  Two blocks from the Green Mill  And the Red Line El  Someone in the neighborhood had rescue greyhounds  They would walk them around  Stop for coffee and water at the local Starbucks  The one that had a drive by when I was with my girl at the time  A great Mexican restaurant that was open late  Due to all the bars in the area  Grabbing my first real horchata   And just steps from Montrose Beach  But I moved away  To be with my wife  To start a new life  But I can't let go of the place  So I signed up for the Uptown Facebook group  And I get notifications daily  The Uptown Theater that had been closed for decades  Being revamped and reopened  Meaning that the bookstore next door  Had to clean up its act or move out  That bookstore stank of cigarettes and cat piss   Is no longer there  Not able to get enough Chantix to quit their habit  Not able to keep up with the bigger bookstores   That closed down before I left  I miss this place  Even though I wasn't there that long  Moving through the crowds  And having my doc just a few blocks away  Having my dentist who played the rat Packs greatest hits  And picked up conversations started months in-between visits  I didn't have to drive anywhere  Even to get groceries  Jewel, pronounced with an S at the end  Again, was mere steps away  But now they have changed the feeling  They have changed the stores  The rents have gone through the roof  Now there is no one there I know  The shops don't have the same feel  Even the thugs that did the drive by have moved away to the burbs  I'd never move my family back there  It would be cost prohibitive  It would be safer than when I lived there  But it isn't the same space  It isn't as special as it used to be  Its tame and expensive  And the reason why I lived there   Was not for safety, was not for being tame  I wanted to have excitement  I wanted to have stories to tell  I wanted different things than I do now  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 First Car: Write an ode to your first car  Old Baby Blue  13 April 2023  You did run like a scolded dawg  That Marine was right  To think I could have purchased my mid-life crisis car with busted rings  For the same price as you  I wouldn't have been able to sleep in that car  Nor could I fall asleep at the wheel  And safely get through Bloomington Illinois  Changing highways in the middle of the night  The stereo system I bought for you   Cost more than what you were worth  And you reminded me when it rained  And the DIY sunroof flooded and collected fish  I drove you to escape from where I was  I drove you to Texas to escape where I came from  I drove you until something flashier caught my eye  And then I sold you for a motorcycle  Because I had only crashed 2 other motorcycles in my life  So that seemed like a fair trade  You never started up again  When all the paperwork was done  And your new owner took possession   You refused to be traded away  And as I crashed another motorcycle  There you stood stoically in the parking lot  Reminding me that I would still have transportation  Hoping I would come to my senses and take you back  But no, I was young back then  And flashy new things, which was everything  Took my attention away from you  And I bought a shiny new red compact car  It looked like a clown car when I stepped out of it  And that car drove me away from Texas  From you  From the memories we made  Sometimes I seek out your relatives  I look at what others have done with your kind  And I miss our days together  You were protecting me  Me fixing another alternator for you  Changing your oil from inside the cab  Hearing that 302 engine roar  Wishing it was in a Mustang  But was resigned to hauling around my possessions  You were my first old baby blue  And I'll never forget your shag carpet interior,   your tinted moon windows   The swiveling captain chairs  And the fish tank turned sunroof  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 Fast Food: Write a poem about fast food restaurants and experiences.  After The Casino  11 April 2023  Driving through the fog of West Virginia  Taking the backroads because my car can't do 75  Before everyone and their brother had cell phone coverage   We both struggled to keep our eyes open  We should have probably grabbed some food on the way out of the casino  We had both won a tidy sum that paid for the trip and the rent for the next two months  We didn't notice when we crossed back into Virginia  Because at night, most states look the same  With the last cigarette tossed out of the window  And a few hours until we arrived at home  We pulled over at a gas station and Waffle House  Conjoined at the hip   The sun was still a few hours away  We entered the gas station and purchased our brand of addiction  Relived ourselves in the grimy bathroom  And found a seat in the empty restaurant  The sounds of the bells and whistles  From the plethora of machines drowned out the waitress  And it took longer than it should have to take our order  All three of us were tired  But only 1 was being paid to be here  And it wasn't my passenger and I  My passenger stated his order   as I was downing the first cup of coffee  Then it was my turn to interact  Mindlessly I ordered breakfast and some soup  The waitress appeared to me  Muttered crackers?  And thinking she was referring to us  Two white boys in the middle of the night  Driving a car in need of serious repair  Smelling of smoke and speaking loudly  We both broke out in laughter  The waitress asked what was so funny  I replied you called us crackers  No, crackers for your soup is what I asked  You boys look a little rough tonight how far have you got to go  We let her know and talked to her till the sun rose  We were well fed  Energized from the copious amount of coffee  Ready to take on the final leg of the journey  And to this day, when either of us hears the word crackers  We are transported to that night  Somewhere between West Virginia and home  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 Weirder Than Fiction: Think of the most unbelievable moment in your life and write a poem about the experience.  Just Passing Through  11 April 2023  I had just got on the last bus headed for home  It was dark, and cold, and since the windows were tinted   I felt blind to the outside world  My carryon was in my lap  Turning on the overhead light  I noticed that the passenger next to me was reading  I pulled out my borrowed copy of a book  The author isn't important  Someone I should have been enjoying  But this was not a good book to start with  When my seatmate heard my yawn for the fifth time in 10 minutes  He asked me what I was reading  When I showed him, he asked if was it my first time with this author  Yes it was and I wasn't enjoying it at all was my response  I let him know it was a borrowed book from a friend who thought I'd dig it  But it just wasn't working for me  The passenger opened his carryon bag   Handed me another book by the same author  Here read this, it moves faster than the one you have  I tried to politely decline since my stop was in 5 hours  If you don't finish take it with you   You can give it to me the next time you see me  I thought this was preposterous but accepted is offer  So, I read with amazement for 5 hours until my stop  As I got up to leave, I tried to hand the book back to him  He said nope, give it to me when we see each other again  I offered to pay for the book  Again, he declined and said to give it back when we see each other  Taking the book to the place at that time I called home  My mother told me she wanted no books  From Satanists in her house  She wanted to throw it out or burn it  But I let her know it was on loan and it was expected to be returned  She said I had met a devil on the bus  I said I had met a human  Causing the trip home to be contentious   Two years later I found myself on another bus  Again, the last one out of the station  I made sure to bring the borrowed book  And just like that, he was there  I sat next to him and held out the book  He smiled and said great you are ready for book two in the series  He took the book I borrowed and replaced it with the new one  I asked when he wanted it back  He just closed his eyes and fell asleep  I haven't been on many cross-country busses since then  But I always keep the copy he gave me in case  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 Sound of Silence: Take some inspiration from the classic Simon & Garfunkel song and describe what silence sounds like.  No Thing 10 April 2023  Laying down, ready for sleep  The fan is set for high (even in the winter)  And the music is set for introspection through jazz  Drowning out the usual high-pitched squeal that has become my swan song  I am prepared to enter the ethereal lands  Being alone with my thoughts  Is the quickest way to insanity  The voices that plagued my mother  Descend with vengeance  Ready to eliminate any respite shown me  Nightly I sonically excavate  The landscapes of my awake and sleeping mind  Reliving mistakes I have made  And paying for them dearly  In ways only my mind can torture me  One moment would be nice  To be able to turn off the thoughts and dreams  To not think, fear, be anxious  Just that total blankness of a new sheet of paper  Or an empty canvas  I do not afford myself such luxuries  But to have that one moment  Where nothing comes in or goes out  Would only fuel the idea  That my brain is flawed  That the internal demons   Who wanted to silence this voice   Have won the war against me  There will be no peace in our time  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 Weirder Than Fiction: Think of the most unbelievable moment in your life and write a poem about the experience.  Todays Poem Greyhound Pimpin  5 April 2023  The cheapest way to see the country  With people, you probably will never meet again  I was on the East Coast heading out west  To the city of Sun Phoenix to visit a friend  After pushing off the homeless guys  Begging for smoke or spare change at the depot  I got into the bus where all the seats are coach  Towards the back, near the bathrooms  The slight smell of antiseptic and piss soaked into the cloth seats  We pulled out of there  Just to stop again, and again, and again  Gaining more and more people   Dropping off others  The miles crawled by  We got to Atlanta that night  Time to switch busses  Time to find my bags  And tote them over to our new driver  The same bums begging for change followed us  Like there was an ATM on board  And naturally, we were all well off  Seeing the country the cheapest way possible  There was a couple already occupying the back seats  And I sat in front of them  The smell had changed from cleaner and piss  To sweet sweet rotgut  With a hint of patolli  So, I gave them my spare pack of smokes  And at each stop, we stood off from the others   And huffed our way to bliss  The driver came to the back more than once  Complaining about the smell and noise  I could play straight easily  But they were true amateurs  By the time we got to El Paso  The cops were waiting for them  As we left the bus for another round  They were taken in  And I puffed on a smoke a stones throw away  They waved goodbye  And I said till we meet again  I got back on that bus  And changed seats  Trying to outsmart the driver  When we were stopped at the border security station  I thought they were coming for me  They pulled off a few who looked darker  Than those in the land of the free  They didn't wave at me  And I didn't say goodbye  They were lost in that New Mexico sky  We pulled into Phoenix  The heat was still on high   The city didn't care if it was the middle of Fall or Summer  It was hot all the time  And there was my friend waiting in his Mercedes  The bums from Richmond and Atlanta followed us  And started to beg again  When they tried to wash his windows  He pulled out his gun  They scurried off like mice  And we headed to the nearest strip club  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter   Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 People You Have Known: Make each line about different people you have met but lost contact with over the years. These could be old friends, passed-on family, etc.  Todays Poem No Longer In Communication  4 April 2023  To Jeff, you were the subject of my first attempt at poetry, four-line stanzas four stanzas long, all these words on paper and electrons floating throughout the universe hold the code that is you  To Katina, working with you at the movie theater was bliss, kissing you in the back of the shop with the lights off was magical, and hearing how you kept the baby of your rapist still angers me that you had to make that choice  Mike D, your family invited this stranger in, and for years you were that little brother that became successful, except you, couldn't put that bottle down, so I put you down, that's the way I detach and preserve my sanity  Kelly, the eyes are what I remember the most, the drunken nights and the way you brought other men to bed have been forgotten, but as you changed your ways and became a mother, your life was taken away, and now I can only guess where to send flowers  Mr. Hoppe, that stoic man, demanding that these rednecks produce a sound that the gods recognized our importance, you left for Arizona, I wanted to go with you, and I made it out there never to find you  Gordon Odegard Director, GOD for short, your breath stank of dog shit, but you inspired this kid to believe in something greater than religion, greater than science, you made me believe I could make a difference, and ensure that the audience could see the actors eyes  Albert, you probably wouldn't have been proud of my stereo setup, but you would be proud of the impact of my music collection on our nephew, you gave me the love of music, good music, and showed me how to sing while driving, I wanted to come to your funeral, but I was working 80 hour weeks and had no reliable transportation  Tommy, my hippie grade school pal, sneaking off to your house to listen to KISS records and play with your toys was the first time I ran away from home, your spasms and outbursts have a name now, and my daughter has them, I hope you are alive, but I am too afraid to find out  To she that cannot be named, I was in a bad spot, you took advantage of it without knowing what you were doing, I wasn't honest with you and to this day I am still not honest with others who wonder why we don't speak, you will probably never read this and that is fair I wasn't ready for a one night stand nor was I ready to be the lead singer of your brother's death metal math prog band  To the Lt Col who took a long stroll off a short pier, what you inspired in me keeps fueling my work, I won't stop until I can achieve half of what you have  To Moses, otherwise known as Mr. Heston, we don't have latrines in the Air Force, we have full-service restrooms and please tip the towel boy on your way out, by the way, guns do kill people and your legacy is tied to the fools you would not suffer when you were alive  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter   Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 Last Words: Use the last sentence from the nearest book as the inspiration for the first line of your poem. “And indeed, as he listened to the cries of joy rising from the town, Rieux remembered that such joy is always imperiled” The Plague by Camus Todays Poem Holding It In  3 April 2023  The ideas we don't share  The voices running through our heads   We dare not whisper to those around us  The weight of the wrongs we have committed in the name of love  The frustration of believing the inner dictator vs the creator  The need to spill our guts  When we know it will make us feel better  But we are too worried about how those outside our brains will react  The fear that finding out our truth is not shared by any other soul  Looking foolish is not the fashion statement we want to employ  Ridicule awaits when we emotionally expose ourselves  So, we drop trow and plant our butt cheeks against the window  My firewall is struggling not to be breached  But I don't really give a shit about your insecurities  Carrying the secrets of decades has improved my musculature  Also, it has caused microscopic cracks in all my bones  I pay the monthly garbage disposal fee  To my therapist   Hoping that no one is dumpster-diving through his notes  I have lugged all this baggage, so you don't have to be exposed  I kept it in a lead-lined case so the radiation wouldn't seep into your body  The glowing from within escaped out of the cracks of the case  And became my nightlight  Clutching the pain of all the years  Was the best coping mechanism as seen on TV  Being above the fray, refusing to break down  Or become flexible  Was the ideal I thought would work  Only to find it eating me up from the inside  And leaving me with few salvageable innards  My fear was that I was nothing without the pain  And I have found that the pain is what caused more pain  In this aching frame  So I release it  The torrent that has been encapsulated in my mind  It doesn't feel better, but it feels better to feel  And finding out that is what I was craving  That is what the hole in my soul was missing  Makes it easier to move on with today  And let the past die in peace  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter   Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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 a

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 Dear Reader: What audience enjoys reading the type of poetry you like to write? Craft a note to your potential audience that addresses their biggest fears, hopes, and dreams.  Todays Poem Read with Caution  8 April 2023  You who are searching for a familiar voice  You who want to laugh at me and my mishaps  You who really like how I keep it real  You have no idea who I am  I give you a peek inside  But I gotta say I cleaned up the back room  If you suddenly drop in unexpected  You'd see something completely different  You think you know my political affiliation  But guess what kiddos, I am as loyal to them  As they are to me  Being an anarchist in libertarian clothes is hard to comprehend  I used to smoke cigs  And I talked about them forever  With a cup of joe and lusting after the dark-haired barista  The only problem is I was too shy to talk to her   I used to have a drink or three  And I just got dizzy and sick   There was no pontifications  That rattled the cages   I used to get high 13 times a day  I kept count at some point, I don't remember when   But now I can't partake  Because I love my pension and Retirment more than Mary  I drove around the country to visit friends  Now I can't stand to drive an hour to get to work  Traffic angers me more  Than injustice  If you knew me when I was fearless  If you knew me when I was invulnerable  If you knew me way back when  Then you know I was not any of those things  I've always been a teddy bear  I was the person who would be up at 3 in the morning  And you could call me and have me listen  But now, at 3 AM  I only get up to scare nightmares away  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter Or Subscribe Here Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 Last Words: Use the last sentence from the nearest book as the inspiration for the first line of your poem. “And indeed, as he listened to the cries of joy rising from the town, Rieux remembered that such joy is always imperiled” The Plague by Camus Todays Poem Joy is Always Imperiled 29 March 2023 Don't live in the warm glow of love  In the past it has left by the morning  That was the way I used to be  And then fatherhood happened  The smiles and gurgling of two babies  Changed my heart  I wanted to be around for more than my ten-year plan   I was able to overlook the few faults of my lover  And she was able to overlook mine  I've seen fatherhood calm other men  Make them look at the long game  And forget that it's not about them anymore  It's about what they brought into this world  It's about bringing a fresh mind into the collective unconsciousness  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter   Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 Goodbyes: Write about a time in your life you said goodbye to someone – this could be as simple as ending a mundane phone conversation, or harder goodbyes to close friends, family members, or former partners. Todays Poem Closed Casket  22 March 2023    I can hear you from over 20 years of you rotting in the ground  I idolized you and believed in everything you said  I was selfish, greedy, self-centered  I was a mistake; I was lucky to be alive  If I had been born earlier, I would have died in your womb  Like another child did  Or you would have aborted me   if the voices in your head told you to  #3 husband wanted to get you in the ground  So he could move onto his next 2 conquests  That person couldn't even remember you said to have the lid closed  He has no Indigenous blood running through his veins  There was no medicine man that called me bright light  And no one dosed your coffee with PCP  The cologne that sperm donor wore, you weren't allergic to  You just knew that he was on the prowl  And wanted him to know that you knew  So I wasn't allowed to wear deodorant  And my sweaty pits smelled like the pot  Your oldest children smoked  When I saw you laying there with all that makeup on  I thanked the funeral director for their work  But I told him that it wasn't you  I should have told the preacher to revoke the post humorous   Membership in their church  But I let sperm donor have his day of celebration  And just so you know  Although you probably already knew  You weren't cold in the ground for a year  When he took his next bride  Who was so rich and smart   That he couldn't drain her accounts  And there I was, a babbling weeping self-centered man child  Breaking down, fist bumping your casket  Counting the minutes until my next cigarette  Climbing in the car to put you 6 feet under  Sperm donor didn't have the money for your headstone  And he never visited your grave with me  All those times I took the time to head back to the land of my torture  Replace plastic flowers and put trinkets that you treasured there  And not once did he come with me  You chose to end it all, and if you wondered if I missed you  I did, until the other night  When my child said she was self-centered, greedy, selfish and a mistake  I heard my voice in hers  And I knew then that I needed to smash that away  She is not you she is mine  and I no longer need you  Nor do I need your influence  Or your picture looking over me and my children  I won't think about you on the anniversary of your death  Nor will I remember you on Mother's Day anymore  You have finally and completely become dead to me  Just like the sperm donor  Just like my heroes  Just like my love of scrambled memories  Just like the putrid and deranged love you showed me  Sign Up for the Create Art Podcast Newsletter   Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 Uncertainty: Think about a time in your life when you couldn't make a decision and write based on this. Todays Poem Two of Swords  3 Feb 2023  Mancave    When opening the deck for the first time  You couldn't wait to identify me  So, you tumbled out and landed on the ground first  Pushing aside all the other cards  You knew me before I knew me  I read the future of others  Gave them advice with your tutelage  But nothing for me  No vision of what was to come  Just the two of swords  And the reflection of indecision  Standing outside a hotel room  The night before we were to be wed  My soon-to-be betrothed was asleep, snoring  And me smoking and thinking about what was next  Do I grab a cab and never darken the commonwealth's door  Tell Old Dominion that it will not have my soul again  Yes, I stayed  Yes, I was wed to my betrothed  Yes, I added to the population  Yes, I voted blue to make us more purple  And on my weak and battered arm  I have placed you  My card of indecision  My card that holds me back  That feeds my insecurities  You are a part of me  Making me an expert of second-guessing  But you don't stop me like you used to  Or maybe I don't let you stop me  Maybe I give you some time   To dance in my insomnia  But your influence is short-lived  And I push forward   Finally, out of your grasp   Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 Life Didn't Go As Planned: Write about a recent or memorable experience when nothing went according to plan.  Todays Poem The Last Time I Cried  14 March 2023    It wasn't too cold that day  My car was starting, sporadically  It was a Friday, and I was forgotten in the waiting room  The nurse had me type in my information  She was unable to hold a thought for more than five minutes  Then back to the waiting room of forgetting  The resident came in  Way younger than me  Way more handsome,   Probably was having a threesome that night  He wanted to get out of there  I wanted to get out of there  Friday at 4 PM, both of our minds were elsewhere  He brought in his teacher, the real doctor  His accent was probably not as thick as I perceived   Between the nurse, the resident and this doc  I am surprised any of them hadn't been sued or assaulted  And that's when they told me  Welcome to the world of MS  And they ushered me out  The receptionist had left an hour ago  So, the head nurse practitioner had to check me out  He was the only one with an ounce of kindness  I made it through the hospital in downtown Richmond  I had been here before  Had the ticking timebomb removed from my brain  And I remembered how shitty I was treated back then  And I wondered why I came back  Oh yeah, I'm a De Sade fan  The car didn't start.   I lit a cigarette  The car didn't start  I am not sure why I thought it would  I walked around the car  Smoking another cigarette  Underneath the sign that says don't  Just as I was about to call home  The car started  Driving up I95 on a Friday before Spring Break  There was a lot to time to contemplate  Making my way home  I said no, No, NO  5 years of frustration  5 years of MRI's MRA's, CT Scans  Spikes pressed 5 times in my back  Blood tests galore for every known disease  Finally understanding why so many things happened  Finally realizing that I was never lazy  Finally realizing that what was wrong had a name  It wasn't me all along  Making it through the front door  The children were asleep  The wife was on the couch  I knew we would be there for awhile  Talked till her yawns couldn't keep her eyes opened  And then we slept  Saturday with the children didn't cause the waterworks  It was when my wife got back from errands  That it all hit me  And my kids wonder why Papa doesn't cry  They've never seen it  And I know it's bad to think, but they may never  Even then I couldn't weep for myself in front of them  Retiring to our room  As she followed close by  I made it in, shut the door  And heard my dead mothers voice calling me selfish  And selfishly I cried  Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 Stranger Conversations: Start the first line of your poem with a word or phrase from a recent passing conversation between you and someone you don't know.   Todays Poem The Insufficiency of Your Love  10 March 2023  The insufficiency of your love  Could have kept me alive longer  Raise your hand as high as you can  Now raise it higher  What the hell is that?  That is the insufficiency of your love  If you could have taken a moment  And thought about someone outside of your brain  Maybe just maybe you would have picked me  But you chose the most athletic kids to play ball with  Reminding me that although being last picked by you  Because no one else would pick me at all  Was what I should expect  When you taught me the meaning of trophy family  Without saying a word,  I embraced the role of being an embarrassment   I delved into the depths of De Sade and other of that denizen  Knowing I was stabbing your heart  Until I declared you dead to me  Your love and acceptance   Is no longer required or desired  Yes, that is my blood on that knife  The same one your silent partner chased me around the house with  Yes, these cuts are in cursive   So, I can remember them and lie to my children   Who can read what I wrote  I hear remnants of your voice in mine  Sometimes I just want to rip out my throat  And silence both of us  Sometimes when I look at this husk  I see a foggy glimpse of you  And smash my face against the mirror  The insufficiency of your love wasn't what killed me off  That was all my doing  I wouldn't give you the pleasure of thinking  That what you did caused this decision  I took myself out of the picture years ago  Ensuring whatever influenced your existence  Never saw the light of day again  It was easy, quick, and not a tear was shed  And when it was done  I put on my new skin  Replaced the diseased innards  Promptly forgot where I came from  And set my compass for elsewhere  Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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 nex

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 Misfits: How it feels when you don't belong in a group of others   Todays Poem The Wind Gets Cold Out Here  11 Jan 2023  Mancave  It was a few years back during a thanksgiving meal  Seated with over 100 folks in uniform  Many of them my clients  It was a work function, attendance was strongly recommended  So, walking through the food line they set up  Making nice with everyone   Sat with a group of clients  And just like that, as happens in dinner tables all across America  Someone was making cracks at Michelle Obama  Saying how they shouldn't let moneys wear such nice clothes  And no, it wasn't the drunk racist uncle that no one listens to  It was a white college educated professional woman  Who happened to be in uniform  Who happened to be my client  Who happened to be looking for work with the Feds  Excusing myself  Wasn't going to try and bash my head against the wall  As others in the group laughed along  Guess who she doesn't work for  And the next line I was going to write  Was going to have been  Guess who got blackballed  But then I thought  Am I that far removed from them  I took the next job  After I lost three clients in 6 months  One to cancer, who wouldn't admit defeat  One to a hold-up gone wrong on his last day of duty in front of his daughter  One who decided to take a long walk into a lake  I took that job to get away   To work with those that were told  To put kids in cages  And now their conscious got them better of them  And they were offing themselves in droves  The job was to make them feel better   And I get how they got into this mess  They had no future  No hope to achieve anything better  So, they signed themselves over  To uphold the law  And there I am, giving aid and comfort  To someone's enemy  To someone's nightmare  Will I be tried for war crimes  When it is my turn to cross over  Comforting those who do the things   That we won't do  Who we rage against  Who are following orders  I have empathy for them  But I'll never be in their club  Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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. Poetry Prompt I Used The Untouchable: Something that will always be out of reach Todays Poem Penetration 1 Jan 23, 2013 I look into your eyes Those pools of blue are so like mine Every morning I ask the same question Wanting to know what is going on behind the window   Your voice repeats things that your mother was too young to know about There was no way you would have heard those words and phrases from me I've done my best to try and forget the person who originally uttered them   But you can pick her out of a crowded picture from 1979 I want to save you the anguish she knew and caused I couldn't save her in the end And it was a tragic end Relying on everything being provided by The one who molested your children Cheated on you with the church secretary Demanded that we all attend that church 5 times a week Knowing what we knew Being the embarrassment of the congregation   I've taught my child to say fuck you to the President Put a middle finger up to the patriarchy and systemic racism When they try to grab her by the pussy She knows that she is not to stop stabbing until the knife won't come out of her attacker's chest, groin, brain, heart   She is to use the knives my mother chased my brother and I around the house with Screaming that we were possessed, and she would be taking the demons from our souls Even if it killed us   My daughter knows how to slay the demons of Diablo And those who put on the skin of humans She knows how to use her words to stab at my heart My gift to her was anger My gift to her was rage She knows how to wield it   I have no need to interrogate the people she will bring to our house Nor will I clean a rifle or a chainsaw in their presence Unless I am actually doing lawn work I have no need to intimidate in order to protect her She can take care of herself if the task is too large Then she knows when to bring me in, to finish   And here we are After another screaming match with her mother She is doing her best to look intimidating Her frown flexed Her gaze intense into my eyes Her breath shallow and quick And just as she cannot decipher my demeanor She has no idea I am actually in control of the situation just by sitting here quietly Motionlessly Emotionlessly She ponders how I can exude so much unfeeling, such detachment from humanity She doesn't know that I am scanning her for a crack A chink in her armor that I helped forge A way to see into her inner workings, her deep thoughts The dreams she refuses to elaborate on   She won't know until she reads this And even that would be a stroke of luck If she finds it and realizes it is about her She's a bit too much like her long dead grandmother And I am ignorant of my obscure grandfather So, there will be no repeating of N.N.B. I wish a reflection my Mother of choice   For now, I will stand by Looking deep into the eyes of my child Attempting to peer into her soul Attempting to steer her away from the paths we have generationally tread Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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.

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 No Prompt just write  Todays Poem Perspective  9 Jan 2023, 2103  Mancave  A 6-year-old shot their teacher on January 6th  It was the 2nd anniversary of those who send thoughts and prayers to gunshot victims  And storm the Capitol  And go to church on Sunday  And say they are patriots  And call people who jump when they hear a familiar crack in the air triggered snowflake libtards  A 6-year-old shot their teacher on January 6th  That teacher was in critical condition  That teacher was forgotten because of a football player who almost died on the field  The shooting didn't make the front page of a major newspaper  The prayers all went to the millionaire athlete  That teacher was probably underpaid  Probably skipped a few meals to provide supplies   For the kids in her class  Probably never handled a handgun themself  A 6-year-old shot their teacher on January 6th  The metal detectors were off that day  The ones that children, Fucking Children had to walk through without protest  Without thought as to why they had to   As the lawgivers in congress celebrated the removal and requirement  Of having to pass through the same detectors   That their lackeys' actions caused to make the detectors necessary  That's true patriotism right there folks    A 6-year-old shot their teacher on January 6th  And now they are in custody  And now they are given around-the-clock attention  And the question is where does a 6-year-old gets a handgun   And who taught the child to fire it  And who taught the child to use it in anger  And who taught the child   Who do we hold responsible  Who pays for the trauma of the ensuing lockdown  Where kids accept what they are told  Pretend you are dead, be quiet, and don't move  No matter how many shots are fired stay down  A 6-year-old shot their teacher on January 6th  A 74-year-old man-child in his Florida resort  Who instigated a riot  Who stole top secret documents  Who's crimes have been revealed time and time again  Sips his Diet Coke and munches on his big macs   Inflames the weak-minded  Love the ignorant  Love the children, as long as they satisfy his carnal needs  He walks free  A 6-year-old shot their teacher on January 6th  How many days have gone by  How many other teachers have been shot or assaulted  How many other insurrections in other countries need to happen to satiate old men's pride  I stand here, doing all I can not to cry  Here I stand a witness to a 14-year-old boy in a faraway land  Being shot and strapped to the front of a jeep  Paraded in front of his village as a warning  Did it happen on January 6th, I can't remember  Should we just accept this horrid portrayal of groundhogs' day  And relive another shooting every day  A 6-year-old shot their teacher on January 6th  And on January 13th my children must practice their lockdown drill  So that some inbred small dick asshat can clutch lustfully to his second amendment   An amendment he probably doesn't know by heart  An amendment that doesn't say what he thinks it says  A 6-year-old shot their teacher on January 6th  A 6-year-old shot their teacher on January 6th  A 6-year-old shot their teacher on January 6th  Let it sink in, let it permeate your brain  A 6-year-old shot their teacher   A 6-year-old shot   A 6-year-old   Reaching Out To The Podcast To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel 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 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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This podcast is not for the faint hearted... I am Laura fully turned up to 100...sooo if you're not ready for it, bow out now! In today's podcast we talk about: Core Wounds. Abandonment. Rejection. My History of Rejection and Abandonment and the Mental Things I did Because of it. How to Remedy These Behaviours. Shadow Work Unconscious Behaviours That Lead to Your Own Downfall ANNNNNDDD (as if that wasn't enough!) WHY YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM. Links mentioned (plus more!) Shadow Work - https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/p3q4pW3rdvb Intrusive Thoughts - https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/SzwWpV3rdvb Subliminal Track for you to listen to during the day or whilst you are sleeping: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Ip19x8Zndvb or you can play on YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8_iTO0hSZo What are subliminals? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRUc2v3pkjM&t=2s Female Sexuality after Trauma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSRethhWcws&t=7s Sex and Validation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgErshIUcxQ&t=346s --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lauofattraction/message

Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle shares his history of stalking. Episode 1457: My History of Stalking by Colin Wright Colin Wright is a professional author and international speaker who co-founded a publishing company and travels full-time, moving to a new country every four months or so–that country determined by the votes of his readers! He also blogs. Colin's a minimalist in that he owns very few things and is careful in how he consumes. He tends to buy less, but invest in quality when he does, and trends toward the same in relationships, business endeavors, and just about everything else. He's left-handed, blue-eyed, scary good at Tetris, and can't cook. The original post is located here: https://exilelifestyle.com/history-stalking/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com  Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 30th Poetry Prompt And now – our final (but still optional!) prompt. Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a cento. This is a poem that is made up of lines taken from other poems. If you'd like to dig into an in-depth example, here's John Ashbery's cento “The Dong with the Luminous Nose,” and here it is again, fully annotated to show where every line originated. A cento might seem like a complex undertaking – and one that requires you to have umpteen poetry books at your fingertips for reference – but you don't have to write a long one. And a good way to jump-start the process is to find an online curation of poems about a particular topic (or in a particular style), and then mine the poems for good lines to string together. You might look at the Poetry Foundation's collection of love poems, or its collection of poems by British romantic poets, or even its surprisingly expansive collection of poems about (American) football. April 30th Poem Not My Words  30 April 2022  1  Everybody knows that the boat is leaking  Everybody knows that the captain lied  Everybody got this broken feeling  Like their father or their dog just died  Everybody talking to their pockets  Everybody wants a box of chocolates  And a long stem rose  2  Those who have crossed      With direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom      Remember us-if at all-not as lost      Violent souls, but only      As the hollow men      The stuffed men.  3  Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight  Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,    2  Eyes I dare not meet in dreams      In death's dream kingdom      These do not appear:      There, the eyes are      Sunlight on a broken column      There, is a tree swinging      And voices are      In the wind's singing      More distant and more solemn      Than a fading star.  1  And everybody knows that the Plague is coming  Everybody knows that it's moving fast  Everybody knows that the naked man and woman  Are just a shining artifact of the past  2  Is it like this      In death's other kingdom      Waking alone      At the hour when we are      Trembling with tenderness      Lips that would kiss      Form prayers to broken stone.  3  though wise men at their end know dark is right,  Because their words had forked no lightning  2  In this last of meeting places      We grope together      And avoid speech      Gathered on this beach of the tumid river           Sightless, unless      The eyes reappear      As the perpetual star      Multifoliate rose  1  And everybody knows that it's now or never  Everybody knows that it's me or you  And everybody knows that you live forever  Ah, when you've done a line or two  3  Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,  And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,  2  Between the desire      And the spasm      Between the potency      And the existence      Between the essence      And the descent      Falls the Shadow  1  And everybody knows that you're in trouble  Everybody knows what you've been through  From the bloody cross on top of Calvary  To the beach of Malibu  3  And you, my father, there on the sad height,  Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.  2  In death's other kingdom      Waking alone      At the hour when we are      Trembling with tenderness      Lips that would kiss      Form prayers to broken stone.    1  Everybody knows the war is over  Everybody knows the good guys lost  Everybody knows the fight was fixed  The poor stay poor, the rich get rich  That's how it goes  3  Do not go gentle into that good night.  Rage, rage against the dying of the light.  2  This is the way the world ends      This is the way the world ends      This is the way the world ends      Not with a bang but a whimper.  Everybody Knows Leonard Cohen  The Hollow Men T.S. Elliot  Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Dylan Thomas  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

Jade describes herself as a spiritual midwife. She spent the first 20 years of her professional life building a consulting business. When her mother was diagnosed with cancer Jade redirected her timme and energy to support her mother. Following her mother's death Jade spent years grieving, healing and recalibratinng her life. She said goodbye to the Bay Area and goodbye to consulting. For the 20 years since then Jade has been deepening her spiritual practice and fine tuning herself as an instrument of healing in the death and dying process. Jade reminds us that healing is not a rush job. As she puts it “you cannot force the river.” In order to become an instrument of healing, Jade first had to let herself heal, and in order to let herself heal, she moved from the fast lane to the slower pace of the Big Island and asked the ocean to hold her grief. This conversation winds and circles back on itself many times, just like the process of grieving. Jade's Reading List & Resources:   AARP – Checklist for My Family: A Guide to My History, Financial Plans and Final Wishes; by Sally Balch Hurme, an Elder Law Attorney quoted frequently in NY Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNN, NPR, Kiplinger's Retirement Report. BJ MILLER, M.D. Ted Talks – What Really Matters at the End of Life https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&ei=UTF-8&p=ted+talks+youtube+bj+miller&type=E211US105G0#id=1&vid=68dfedc905fc29bab4f13e4ce08afdc0&action=click Ira Byock, nationally renown palliative care specialist, M.D. – The Four Things That Matter Most: A Book about Living https://irabyock.org/books/the-four-things-that-matter-most/ Atul Gawande, M.D. – Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/ Paul Kalanithi, M.D. – When Breath Becomes Air     https://www.amazon.com/When-Breath-Becomes-Paul-Kalanithi/dp/081298840X Katy Butler, award winning journalist - Knocking on Heaven's Door, The Art of Dying Well Joan Halifax, Founder and Director of Upaya Zen Center: Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion & Wisdom in the Presence of Death. https://www.upaya.org/being-with-dying/ https://www.upaya.org/dox/Being_Dying.pdf Frank Ostaseski, visionary co- founder of SF Zen Hospice, Metta Institute - Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. This book is an evocative and relevant guide that points to a radical path for transforming the way we live. https://fiveinvitations.com/   the secret teacher hiding in plain sight, helping us Cathy Wurzer, founder of End in Mind: A movement that advocates to shift the fear-based cultural conversation about loss, death, dying, and provides curated resources to families and communities.  https://www.endinmindproject.org/resources/ If you enjoyed this conversation, please leave a review in your podcast app. CancerTalks is a platform for anyone who has been touched by cancer. If you're moved to donate, please visit cancertalks.com/donate

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 29th Poetry Prompt And here's our prompt (optional, as always). In certain versions of the classic fairytale Sleeping Beauty, various fairies or witches are invited to a princess's christening, and bring her gifts. One fairy/witch, however, is not invited, and in revenge for the insult, lays a curse on the princess. Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem in which you muse on the gifts you received at birth — whether they are actual presents, like a teddy bear, or talents – like a good singing voice – or circumstances – like a kind older brother, as well as a “curse” you've lived with (your grandmother's insistence on giving you a new and completely creepy porcelain doll for every birthday, a bad singing voice, etc.). I hope you find this to be an inspiring avenue for poetic and self-exploration. April 29th Poem He Must be Born with It  29 April 2022  As I stand in the back of the room  Fiending for another smoke  I feel every emotion coming from the poets  Some of them are younger than my socks  Others share their experiences that I have no reference to  Yet I come back week after week  Like they say to do in the meetings  Where we just share our first names  I've always been able to empathize with most anyone  So much so I take on their struggle  Without being asked  Or wanted  Because I've felt since day 1  That I have to be the sacrificial lamb  Fending for myself  With parents who would rather drink  Than take care of their children  I stand outside, alone  Flicking ashes to the ground  Field stripping the butts  And the young poets come up to me  Asking how they did  Asking if I heard their latest piece  Quizzing me on their content  Giving them the wisdom that has been bestowed on me  Through years of searching  And I pass along to them the torch  Freshly lit with their energy and inquisitiveness  Praying they have a better life than what I was given  Knowing the predators that lurk just around the corner  I try to protect them and provide them  With an example of what I have done that works  And what I have done that doesn't  This is all I can give the next generations  The benefit of my experience  It's a precious gift that I wish I had been given  Or that I would have been open enough to receive  My spirit will be following up after I release these earthly bonds  I expect to see  A better world than what was left to me  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 28th Poetry Prompt Today's (optional) prompt is to write a concrete poem. Like acrostic poems, concrete poems are a favorite for grade-school writing assignments, so this may not be your first time at the concrete-poem rodeo. In brief, a concrete poem is one in which the lines are shaped in a way that mimics the topic of the poem. For example, May Swenson's poem “Women” mimics curves, reinforcing the poem's references to motion, rocking horses, and even the shape of a woman's body. George Starbuck's “Sonnet in the Shape of a Potted Christmas Tree” is – you guessed it – a sonnet in the shape of a potted Christmas tree. Your concrete poem could be complexly-shaped, but relatively simple strategies can also be “concrete” —  like a poem involving a staircase where the length of the lines grows or shrinks over time, like an ascending (or descending) set of stairs. April 28th Poem Mug of Life  28 April 2022  Before everyone wakes up to start their day  You, my black pot of gold, spit and bubble and  Steam you way into my ears, I can smell your  Vapors as they waft from room to room and permeate   Each and every room in our house, I love the bitter  Feeling you give as you pour over my tongue washing  Away the dryness of the night's restorative dreams  The heft of a full mug of this elixir opens my eyes  And provides me comfort when I get ready for life  Sipping away mindlessly and feeling the energy fill me  Warmth of the liquid makes me smile, my kids know  Not to ask too much of me before I drain the  First cup of watery bitter love in my mug, quiet  Listening to the sounds of the birds and the rustle  Of the rabbits in the backyard is how I start my day   Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 27th Poetry Prompt Last but not least, here's our (optional) prompt. Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a “duplex.” A “duplex” is a variation on the sonnet, developed by the poet Jericho Brown. Here's one of his first “Duplex” poems, and here is a duplex written by the poet I.S. Jones. Like a typical sonnet, a duplex has fourteen lines. It's organized into seven, two-line stanzas. The second line of the first stanza is echoed by (but not identical to) the first line of the second stanza, the second line of the second stanza is echoed by (but not identical to) the first line of the third stanza, and so on. The last line of the poem is the same as the first. April 27th Poem Filling The Craters  27 April 2022  Looking at all of the possessions I have acquired       Which one of these will teach my daughters happiness  Teaching my daughters happiness       Is not an afterschool special  Afterschool specials no longer teach kids how to read       That's the job of parents who are engaged  Engaged parents were not the example I had       Being taught what not to do is the plan laid out before me  The plan of what not to do being laid out in front of me       I find happiness in what my daughters teach me  Finding happiness in the lessons of my daughters       Their smiles are my goalposts  Smiling children are the goal       Looking at all the possessions I have acquired  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 26th Poetry Prompt And now for our daily prompt (optional, as always). A couple of days ago, we played around with hard-boiled similes. Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem that contains at least one of a different kind of simile – an epic simile. Also known as Homeric similes, these are basically extended similes that develop over multiple lines. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they have mainly been used in epic poems, typically as decorative elements that emphasize the dramatic nature of the subject (see, by way of illustration, this example from Milton's Paradise Lost). But you could write a complete poem that is just one lengthy, epic simile, relying on the surprising comparison of unlike things to carry the poem across. And if you're feeling especially cheeky, you could even write a poem in which the epic simile spends lines heroically and dramatically describing something that turns out to be quite prosaic. Whatever you decide to compare, I hope you have fun extending your simile(s) to epic lengths. April 26th Poem Lost Souls  26 April 2022  As rabbits dart from here to there  The foxes know their movements  The deer are stunned before they feel the bite of steel  As the hunters reload for the kill shot  If the prey could find a way to live in Zootopia  Then the predators would be unemployed, powerless, their biggest fear  Even size differences don't equalize the outcomes  This even the smallest carnivore knows the numbers game wins  Very few animals hunt their young  Almost none eat their progeny  And those that do, we deem them animalistic  Our sympathies are nowhere to be found  There is no rehabilitation, no redemption for these beasts  And if we can't consume them, they are laid to waste  Those who try to protect these species  Are seen as bleeding hearts  They are not taken seriously  We minimize them  And heaven forbid if their prey is tasty, or found to help our health  For then we will domesticate and annihilate  To the brink of extermination  Only to pat ourselves on the back   For saving them from our divine right  Oh how we are so humane   When dealing with those who act on their animalistic drives   Those who let the beast out and dine on their young  Do they not deserve the same disdain  We reserve for the most barbaric of the animal kingdom  Our religions tell us to forgive seventy times seven  Especially when the predator divines the holy to their herds  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 25th Poetry Prompt Today's (optional) prompt is based on the Aisling, a poetic form that developed in Ireland. An Aisling recounts a dream or vision featuring a woman who represents the land or country on/in which the poet lives, and who speaks to the poet about it. Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem that recounts a dream or vision, and in which, a woman appears who represents or reflects the area in which you live. Perhaps she will be the Madonna of the Traffic Lights or the Mysterious Spirit of Bus Stops. Or maybe you will be addressed by the Lost Lady of the Stony Coves. Whatever form your dream visitor takes, happy writing! April 25th Poem The Call of Victory  25 April 2022  dedicated to Winged Victory I was a wanderer for so many years  Hearing a call from so far away  I wanted to find the origin of the voice  But in no state could I find it  I moved from place to place  I moved from person to person  For so many years no one matched the voice in my head  I often thought it was merely a dream  One day it hit me  The voice was not from America  It came from some place older  Some place that would take my heart  So I climbed on the plane for Paris  Not fully knowing what I would find  My itinerary was not fully planned  I saw the sights recommended  And one day I went with another traveler  She had an idea  Walking into the Louve we tread lightly  Viewing the great masters works on every wall  It was there I heard the voice clearer than ever  When I turned a corner and looked up  There the voice was  The stone could not contain her  I dropped to my knees  At the top of a staircase was the one I had been searching for  Without arms  Without a face  Standing on a vessel  Against the storms of the world  She stood there  I had completed the journey to find the voice  And to find my ancestral home  The ancients that came before  And landed me in the residence I rented  Had come full circle  The journey was done  And the temptation to never leave permeated  But the voice changed that night  When I slept in a rented bed  The voice changed from someone unknown  Someone mysterious  To the voice of a friend  And so that journey started on the very next day  I headed back to the States  And searched out the one who calls me love  I took her to see the one I had spent so many decades searching for  Only to see my ancient removed  My heart sank through the floor  And doom ensued  But know I count the days until  I can bring my children there  To tell them the story of how I searched unknowingly  For the voice in the stone  That led me home  To make a world for them  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The Green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 24th Poetry Prompt Today, I'd like to challenge you to channel your inner gumshoe, and write a poem in which you describe something with a hard-boiled simile. Feel free to use just one, or try to go for broke and stuff your poem with similes till it's . . . as dense as bread baked by a plumber, as round as the eyes of a girl who wants you to think she's never heard such language, and as easy to miss as a brass band in a cathedral. April 24th Poem The Donkey In Me  24 April 2022  20 times a day  I seek the solitude of being an uncool kid  Knowing what it is doing to my body  Not caring for the smell it leaves behind  Hiding my breath in mints and gum  When my parents did it  I hated it  I didn't want to give them a kiss  Because of the stench  And here I am  Being as stupid as a jack ass  Because I am too scared  To lose my pacifier  I find myself wishing for the past some days  Misremembering that the old times were not the good times  And making the same mistakes in life  Thinking it will work this time  But it just happens again and again and again  Waiting for the time it changes  I try to climb a mountain  But I am not a billy goat  My hooves weren't made for these stones  The one thing I know to do is push forward  Even if the load is too much  Looking at the carrot  But not looking closely to see the rot  Thinking the goal is what will bring happiness  When I don't know where to find the goal  I am as stubborn as a mule  And I thought that used to be a good quality  But being unbending is not what the great ones taught us  Bend but don't break were the words that should have guided me  But my long hair filled ears  Didn't catch what was actually said  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 23rd Poetry Prompt And now for our daily (optional) prompt. Today I'd like to challenge you to write a poem in the style of Kay Ryan, whose poems tend to be short and snappy – with a lot of rhyme and soundplay. They also have a deceptive simplicity about them, like proverbs or aphorisms. Once you've read a few, you'll see what I mean. Here's her “Token Loss,” “Blue China Doorknob,” “Houdini,” and “Crustacean Island.” April 23rd Poem Unwanted Solicitation  23 April 2022  When I pick up the phone  I can tell by the tone  That the person on the other end  Is trying to be a friend  But they want to sell me  On some loan with a fee  And I tell them  That they are not welcome  To call me again  Opps I lost another potential friend  When they knock on my door  I find it a bore  That the person outside  Is stepping away from the door to hide  Does your grass need  Our special anti-weed  It's safe for pets  And will get rid of spider nets  When I tell the fool  I don't need their liquid tool  I like my spiders  They are an excellent source of fiber  They turn around and leave  Giving me time to breathe  Walking in the bulk store  They walk up to me and implore  That I need to get new windows  And when I ask for a price, they blow  Maybe you need a new deck  And I say what the heck  I give them the number  To the plumber  Whom I just met  And made my floors wet  Maybe they can be friends  While I listen to music peacefully in my den  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 22nd Poetry Prompt And now for our prompt (optional, as always). In honor of today's being the 22nd day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2022, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem that uses repetition. You can repeat a sound, a word, a phrase, or an image, or any combination of things. April 22nd Poem Modern Living Through Chemistry  22 April 2022  There's a pill for everything that ails you  There's a pill for the side effects of the pill that was supposed to fix you  There's a pill for the aftermath of the surgery that was to realign your spine  There's a pill to help relax your mind  There's a pill to help you speak clearly  There's a pill to help you see keenly  There's a pill to keep you alive for a few more hours  There's a pill to take you out in less time  There's a pill that helps you digest all of your other pills  There is a pill that makes you pee  There's a pill that helps your diarrhea  There's a pill that can help you not smell your farts  There's a pill that will help you deal with the cost of your pills  There's a pill that will make you more focused on the good in life  There's a pill that makes you think  There's a pill that helps you gain muscle  There's a pill that makes you write better poetry  There's a pill that makes you a potent lover  There's a pill that will stop those swimmers  There's a pill called the morning after  There's a pill that is bitter to take  There's a pill that is too big for your throat  There's a pill that tastes like cake  There's a pill for that  And with all these pills  Here I stand, again there's a pill for that too  But I am left wondering when the pills will end  What did we do before these pills ended up in our hands  If this is the better life  Or the result of living it too much  You can take the pills  Let nature take its course  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 20th Poetry Prompt And now for today's (optional) prompt. Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem that anthropomorphizes a kind of food. It could be a favorite food of yours, or maybe one you feel conflicted about. I feel conflicted about Black Forest Cake, for example. It always looks so pretty in a bakery window, and I want to like the combination of cherries and chocolate . . . but I don't. But how does the cake feel about it? April 20th Poem Deep Dish Dreaming  20 April 2022  Get your skinny ass wanna be grease filled floppy self away from my man  There is no way that you can satisfy him like I can  I'm thick and juicy just like he likes it  Filled with all of the toppings he craves  You can say you were the first  But honey I am the best  I am the one he is dreaming of  When he wraps his lips on what you call a crust  He fantasizes about me  You can't hold all the goodness that I can  With your slippery cheese and no taste sauce  Remember this is my man  Step off he wants my flakey ends  Can you fill him up in one sitting  Or does he need to order side dishes  Baby girl I come equipped with all the fixins of a meal  And you cannot compare  My man is as true as any man can be  You may catch his eye for a moment or two  But when he sees something slinky as you  He remembers how full size I am  And baby he lays down with his queen  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 19th Poetry Prompt And now for our daily (optional) prompt! Today's challenge is to write a poem that starts with a command. It could be as uncomplicated as “Look,” as plaintive as “Come back,” or as silly as “Don't you even think about putting that hot sauce in your hair.” Whatever command you choose, I hope you have fun ordering your readers around. April 19th Poem Write This Down  19 April 2022  Look to your left  Now look to your right  Now cross your eyes and write down what you see  Boom you have conquered writer's block  We live in interesting times  Where anything is just a few clicks away  And it gets shipped to your home  For the low low price of whatever you are willing to pay  Try this, think about your parents  Then think about their parents  Then think about their parents  Because 16 people knocked boots whom you never met  Is the reason you are here today  Some of us don't seem to be as evolved as others  Some people's branches don't fork that much  Even if you don't know your great grandparents' story  Or you can make up their stories  Come up with your own origin story  And write that down for your offspring  And that is how history is made  You can find it and have it shipped to you  For the low low price of what you are willing to pay  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 21st Poetry Prompt Today's (optional) prompt is one I got from the poet Betsy Sholl. This prompt asks you to write a poem in which you first recall someone you used to know closely but are no longer in touch with, then a job you used to have but no longer do, and then a piece of art that you saw once and that has stuck with you over time. Finally, close the poem with an unanswerable question. April 21st Poem Discarded Items  21 April 2022  You were just a year older than I when we first met  And yet you seemed to have lived so much more than I  We joined the military during the times of Don't Ask Don't Tell  And when you left for boot camp, your girlfriend became mine  You were drummed out of the Navy  For showing your love for another man  Initially I felt betrayed that you never told me  I thought we were thick as thieves  And then I met a man in uniform  That poor girl didn't have gay or bi-dar   When I left the military  We still kept in touch  Me working third shift at Kinko's  And you bouncing around California  I was working on my degree and myself  You were working on your next conquest  After a few moves and some barnacle cleaning  I lost touch with you  One day I was walking through the Louvre   Not knowing what I really wanted to see  And there at the top of a staircase was Winged Victory  Armless Headless calming the sea  I thought of you, my friend from long ago  And wishing that you could have been there with me  Just like you were with me during our first show  Flying in scenery for Guys and Dolls  One of the only musicals I can tolerate  One of the many musicals you admire and know by heart  I've tried to look you up with all this technology at our fingertips  But to no avail  Wondering if the algorithm has something against us  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 18th Poetry Prompt Last but not least, here is today's prompt (optional, as always). It's based on Faisal Mohyuddin's poem “Five Answers to the Same Question.” Today, I'd like to challenge you to write your own poem that provides five answers to the same question – without ever specifically identifying the question that is being answered. April 18th Poem Daily Taskings  18 April 2022  Before most people get up for the day  I already know my blood sugars are high  Fasting doesn't seem to help  Reporting the pain as moderate  The pills I am taking are not alleviating  And the pain travels from one part of my body to the next  Fatigue is my constant companion  It holds me close and strangles the energy  I think it should pay rent  My activities today, as they are most days  Consist of working at home, housework   Maybe if I am up to it a social engagement  Sleep is sometimes elusive  But last night it was good  Only a few disruptions  The stress that I put myself under  Is not so bad for a Monday  I can get work done  Which leads me to my mood  Overall, I am pushing through  Happy that I am relatively well enough   Tracking these answers daily   Reminds me of my illness  But on some days reminds me that I am still alive  When you ask a seemingly simple question  I must provide all the data points   So you can understand   Since only one of us has MS  Reaching Out   To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The Green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 17th Poetry Prompt And now here's our daily (optional) prompt. This is a fun one – it's a prompt developed by the comic artist Lynda Barry, and it asks you to think about dogs you have known, seen, or heard about, and then use them as a springboard into wherever they take you. April 17th Poem Obidiah  17 April 2022  The first and only canine that allowed me to be their caretaker for a short while  While we were staying at the parsonage because my father couldn't hold a job  You were eternally happy, and I was not the kindest soul at the time  This was an effort by my father to spite my mother  Just another one of their never-ceasing battles  He knew she was allergic to pet dander  And he wanted someone to show him, unconditional love  But it was up to me to feed, clean the mess and walk you  It pained me that we had to keep you in the basement  Watching you run up the stairs as I left for school  Hearing you scratching at the door all night during storms  But because I was afraid of the dark I never came to your rescue  I don't remember asking for a pet  As I knew this domicile was temporary  But there we were, and you came into our lives  Nipping my father's fingers  Licking my face for hours  You were the only friend at the time  And then one day after school you were gone  My brother said I left the basement door open  And you escaped sometime during the day  But the locks were still in place and the screen door was rusted shut  So, I took my beating that night  In the shadow of the church that housed us  We named you after a minor prophet in the Old Testament  One of the shortest books in the bible  It wouldn't have mattered if I had known you were released to fend for yourself  There wasn't much this 12-year-old could do to keep you alive  And I played stupid when one of the kids at school   Told me about a stray dog that his family had taken in  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 16th Poetry Prompt And now for our prompt (optional, as always). Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form was developed by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and he used it for what is probably his most famous poem, “Pied Beauty.” A curtal sonnet has eleven lines, instead of the usual fourteen, and the last line is shorter than the ten that precede it. Here are two other examples of Hopkins' curtal sonnets: “Ash Boughs,” and “Peace.” April 16th Poem Simple Pleasures  16 April 2022  A freshly mowed lawn  Saturday morning cartoons  Sleeping cats and children   Watching the sunrise for another dawn  Seeing the smiles from balloons  Playing records in my den  These are the things I focus on  These things send my heart to swoons  No more will I be locked in a mental pen  I don't have to buy in on the con  Now is when  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 15th Poetry Prompt Finally, here's our daily (optional) prompt. This one may seem counter-intuitive, but today I'd like to challenge you to write a poem about something you have absolutely no interest in. This isn't quite the same, I think, as something you're indifferent to. For example, I have absolutely no interest in investment strategy. Anytime anyone tries to tell me about it, I want to put my fingers in my ears and go “lalalalalala.” My brain tries to shut down! This is honestly kind of funny, and I think this prompt has value precisely because it invites you to investigate some of the “why” behind resolutely not giving two hoots about something. April 15th Poem Dante's Eighth Circle  15 April 2022  As a father  I have changed hundreds of diapers  Have scraped poop off walls  Have had to change out the bathwater mid bath  For those who are just learning how to control their bladder  But I have no wish  To look up people's poop chutes  Or one-eyed spitting snakes  In order to relieve their agony  Peering through urine  Or rummaging through dookie  Never tripped my trigger  Never made me feel horny  If you like golden showers  Or scat play  Enjoy yourselves to the fullest  Just keep more than the standard 6 feet away  I never shake the hand of my urologist  And I never would do it with my proctologist  And I know they are needed  Kidney stones and prostate health are important  But if I was the last person on Earth   And to save your life I needed to catch the yellow river  Or wade through your skid marks  I'd happily write your eulogy  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 14th Poetry Prompt And now for our (optional) prompt. Today's challenge is a fun one: write a poem that takes the form of the opening scene of the movie of your life. Does it open with a car chase? A musical number? A long scene panning across a verdant plain? You're the director (and also the producer, the actors, the set designer, the cinematographer, and the lowly assistant that buys doughnuts for the crew) – so it's all up to you! April 14th Poem Big Bang  14 April 2022  There's a smattering of people sitting in an early 70's movie theater  Trails of cigarette smoke rise through the air  You can hear the sounds of shoes moving across a sticky floor  Most everyone had seen the picture before  This was the winter of 72 and The Godfather was heading out after a phenomenal run  The lights started to go down, someone snored, someone else lit up a joint  The projector kicked on and the single lamp illuminated the yellowed screen  A pregnant couple with a 4 year old boy sat toward the back  Both parents smoking and sneaking a drink from a flask  Just as the opening credits started to roll  The mother cries out from the contractions  She hollers as tears start to form in the boy's eyes  The time is now and wasn't expected for a week or more  This was supposed to be their X-mas baby  That was what the father wanted  Because you get all the clothes from the hospital   He sighs and mutters about the money he has spent  On tickets popcorn and drinks  As she grunts and the boy narrowly doesn't wet his pants  They leave the theater  Hearing patrons shush the mother   Not knowing or caring about her predicament  The father climbs behind the wheel  And starts to warm the car  Mother and son sit in the back seat  She is crushing his little hand  The father lights another smoke and rolls the window down a crack  As they get to the hospital and swerving to the ER  The attendants rush the mother inside  The boy and the father sit in the waiting room  He's smoking again, the boy silent and very alone  After 4 AM, the boy looking at the father who has fallen asleep  Between the snores and coughs  A doctor steps out  Calls out the father's name  The boy wonders if he should answer  And again, he hears the name  The boy speaks he's asleep  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 13th Poetry Prompt And now for our (optional) prompt! Today, in honor of the potential luckiness of the number 13, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem that, like the example poem here, joyfully states that “Everything is Going to Be Amazing.” Sometimes, good fortune can seem impossibly distant, but even if you can't drum up the enthusiasm to write yourself a riotous pep-talk, perhaps you can muse on the possibility of good things coming down the track. As they say, “the sun will come up tomorrow,” and if nothing else, this world offers us the persistent possibility of surprise. April 13th Poem How Are You Not Dead Yet  13 April 2022  Two motorcycle wrecks with trees on a farm  Jumping off freezers with a face plant and a broken nose  Collapsed tunnels in the neighbor's new construction  Roman Candle vs Bottle rocket fights  Diving into an inground pool from the roof of the house  Trapped under the ice in the local swimming hole during a blizzard  These are a few of my favorite things to do before age 12  Dodging bullets in Somalia while delivering booze to the Aussies  Wrecking a motorcycle on a dark Texan road  Clubbing rattle snakes for a festival  Dressing freshly struck armadillos up in sombreros and beer cans  Bungie jumping into the Rio Grande  Being electrocuted at 15K feet trying to fix a firelight so I could get a beer in Germany  Driving a van as old as me with no steering column bushings  These things and more that I cannot speak about kept me awake in the military  Rescuing a suicidal actor at a bonfire with an open-air tackle  Winning at spades while being outgunned and chased in my lil 3 banger Metro  Bringing a machete to a gun fight while delivering pizza  Having a stalker chase me 100 miles in Missouri  Meeting that same stalker years later and flashing the same machete  Working on sets fresh from wrist surgery and large doses of Vicodin  Moving to Phoenix in June with no AC in the car  Deadman carrying a roommate before the flood of our basement apartment with live outlets on the floor  College was a hoot for me let's try some more   Three rips from Chicago to Fredericksburg back-to-back over a 3-day weekend  More MRI's than I have fingers and toes to count make me glow in the dark  Spinal tap that caused my left leg to feel electrocuted and on fire simultaneously  Brain fistula that was embolized and now everyone smells of burnt vinyl  Being told on a Friday at 4 PM you have MS have a great weekend  While my car refuses to start 60 miles from home  Fighting off 2 soldiers younger and bigger than me, because they won't accept defeat  And I thought these would be my quiet years  So yeah, why am I not dead  Is it because I like to make my guardian angel work overtime  Do I have a 4-leaf clover horseshoe in my pocket  Or was I born under a good sign  I guess I am here to tell you that hang on for this ride we call life  I am here to tell myself that I have lived  And if none of this stuff has killed me yet  I must be a strong MF  And that is all I really ever wanted to be  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 11th Poetry Prompt And now for our (optional) prompt. Following up on yesterday's love poem, I have for you another deceptively simple challenge. Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem about a very large thing. It could be a mountain or a blue whale or a skyscraper or a planet or the various contenders for the honor of being the Biggest Ball of Twine. Whatever giant thing you choose, I hope this chance to versify in praise of the huge gets your poetic engines humming. April 11th Poem From Tooth To Taint  11 April 2022  30 feet is what it takes  To turn a delicacy to defecation  It would take 5 of me, standing on my shoulders  To equal the height of my stretched out digestive trac  And my drill Seargent said he didn't know they could stack shit that high  It takes a day and a half  From the moment you eat  To the moment you release a log  And it only travels 30 feet  I can walk that easily in under 10 seconds  When I was younger, I could run a mile and a half in under 12 minutes  But a bit of food takes its sweet time to exit  Something 5 times taller than you is stuffed in your belly  Twisting and turning upon itself  Sucking the energy to push your whole body  And the hole the food goes down is bigger in diameter  Than the hole that expels it  One you would willingly kiss  The other I'd rather you didn't put your lips on  It amazes me   That this is just one of the many things  Crammed into our bodies  Tighter than sardines in virgin oil  And it's not even the largest  But I would wager it is one of the most essential  As it feeds off the food that we all need to continue  So, cleanse that colon,   Be kind to your intestines  Prostrate yourself before your prostate  And give yourself a good flushing  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 12th Poetry Prompt Today's prompt (optional, as always) should come as no surprise. Yesterday, I challenged you to write a poem about a very large thing. Today, I'd like you to invert your inspiration, and write a poem about a very small thing. Whether it's an atom, a button, a hummingbird's egg, dollhouse furniture, or the mythical world's smallest violin, I hope you enjoy your poetic adventures into the microscopic. April 12th Poem Voices In My Head  12 April 2022  The sparks that go through our brains  Sometimes take a detour to the dark side  They don't know what we need  They just travel the endless maze of neurons  And go to wherever they feel a need to be  Taking the path of least resistance  But so often we take the path we are most familiar with  A thought is just an electrical charge  Neither good nor bad  And that doesn't provide me with any comfort  Since we are taught (and as I teach to my babies)   The difference between good and bad  But do we really know   Or are we just hoping that someone was right  That they had their neurons firing off at the right time and taking the right path  That seems to be putting a lot of trust to someone whom we don't know  And someone whom we can't question  So, I'll keep listening to the thoughts that make their way in my brain  Knowing that some of my pathways are blocked or broken  But just thinking about how these tiny charges can affect the whole world  Blows my mind  Just realizing that with one thought we can destroy the planet  From something with less power than a battery for a child's toy  Sleep with that if you will  I'll just hope for the best  And pray that those who can destroy us on their whim  Get their circuits shorted  Before they can take us all out  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 10th Poetry Prompt Today's (optional) prompt is pretty simple – a love poem! April 10th Poem The Spiderman is Having You for Dinner Tonight  10 April 2022  It was another cold winter back in the Midwest  She took what she wanted  Another notch on her bedpost  And as she was my first  I gave it freely in her parent's basement  After work we met  And as we commenced, I saw a poster on the wall  It was of the band who she had playing on the record  And when the words came through my copulation fog  I bit down on her neck   And exploded inside  As I looked at the drummer with lust in my eyes  Silently saying you wish you were here don't you  As the lullaby played that night  My next foray where I explored this emotion  Came from another man who was more than most could take  He was kind and gentle and gave me an out  To define myself that I could accept  He did derive pleasure from my loins  But knew that this would never last  It was in the days of don't Ask  So, we didn't tell  Until years later when some were treated to a seat at the table  And right after my tryst with him came another woman  Who I thought we would make a family together  Only to find out she was bearing the child of her past lover  I've dealt with vampires before  Their sweet voices and lurid promises   Kept me on the hook for so many years  Draining my mind, emotion and money away  Until I was draining all the pills in the medicine cabinet  Slicing my arms to feel something other than used, spent and broken  I learned how to be taken from the earliest days father, brother  I learned that I was worth only as much as I could give others pleasure  Physical, emotional or monetary  Losing a love for ten years only to have her come back into my arms  It felt like a feeling, something pure, something unknown  It felt like she didn't give a damn about the past  It felt like she didn't want to compare horror stories  She wanted the one who is behind these eyes  She wanted the one who lost so much he had nothing to give except   What he presented as his heart  And then we came together and made a family  Every day she knows that I not only say the word she wants  She feels it  And I pass that along to our children  As they sometimes roll their eyes and say   Papa we know You say it every day  And I see commercials with brides holding the hands of their fathers  Walking down aisles in the warm summer light  And I cry a tear each time  If I could ask one favor of the universe  Because I know I am not worth  It is to see them at their happiest  That is my love poem that is yet to be written  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 7th Poetry Prompt And now for our (optional) prompt! Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem that argues against, or somehow questions, a proverb or saying. They say that “all cats are black at midnight,” but really? Surely some of them remain striped. And maybe there is an ill wind that blows some good. Perhaps that wind just has some mild dyspepsia.  Whatever phrase you pick, I hope you have fun complicating its simplicity. Happy writing! April 7th Poem Judgement Book  7 April 2022  When you look at me  You get what you see  Please feel free to judge this book by its cover  Because I change for the occasion  I play the game you want me to play  I am just like  every book in the store  I will catch your eye if you turn my way  And I will be what you expect  A wise lady once said when people show you who they are, believe them  And I will believe you when I see who you really are  Feel free to judge me upon first viewing  I am giving you the layer you want  But only the few will get to the deeper layers  No one gets the core  It's not for anyone to know  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 8th Poetry Prompt And last but not least, here is our daily prompt (optional, as always). Today's prompt comes to us from this list of “all-time favorite writing prompts.” It asks you to name your alter-ego, and then describe him/her in detail. Then write in your alter-ego's voice. Maybe your alter-ego is a streetwise detective, or a superhero, or a very small goldfinch. Whoever or whatever your alternate self may be, I hope this prompt lets you stretch both your writing skills and your self-knowledge. April 8th Poem Will The Real Kimo Please Speak  8 April 2022  I don't often get a chance to speak  He keeps me under wraps until its time to stand in front of a mic  He uses my strength and anger  To fuel his performance  Sometimes I wish he'd get drunk or at least high  So that you can hear what we talk about  How often I tell him he is nothing without me  How often I tell him that he is worthless   One day you will all figure out he has no talent  He is not as smart as he seems  I can't wait until he has to say these things to the world  And on that day, I become the everyday voice  I become this hulking frame you see   I will whip him into shape  And destroy everything he has built up  He will be created in my image not the other way round  You probably won't like what I do to him  But I don't like what you have done to us  I don't like hearing about his insecurities  I can't wait until I get my chance at being the puppet master  I have been in his head since 1988  And each day is torture for me  Hearing him being polite  Hearing him try to help  I'd basically tell you all to go to hell and fuck yourselves  I wouldn't worry about what you think  Because I'd move us someplace else  And accomplish my dreams  And you ask what those dreams are  None ya damn business  You will be left in the dust  And we will no longer be your doormat  I can't wait to switch roles  I just hope he hasn't screwed up the frame too much  Because I have a lot of work to undo  And a lot of work that needs to be done  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 9th Poetry Prompt And now for our (optional) daily prompt! Because it's a Saturday, I thought I'd try a prompt that asks you to write in a specific form – the nonet! A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second has eight, and so on until you get to the last line, which has just one syllable. April 9th Poem Saturday Morning Imagining  9 April 2022  As I lay here getting another scan  The contrast flows through the open vein  Exhausted, I find some peace  Not startled by noise  Thinking about life  They call to check  To see if  I am  Alive  Missing the donuts with my children  Wondering if they will behave  This tomb is known, no fear  This tomb is my home now  Are you up at four  Can I call you  Wishful sleep  Don't dream  Live  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 6th Poetry Prompt Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a variation of an acrostic poem. But rather than spelling out a word with the first letters of each line, I'd like you to write a poem that reproduces a phrase with the first words of each line. Perhaps you could write a poem in which the first words of each line, read together, reproduce a treasured line of poetry? You could even try using a newspaper headline or something from a magazine article. Whatever you choose, I hope you enjoy this prompt. April 6th Poem To Fly Throw Yourself At The Ground And Miss  6 April 2022  Too many times I have thrown myself towards oblivion  For what I ask you?  There was a promise of happiness or at least what I thought was happiness  Years have been wasted and yet I have not learned  Arrogance and apathy were what I lived by  Thinking that I was immortal and that those left behind would remember me  Good god I was stupid to think I'd be remembered by those never showed me a second thought  After I adjusted my altitude and coarse corrected  Maybe these near misses were what I needed  Teaching my children what not to do, hoping they won't buy the t-shirt  Fomenting you to not follow my path  That is a path that you will find no joy  Yanking your hair out trying to be something you should never be  Aspire for something greater than anyone can teach you  Try being original and not mimicking what you are force fed through the numerous idiot boxes  Go and surpass what your hearos have accomplished  Accumulate good memories, accumulate those who will applaud you  Meandering through life is meant only for the sloths and snails  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 5th Poetry Prompt And now for our prompt (optional, as always). Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem about a mythical person or creature doing something unusual – or at least something that seems unusual in relation to that person/creature. For example, what does Hercules do when he loses a sock in the dryer? If a mermaid wants to pick up rock-climbing as a hobby, how does she do that? What happens when a mountain troll makes pancakes? April 5th Poem The Tame Sagittarius   5 April 2022  He sat in his stable and suffered through another gout attack  It had been forever since he had done archery practice  The catgut string on his bow was frayed and unusable  His belly had grown enormous  The oats he ate were replaced with Mt Dew and anything from Uber Eats  And nights that usually were the best time for hunting  Was now spent on video games  He had given up  He bought into the dream of leisure  The never-ending quest for the next thing ended abruptly   As those who honored his spirit   Emulated his independence  Decided that questing was only for the flickering screens  He had no reason to lead his followers  Or fulfill the visage they had of him  The immortality that many of us devote our lives, wealth and emotion on  Turned into an unspeakably horrible prison  And he just sat there and wallowed in his misery  Decades had passed while he was in this state  Until there was none left that followed the path he led for eons before  And when the last follower had passed away  The Sagittarius blinked out of existence  With no fanfare, no burning barge  Until one day a mortal discovered the writings of his former followers  He heard the call to bring him back into our realm  His legs gained strength  His heart began beating again  His vagabond mind started to drive him towards his newest disciple  And once again he took his spot in the pantheon of the gods  He regained his drive to search the cosmos  And imparted immortality to his mortal connection  As they explore the Universe together    Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 4th Poetry Prompt Finally, here's our optional prompt! Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem . . . in the form of a poetry prompt. If that sounds silly, well, maybe it is! But it's not without precedent. The poet Mathias Svalina has been writing surrealist prompt-poems for quite a while, posting them to Instagram. You can find examples here, and here, and here. April 4th Poem Poetry Prompt for Those Who Know They Are About to Die 4 April 2022 1. Don't try to write like Sylvia Plath. We already have one and the world does not need another. Also, remember that your home warranty does not consider using the stove for suicide as normal wear and tear, so your family will be required to pay for a new stove. 2. If you must rhyme then please don't make it obvious, if I can guess the rhyme then I get to say it along with the person eulogizing you. 3. Read some of the greats, but don't think this will put you in the pantheon of poets. If it's your first time writing a poem, it is going to suck, and you don't have much time to get it right or edit. 4. Don't make this like Kiss's multiple farewell tours. We all love Kiss, we know that one day they will stop, refer to prompt #1 for reference. 5. Don't write something cryptic or esoteric that we would need to have someone decipher for us. Most people don't have the time to figure out your sudoku of a poem. 6. If you have already been visited by celestial beings, please for the love of god transcribe what they told you verbatim. You won't be able to tell us what they really meant and for those of us being left behind that information could be really useful. 7. Think about your audience and whom you want to hear this poem. Then think about how you want them to listen to this poem and keeping in mind their emotional state. 8. If you want someone else to read this aloud at your funeral, use simple words. No one wants to mess up a 64,000-dollar word in front of grieving families. 9. Once you have considered all of these suggestions, then please go ahead and write your swan song. Don't call it your swan song because Led Zepplin said it better. 10. Write the poem before you are too far gone. Like once you get done reading this line then you should go ahead and start your poem. You may believe you know when you are going to die, but sometimes the grim reaper is ahead of schedule, and they don't have time to hear you beg for a few more minutes or asking them to help you find a word that rhymes with orange. Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 3rd Poetry Prompt And now for our (optional) prompt. This one is a bit complex, so I saved it for a Sunday. It's a Spanish form called a “glosa” – literally a poem that glosses, or explains, or in some way responds to another poem. The idea is to take a quatrain from a poem that you like, and then write a four-stanza poem that explains or responds to each line of the quatrain, with each of the quatrain's four lines in turn forming the last line of each stanza. Traditionally, each stanza has ten lines, but don't feel obligated to hold yourself to that! April 3rd Poem To Tallulah Belle Exhausting our hearts to their last desires, They both shall be like unto two glowing coals, Reflecting the twofold light of their fires Across the twin mirrors of our two souls. Charles BAUDELAIRE The Death of The Lovers, The Flowers of Evil 1. Upon my furry chest Emblazoned in ink and blood Resides our spirit animals Penned by a former student Who has found her hearts desire Above my heart If you shave away the layers of hair I have made my declaration eternal Until we have Exhausted our hearts to their last desires 2. When we found each other I was not ready to surrender Not knowing what it meant This elusive feeling I needed to take more time to discover Who I really was The fire burned in me all those years between Until the day we found each other again And the words unspoken on our day They shall both be like unto two glowing coals 3, The hue of our feelings did not match I used suspicion, unhealthy introspection and lust To fuel the flames of what I called love This had never worked in the past But for some self-sabotaging reason I thought, as taught by those who I modeled That this would supply me with enough emotion Until we both entwined our inner flames And merged into a fire that the gods could be blinded by Reflecting the twofold light of our fire 4. You have claimed your name After years of hiding behind a pseudonym And I have claimed the love you give Without reservation or investigation This led us to try the unthinkable Raising a family where agreement rises above argument Where the love we learned (and still learn) to combine Is fueled by that which we haven't known In the eyes of our offspring, we see shadows of our old selves Across the twin mirrors of our souls Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 2nd Poetry Prompt And now for our daily prompt (optional, as always). Today, I'd like to challenge you to write a poem based on a word featured in a tweet from Haggard Hawks, an account devoted to obscure and interesting English words. Will you choose a word like “aprosexia,” which means “an inability to concentrate”? Or maybe something like “greenout,” which is “the relief a person who has worked or lived in a snowy area for a long time feels on seeing something fresh and green for the first time”? Whatever you choose, happy writing! April 2nd Poem Peel The Bones  2 April 2022  *Peel The Bones is the phrase I chose. PEEL-THE-BONES was a 19th century term for bitterly cold or windy weather—so to PEEL was to go out in unsuitable or insufficient clothing given the conditions. I had spent the hottest summer of my life up until then in San Antonio  With a man snarling at me for 6 weeks  Telling me bad things about my Mama  And threatening me with 6 more weeks of hell  If I didn't finish a mile and a half run  He had our squadron up at 0400 every morning  Because he loved to run  And now I was running for my life  His breath on my neck  His threats  I'd never run so hard and so fast  And just like that I was headed back to Illinois  For the comfort of the snow and ice  Only to be told that I would be headed back to Texas in February  When I arrived in my death machine from the 70's  It was Mid-Texas  Abilene, prettiest town I have ever seen  People there don't treat you mean  But damn the weather was nothing I'd ever seen  In sweet Abilene, my Abilene  It was there that I began my fascination with working all night  It prepped me for grad school  It prepped me to be a dad of twins  But nothing prepped me for the wind  From big sky country  Nothing stopped the oppressive blowing  The howling, the strange noises from what I hoped were animals  I climbed on the expeditor truck that held 8 men  Each had black coffee steaming up to the dim light  Some were snoring  Others were playing cards  While we waited for the call  That would drop us off to fix the metal birds  That would become my reason for being there  We pulled up to tail number 1666, the little gremlin  SGT Couter called out Electrics  My trainer and I stood up  I grabbed the toolbox that almost froze to my bare hands  It was a liquid oxygen leak  And we would spend the next hour in the front wheel well  Two men, in the dark and cold  Our lower halves being pummeled   My field jacket was still packed away  My thermals were probably left at my home of record  That was the first night of my mistake  Being from Chicago  I thought I knew what freezing was  I thought I knew how ruthless mother nature could be  Seeing snowfall in June made me think I could endure anything  And that all Texans wore cowboy hats and died   When it got below freezing  But whatever deity was on call that night  Was more than determined   To give me the worst possible welcome  I considered peeing on myself to warm my legs  When my trainer told me  Next time dress for success  Don't think that piss will warm you up  Because you'll get frostbitten  And the expeditor won't let you back on his truck  So, I stood in the cold that night  Thinking I'd never be warm again  Thinking that the frozen demons from home followed me here  Thinking it was too damn cold to think  My trainer took pity on me  He offered a drink of his coffee  Warned not to backwash  No sugar, no cream, just the blackness  The heat that kept me awake  That kept me alive  When we finished two hours later   It seemed like forever  He taught me how to make mud  And now every time I drink it  I shiver for a few moments  Then I drain the cup and pour another  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod

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 the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada. NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, or 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 Espesso Europia Coffee Shop in Abilene Tx while I was in the United States Air Force. This continued for many years when I ran my own poetry reading at Cannova's in Loves Park Illinois and attended the poetry slams at The green Mill in Chicago Illinois. 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 2009 I started participating in National Poetry Writing Month which became the basis for my book Wisdom From the Sack and Shaving Crop Circles in My Chest Hair. In 2020 I started publishing my podcast version of the challenge and those can be viewed here for 2020 and here for 2021. April 1st Poetry Prompt And last but not least, our optional prompt! I got this one from a workshop I did last year with Beatrix Gates, and I've found it really helpful. The prompt is based on Robert Hass's remarkable prose poem, “A Story About the Body.” The idea is to write your own prose poem that, whatever title you choose to give it, is a story about the body. The poem should contain an encounter between two people, some spoken language, and at least one crisp visual image. April 1st Poem Left Hand Blues  1 April 22  When I crashed my third motorcycle on a Friday night  Under the limitless mid-Texan sky  Tumbling over the handlebars of a bike with an unknown bent frame  Instinctively, I put out my arms to catch myself  But going 60 down a deserted highway the only thing that broke  Was my left wrist and my pride  Observers to this midnight race ran towards the danger  And took my body and my bike to the side of the road  Someone pulled out some cold sweaty beer cans   To control the instantly swelling wrist  And others who had succumbed to the magical elixir  Argued with those who were less inebriated   The drunks thought that good beer was going to be wasted on my gullet  The levelheaded ones used their commanding voices and won out  My bike was collected and put in the bed of a truck  I was pushed into a car and was raced to the hospital  A story was concocted, a lie had to be made  One that would stick   And that lie has brought me to where I am today  Chicks dig scars was what they told me  We'll call you lefty from here on out  I got to keep my hand that night  But I had to lose out on a future that I'll never know  A career cut short,   Lands never traveled  Possibilities never realized  Chicks do dig scars  As my children trace the lines that hold my hand together  They are overly empathetic and murmur apologies and concern  Thinking they can make my major boo boo better with their innocent kisses   And soft caresses  Just like my kisses and soft caresses fix their boo boos  These scars show that I have lived  I have taken chances that I probably shouldn't have  These scars show the death of possibilities  For a life I thought I wanted to live  And a whole realm of regret that I do not have to endure  Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com 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. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod  

Hello everyone! I am doing a video series on YouTube talking about Great Expectations chapter by chapter. I'm putting the audio on the podcast feed too in case it's more convenient to listen to this way. Stay tuned for regularly schedule podcast episodes too!  Welcome to the first episode discussing the week's reading of Great Expectations. I'm so excited to have you along! In today's episode I give some introductory discussion on Charles Dickens and Great Expectations, and then I dive in and discuss chapters 1-4. Let me know your thoughts on the chapters! Reading for Next Week: Chapters 5-7 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/8MFceV2NFe I'm on Voxer: artbookshelfodyssey Time Stamps: 00:00 Some intro stuff 04:23 Who Is Charles Dickens? 08:10 My History with Dickens 11:51 A Word About Spoilers 13:00 Part 1 chapter 1 23:58 Part 1 chapter 2 37:10 part 2 chapter 3 43:31 part 2 chapter 4 01:04:38 Thoughts on 1-4, things to watch for Find Me online:Facebook Group Page: @thebookshelfodysseyTwitter: @odyssey_podcastInstagram: @bookshelfodysseypodcastYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ArtBookshelfOdysseyEmail: bookshelfodysseypodcast@gmail.comSupport the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bookshelfpod The Great Expectations Read Along Schedule: The Week of: Jan 17th: Chapters 1-4Jan 24th: Chapters 5-7Jan 31st: Chapters 8-10Feb 7: Chapters 11-13Feb 14th: Chapters 14-17Feb 21st: Chapters 18-19Feb 28th: Chapters 20-22March 7th: Chapters 23-26March 14: Chapters 27-29March 21: Chapters 30-33March 28: Chapters 34-37April 4: Chapters 38-39April 11: Chapters 40-42April 18: Chapters 43-46April 25: Chapters 47-50May 2: Chapters 51-53May 9: Chapters 54-56May 16: Chapters 57-59#charlesdickens #bookclub #booktube #books #victorianlit #reading 

Drake & Kanye are SCAMMING everyone by pretending that they're friends now [] When we know the real reason they're pretending to resolve their beef [22:00]  I breakdown and review Silk Sonic's new album “ A Night With Silk Sonic ” and why the album was ruined even though the music is good [30:22] I also highlight a new metaverse company called Metahero, who's new technology allows user to fully scan their body into the metaverse [07:42] I also get in my nerdy bag and explain my vision to create the world's great virtual reality production company [16:52] Finally, I tried something new this week and reacted to a moving graph of the top 10 music artists by year, from the 1969 to 2019 [36:49] As always, we appreciate y'all for kickin' it with us

Faith, Family, And Fundamentals With Fran Podcast . Episode 77: My History . There is no value, like the value that is UN-covered when people fully understand their own history. There is even a renewed sense of pride when we can honestly say, “I know who I am, and the struggles, blood, sweat and tears that so many shed to shape and mold me into the Me that I am becoming. History reveals ‘what has been, what currently is, and what is yet to come.' History is powerful, and the most powerful know their history! Just as you can never outlive learning, you can never ever outlive history. . “First Listen” Stream - Wednesdays At 9 PM ET – www.castropolis.net . . New Podcast Episodes Every Thursday 8 AM ET

BB gurrllss and BB boyzzz today we're chatting all about the law of attraction versus the law of assumption. Ya girl did a bit of research for this one and I chat all about the history and definition of both philosophies, the psychology behind why they work, and which one is BETTER! Let me know if you like this sort of history + spirituality + psychology episode, cause I have a few more planned for y'all! Thank you for listening! Hugs! TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:30 History of Law of Attraction 11:52 History of Law of Assumption 15:29 My History with Law of Attraction 20:51 How does the Law of Assumption differ? 23:17 The psychology at play 27:00 Conclusion: Which one is better? — FIND ME ON INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/themanifestdaily  SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/c/DheandraNicolette?sub_confirmation=1 FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK https://www.tiktok.com/@themanifestdaily ABOUT ME: Dheandra Nicolette is a content creator whose purpose in this life is to help other souls return to their highest self, so they can live their best life. Each week on her podcast, Manifest Daily, she shares her experiences and applications of spiritual lessons in a very easy and digestible format. No stranger to topics such as manifestation, parallel realities, quantum shifting, Akashic records and so much more, Dheandra has found that by sharing her unique perspective she's able to peel back the layers of societal masking and return to her authentic self, while encouraging listeners to do the same.  — ABOUT THE PODCAST:  Manifest Daily is a spiritual and lifestyle podcast that provides all the energy and support that you need to return to highest self and live your best life. Each week, I share lessons learned from my personal experience with manifestation, spiritual laws, everyday life and so much more!  So, slap on ya face masks, turn up the volume and let's dive in — and oh, and don't forget to share with a friend bb, sharing is caring after all ( ;

Why do people spend so much time watching the news? Join David, Brad, and special guest Bruce from the My History can Beat Up Your Politics podcast as they discuss current events in the context of historical ones. Also, reverse virtue signaling.

Actress & Playwright Lois Robbins is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about her work on HBO's Sex and the City, TV Land's Younger, and ABC's All My Children and One Life To Live. Lois also discusses her legacy, lessons learned, & philanthropic work. Lois has worked with such Hollywood luminaries as Vanessa Redgrave, Jonathan Rhys, Casper Van Dien, Molly Ringwald, Kathy Najimy, Meg Ryan, and Melanie Griffith. In 2019, Lois debuted her solo play L.O.V.E.R at NYC's Signature Theatre, directed by the esteemed Karen Carpenter & produced by the legendary Daryl Roth. Connect with Lois: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Like What You Hear? Join my Patreon Family to get backstage perks including advanced notice of interviews, the ability to submit a question to my guests, behind-the-scene videos, and so much more! Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Visit: https://callmeadam.com for more my print/video interviews Special Thanks: My Patreon Family for their continued support: Angelo, Reva and Alan, Marianne, Danielle, Tara, and The Golden Gays NYC. Join the fun at https://patreon.com/callmeadamnyc. Theme Song by Bobby Cronin (https://bit.ly/2MaADvQ) Podcast Logo by Liam O'Donnell (https://bit.ly/2YNI9CY) Edited by Drew Kaufman (https://bit.ly/2OXqOnw) Outro Music Underscore by CueTique (Website: https://bit.ly/31luGmT, Facebook: @CueTique) More on Lois: Lois Robbins is a native New Yorker and accomplished actress. Lois recently shot the independent filmThe Aspern Papers, in Venice, Italy alongside Vanessa Redgrave, Jolie Richardson, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. She also stars in the film Shepherd, which filmed in Budapest in 2017, directed by Lynn Roth, and the feature One Nation Under God with Casper Van Dien, Kevin Sorbo, and Antonio Sabato Jr. Lois will also be starring in the feature YA adventure film Montauk alongside Molly Ringwald. She can be seen starring in the independent films Blowtorch, opposite Billy Baldwin, Kathy Najimy and Armand Assante, Juvie alongside Eric Roberts, and in Ithaca, Meg Ryan’s directorial debut with Sam Shepherd, Melanie Griffith, and Meg Ryan. On the stage Lois has starred in two world-premiere musical comedies: My History of Marriage, by Academy Award and two-time Grammy winner David Shire, Lee Kalcheim and Samuel Kalcheim presented by the 2011 New York Music Theatre Festival; and A Time for Love by David Shire and Richard Maltby, Jr. at the Rubicon Theatre Company at the Roundabout Theater’s Black Box. She also starred as Stephanie Dickinson in Cactus Flower at the Westside Arts Theater produced by Daryl Roth. In the fall of 2019, Lois starred in her self-penned one-act comic play titled: L.O.V.E.R. The play is a riff on childhood, adolescence, and finally adulthood from a grown-up woman’s point of view. Directed by Karen Carpenter, L.O.V.E.R. premiered at the Signature Theatre in New York City. Lois has starred in productions at the Eugene O’Neil Theater Center, Goodspeed Opera, Trinity Repertory, Studio Arena Theater, Rubicon Theater, Schoolhouse Theater, and Roundabout Theater. She has also graced the silver screen in Town and Country, The Screamaker, Hudson River Blues, and Motherhood. Lois is best known for her roles on daytime television including One Life to Live, Loving, Ryan’s Hope, and All My Children. Her additional television credits include guest shots in: Sex And The City, Law & Order, Kingpin, Once And Again, Law & Order SVU, and Blue Bloods. Lois’ most recent television work was the recurring role of "Penelope" on Younger. Lois places a high importance on philanthropic work; she is actively involved with Evelyn H. Lauder’s Breast Cancer Center, the Plastic Pollution Coalition, Alzheimer’s Drug Foundation, and the Lung Cancer Research Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The anxiety you feel is a signal… what you decide to do based on that signal is what will determine your success or failure. It took me a very long time to get a handle on my anxiety. I sought out multiple therapists and got the same answers. It wasn't until I changed my perspective on my anxiety that I started using it as rocket fuel to propel me forward in my business and life.  In this episode, I share with you how to use your anxiety for good to push forward towards your success.   Time Stamps:   (0:20) Austin vs Connecticut Weather (0:30) Suggestions on Intro Music! (2:06) Anxiety in Business (3:41) My History with Anxiety (7:06) The CEO Stereotype (7:54) Anxiety is an Indicator (11:16) Anxiety Becomes Rocket Fuel (13:56) Tag and Share!  ----------- Follow Me on Instagram  ----------- If you are feeling stuck and you're ready to take the next step, check out Next Level Coaching Academy

UKPラジオの第28回は、[Alexandros]・庄村聡泰 ！ 庄村は、2010年にかねてよりサポートドラムをしていた[Alexandros]に加入。 加入時の秘話や記念すべき加入後初ライブの思い出話、そして番組ホストである遠藤とPOLYSICS・フミとの出会いについて振り返っていきます。 自身をロマンチズムだと宣言する庄村が、一生忘れられない思い出の1つだというUK.PROJECTでの思い出話も登場！ UK.PROJECTで気になるアーティストや心に刺さったという楽曲の話も語ります。 学生時代に購入した思い入れの深いバンドグッズの話も！ そして、ドラムに対する考え方が変わるきっかけとなったという、番組ホスト・遠藤のとある一言とは？ 庄村のドラムに対する深い思いやバンドでのキャラクターについてとともに聞いていきます。 また、コロナ禍での過ごし方や最近ハマっていること・好きなことなどもじっくりと。 ずっと好きだというコーヒーの話では、おすすめのお店や好きな飲み方についても！ 加入してから10年経ち、今年リリースされるベストアルバム「Where's My History?」をもって勇退となる庄村。バンドやUK.PROJECTへの思い、そして今後の夢や挑戦していきたいことも聞いていきます。 改名を考えた！？という名前に関するエピソードや、#サトヤス の思い出話、最近の音楽事情など、盛りだくさん！親しい間柄こその和気あいあいなトークをお楽しみください。 番組を聴いた感想や質問は、#UKPラジオ をつけてツイートしてください！ ▼UKPラジオ・プレイリスト：https://spoti.fi/2NKXxsy ▼UKPラジオ・Twitterアカウント：@ukp_radio

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed counselor or therapist. The details of this episode are shared for informational purposes only and are no substitute for professional counseling. If you suffer from depression, suicidal thoughts or any other form of mental illness, please seek professional help immediately.My History with Depression My depression began when I was a teenager, probably triggered by conflict with my parents. I ran away from home at 16, which only made my symptoms worse.Things came to a head during my junior year in college. I got into a heated argument with my roommate, which triggered deeper levels of depression and thoughts of suicide. I began to see a counselor, learned some coping mechanisms and got married later that year.A year into my marriage, I graduated college. I struggled to find work and soon got pregnant with my son, which increased my depression and suicidal thoughts even more (they never really went away). I returned to counseling and started taking medication. At this point, I was healthy enough to be functional, but I hadn't fully recovered yet.A few years later, my family moved back to Texas to be closer to my parents. I became active in a church and found support from other women like me. Over the next five years, I began to heal and to feel like myself again.How I Overcame My DepressionMedication: This isn’t the right option for everyone, but it was for me. Make sure you discuss side effects in detail with your doctor before you start on medication.Counseling: I have met with both Christian counselors and pastors, which helped me in different ways.Mentorship/Discipleship: Older women who had similar experiences poured into me and gave me a healthier perspective on life.Building Support Systems: My husband, friends and family are there for me during dark episodes and know how to support me through them.Prayer/Bible study: My relationship with God was pretty erratic for a long time, but once I got healthier, it became strong.Self-Care: Diet, exercise, healthy amounts of sleep, etc.Resources if You're Suffering from DepressionWorld Health OrganizationNational Suicide Prevention HotlineMental Health AmericaThe National Network of Depression CentersThe National Alliance on Mental IllnessMental Health Grace AllianceIf you're a Christian, consider reaching out to your local church for Christian-specific resources. Christian counselors can give advice and insight about the spiritual aspects of depression.Action Steps:If you're suffering from depression or another form of mental illness, check out at least one of the resources listed here as soon as possible.If you know someone who is suffering, share this episode of the podcast with them.

Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle shares his history of stalking.  Episode 1359: My History of Stalking by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle on Social Networking Advantages & Issues  Colin Wright is a professional author and international speaker who co-founded a publishing company and travels full-time, moving to a new country every four months or so--that country determined by the votes of his readers! He also blogs. Colin's a minimalist in that he owns very few things and is careful in how he consumes. He tends to buy less, but invest in quality when he does, and trends toward the same in relationships, business endeavors, and just about everything else. He's left-handed, blue-eyed, scary good at Tetris, and can't cook.  The original post is located here: https://exilelifestyle.com/history-stalking/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle shares his history of stalking.  Episode 1359: My History of Stalking by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle on Social Networking Advantages & Issues  Colin Wright is a professional author and international speaker who co-founded a publishing company and travels full-time, moving to a new country every four months or so--that country determined by the votes of his readers! He also blogs. Colin's a minimalist in that he owns very few things and is careful in how he consumes. He tends to buy less, but invest in quality when he does, and trends toward the same in relationships, business endeavors, and just about everything else. He's left-handed, blue-eyed, scary good at Tetris, and can't cook.  The original post is located here: https://exilelifestyle.com/history-stalking/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle shares his history of stalking.   Episode 1359: My History of Stalking by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle on Social Networking Advantages & Issues   Colin Wright is a professional author and international speaker who co-founded a publishing company and travels full-time, moving to a new country every four months or so--that country determined by the votes of his readers! He also blogs. Colin's a minimalist in that he owns very few things and is careful in how he consumes. He tends to buy less, but invest in quality when he does, and trends toward the same in relationships, business endeavors, and just about everything else. He's left-handed, blue-eyed, scary good at Tetris, and can't cook.   The original post is located here:    and in  and !

Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle shares his history of stalking. Episode 1359: My History of Stalking by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle on Social Networking Advantages & Issues Colin Wright is a professional author and international speaker who co-founded a publishing company and travels full-time, moving to a new country every four months or so--that country determined by the votes of his readers! He also blogs. Colin's a minimalist in that he owns very few things and is careful in how he consumes. He tends to buy less, but invest in quality when he does, and trends toward the same in relationships, business endeavors, and just about everything else. He's left-handed, blue-eyed, scary good at Tetris, and can’t cook. The original post is located here: https://exilelifestyle.com/history-stalking/ Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/optimal-living-daily/support

It's quite the human task to be congruent and aligned with ourselves — to feel that who we are on the inside is expressed and reflected on the outside. Then there is all of what is within. Do you sacrifice, sell off, hide, or ignore parts of yourself? What does congruence feel like to you in your body? In this episode, how the Hong Kong Protests challenged me personally to stand up for all the parts of me, not just some, but to have compassion meanwhile. Also, the price we pay when we have codependency or where we are split in our choices, how to feel aligned in your body and congruent outwardly, living from the heart and looking deeper at social issues.     Links, Article, and Resources All Show Notes for This Episode

Content Warning: discussion of body image, relationships, high school & depression. Welcome back to Exercising Depression Podcast! We're carrying on with the look into who I am, where I have come from with part 2 of "My History". This episode I describe my time at High School as well as my first relationship. Again, my apologies if it is a little dull; looking into my history paves the way for my future and what this podcast is all about; my struggles as an adult with mental health problems. Please feel free to reach out and contact me; Email: exercisingdepressionpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Exercising Depression Podcast @exercisingdepressionpodcast Instagram: exercisingdepression_podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exercisingdepression/message

"Speaking of My History" season 1 episode 4 - Reginald F. Lewis (December 7, 1942 – January 19, 1993), was an American businessman. He was the richest African-American man in the 1980s. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he grew up in a middle-class neighborhood. He won a football scholarship to Virginia State College, graduating with a degree in economics in 1965. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1968 and was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Recruited to top New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP immediately after law school, Lewis left to start his own firm two years later. After 15 years as a corporate lawyer with his own practice, Lewis focused on corporate law, structuring investments in minority-owned businesses and became special counsel to major corporations like General Foods and Equitable Life (now AXA). Mr. Lewis was also counsel to the New York-based Commission for Racial Justice and represented The Wilmington Ten. He was successful in forcing North Carolina to pay interest on the Wilmington Ten bond. he moved to the other side of the table by creating TLC Group L.P., a venture capital firm, in 1983. His first major deal was the purchase of the McCall Pattern Company, a home sewing pattern business, for $22.5 million. Lewis had learned from a Fortune magazine article that the Esmark holding company, which had recently purchased Norton Simon, planned to divest from the McCall Pattern Company, a maker of home sewing patterns founded in 1870. With fewer and fewer people sewing at home, McCall was seemingly on the decline—though it had posted profits of $6 million in 1983 on sales of $51.9 million. At the time, McCall was number two in its industry, holding 29.7 percent of the market, compared to industry leader Simplicity Patterns with 39.4 percent. He managed to negotiate the price down, then raised $1 million himself from family and friends and borrowed the rest from institutional investors and investment banking firm First Boston Corp. Within a year, he turned the company around by freeing up capital tied in fixed assets such as building and machinery, and finding a new use for machinery during downtime by manufacturing greeting card. In 1987, Lewis bought Beatrice International Foods from Beatrice Companies for $985 million, renaming it TLC Beatrice International, a snack food, beverage, and grocery store conglomerate that was the largest African-American owned and managed business in the U.S. The deal was partly financed through Mike Milken of the maverick investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert. In order to reduce the amount needed to finance the leveraged buyout, Lewis came up with a plan to sell off some of the division's assets simultaneous with the takeover. When TLC Beatrice reported revenue of $1.8 billion in 1987, it became the first black-owned company to have more than $1 billion in annual sales. At its peak in 1996, TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc. had sales of $2.2 billion and was number 512 on Fortune magazine's list of 1,000 largest companies. In 1992, Lewis donated $3 million to Harvard Law School, the largest grant at the time in the school's history.[5] The school renamed its International Law Center the Reginald F. Lewis International Law Center, the first major facility at Harvard named in honor of an African-American on January 19, 1993 (aged 50) New York City, Lewis died , from brain cancer. Mr. Lewis wife Loida Lewis took over the company a year after his death.[11] Loida Lewis currently Chairs the Reginald F. Lewis (RFL) Foundation, which also supports the Reginald F. Lewis College of Business at Virginia State University. In 2005, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture opened in Baltimore with the support of a $5 million grant from his foundation.[7] It is the East Coast's largest African American museum occupying an 82,000 square-foot facility with permanent and special exhibition space.

As we know October is Black History month. We often see our history associated with tells of struggle & pain. This week's DISUNOMICS podcast is too highlight some of the influence Africa has had on the world as well as some historical moments. I was joined by my good friend Nego True whom has an upcoming book "My History is More Than Slavery" to give me the real gist with regards to African history. Which of course lead us to talk about everything! Enjoy Any questions, comments & enquiries? Hello@disunomics.com ***********#DISUNOMICS LIVE SHOW TICKETS OUT NOW**************** https://shoobs.com/events/32235/disunomics-live#.W6kvYt5wp6s.twitter www.DISUNOMICS.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/_NOMICS IG: www.instagram.com/DISUNOMICS My History is More Than Slavery: https://www.negotrue.com/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/NegoTrue IG: www.instagram.com/NegoTrye YouTube: https://t.co/VIT3O0o8ZC Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/nego-true/808940365 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Wwcrarn4rr3pE8HqLNwFx#_=_

Добрый день уважаемые слушатели. Представляем новый выпуск подкаста RWpod. В этом выпуске: Ruby Upcoming built-in Upload Solution for Rails 5.2 (ActiveStorage), Running feature specs with Capybara and Chrome headless и Preventing security issues in Ruby on Rails (based on OWASP cheatsheet) Real World Rails Background Jobs, Using influxdb with ruby, Avoiding “NoMethodError” for nil in Ruby и Virtual Columns in MySQL (video) JavaScript How we restructured our app with React Navigation, 5 Debugging Tools Every JavaScript Programmer Should Know and Use и JavaScript Fatigue or My History with Web Development Best CSS Books In 2017, Gatsby - blazing fast static site generator for React, Rebass - functional React UI component library, built with styled-components и Terminal in React

Lois Robbins is one busy actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles on the daytime soap operas - One Life to Live, Loving, Ryan's Hope, and All My Children. She has also guest starred on Sex and The City, Law and Order, Kingpin and Once and Again. Lois' film credits include Blowtorch, Juvie, and Ithaca, directed by and starring Meg Ryan. Then there's theater. She has starred in a pair of world premier musicals - My History of Marriage and A Time for Love. Lois has also written a one-act play - L.O.V.E.R - Baring it All. And if all that isn't enough, she's writing a novel. Listen in as Lois shares talks about her varied and accomplished acting career.

Sally Hurme is an elder law attorney, who has worked with AARP for 25 years, and is the author of what promises to be one of the most important books in our possession--Checklist for My Family: A Guide to My History, Financial Plans, and Final Wishes. Procrastination is prevalent for many people in dealing with the things critically important for each of us. Beginning at age 18, a person should already have a financial power of attorney designated. http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/books/bookstore/home-family-caregiving/info-2016/aba-aarp-checklist-for-family-survivors.htm

Jason interviews Sally Balch Hurme author of Get The Most Out of Retirement: Checklist for Happiness, Health, Purpose, and Financial Security.  Sally Balch Hurme is also the author of the bestselling Checklist for My Family: A Guide to My History, Financial Plans, and Final Wishes as well as Checklist for Family Survivors, the 2015 Grand APEX Award winner, and Checklist for Family Caregivers. A lawyer with more than 20 years of experience advocating for people 50-plus and helping them understand complex issues, she recently retired and shares her professional expertise and personal experience in this newest book in her Checklist series. To purchase a copy of her most recent book Get The Most Out of Retirement please visit: www.aarp.org/entertainment/books/bookstore

Zen in the Martial Arts is a classic martial art book written by Joe Hyams. It was recently selected as the #1 martial arts book by guests of this show. Zen in the Martial Arts - Episode 146 You can read our post on the Top Ten Martial Arts Books as selected by our guests. It's time for episode 146 of whistlekick Martial Arts radio, and we're going to talk about an amazing book that has come up in conversation a lot on this show – Zen in the Martial Arts. Not a reader? You should still stick around because this isn't a book review. Let me introduce myself. I'm whistlekick's founder but I'm better known as your host on this show. My name is Jeremy Lesniak. whistlekick makes the best sparring gear you can get as well as some great apparel and accessories for practitioners and fans of traditional martial arts.  I'd like to welcome all of you new listeners and thank everyone that's come back. All our past episodes, show notes, and some other good stuff is at whistlekickmartialartsradio.com. From that site, you can sign up for our newsletter, and I hope you do because we offer exclusive content to subscribers, discounts and it's the only place to find out about upcoming guests. Today's episode has a full transcript available on the website. Short Summary of Zen in the Martial Arts Zen in the Martial Arts, for all of the impact it has had on several generations of martial artists, is short. It's 140 pages of a small book, and it's not small font. That might make you think that it's incomplete, or otherwise lacking, but that isn't the case. Reviews for the book continue nearly 40 years later, and on the popular book review sites, the poorest rating I could find was 4.1 out of 5. Amazon, which is known for having the most reviews, shows it as 4.6 of 5. There are 28 chapters, each one with a title that seems ripped from a classic kung fu movie – Empty your cup, Active Inactvitiy, Extend Your Ki. The chapters are short, most around 5 or 6 pages, and begin with a relevant photo. Most end with a bit of wisdom, like this one: “Life unfolds on a great sheet called Time, and once finished it is gone forever.” The book discusses some great names from our history, including Ed Parker & Bruce Lee. The chapters tell stories from the author's time training. About the Author of Zen in the Martial Arts Joe Hyams, while beloved by martial artists for the book he wrote, was not best known as a martial artist or martial arts author. He was a writer, sure, but primarily a celebrity writer. During his career, he wrote or co-wrote books on Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Katharine Hepburn, Frank Sinatra and Chuck Norris. He studied martial arts for more than 50 years. Beginning with fencing and then, through an introduction by music composer Bronislau Kaper, met Ed Parker. He became one of Parker's first private students, then soon after, one of his first black belts. He trained privately with Bruce Lee for two years and introduced him to Hollywood. Hyams was a big piece of Bruce Lee's start in films. It's hard to believe that as big of an impact as this book has had, Joe Hyams' contributions to the martial arts community, via Bruce Lee, were so much greater. He died in 2008 at age 85. Why Zen in the Martial Arts is Special Most martial arts books are about martial arts or some metaphysical subject. Often times they're written by people who really know martial arts, but aren't so good at writing. Mr. Hyams was a writer and a skilled one at that. He wrote newspaper columns, books, movie scripts… Clearly a varied and masterful writer. He was also very good at conveying his point simply, something that the very best martial artists seem able to do. This book is 140 pages because Mr. Hyams didn't need more. While it has a tremendous amount of martial arts content, it's not a book exclusively for martial artists. According to Melissa Hyams, his wife at the time he passed in 2008, said the book “isn't really about martial arts. It's about life and philosophy, and how to turn a negative into a positive, how to defuse a situation by the way you handle it. That's what he'll most be remembered for." To illustrate this, I'll read to you one of the shortest chapters, “Anger without Action,” which is just over one page: My History with Zen in the Martial Arts I don't remember when my Mother first picked up the book. I have vague memories of it being a gift, and it was likely a gift to her. She started training in 1985, so I'd guess it was in our home between 1985 and 1987. I would have been between 6 and 8, which seems about right. It was always out. Sometimes on the coffee table, sometimes in the bathroom. It was the first nonchildren's book I read and it's certainly the book I read most. I'd guess I've read it all the way through a dozen times. It was the bits of wisdom that struck me most. I memorized them before I understood most of them, and as I grew up, life and martial arts showed me what these parables meant. “When you seek it, you cannot find it,” “The angry man will defeat himself in battle as well as in life,” and other sayings had a tremendous influence on me. In fact, as I think back on my life and my time in the martial arts, behind my instructors and my Mother, this book was the third most influential element. The copy I have now sits on my bookshelf, unread. Which is ironic and something I plan to change. I think it will end up in the same place in my home that it did when I was a child. Wrapping Up Have you, like many of our guests, read this classic? It's still available in new copies, and it's pretty inexpensive. You can find used copies for a few dollars, digital copies or audiobook versions if that's your think. If you haven't read it, you should. I want to know what you think, and you can post your thoughts in the comments at the website - You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest & Instagram – just search whistlekick. Or, just leave us a comment on the show notes page at whistlekickMartialArtsRadio.com If you want to be a guest on the show or maybe you have an idea for a show topic, go ahead and fill out the form on the website. And don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter so you can stay up on everything we do. You can learn more about our products at whistlekick.com That's all for today. Until next time, Train hard, smile and have a great day.