My testosterone theory on “House”
I have always had a theory about testosterone levels and aggressiveness, and this last episode of “House” pretty much makes my point. In this episode, a man chooses to let his testosterone level stay...
View ArticleIt’s no Eden.
A volunteering moment: A memory-impaired nonagenarian pats me on the butt. I just ignore it, since earlier today, for the first time, he actually conversed with me and willingly participated in a group...
View Articlepurity is bullshit, she says
Can you feel it? That big downhill slide we’re on? Pipe lines wrecking the rain forest, fracking wrecking the water, greenhouse gases wrecking the weather. The “big picture” is all wreck [sic] and...
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Mag #227
Magpie Tales is a blog “dedicated to the enjoyment of poets and writers, for the purpose of honing their craft, sharing it with like-minded bloggers, and keeping their muses alive and well.” Each week,...
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Mag #231
Magpie Tales is a blog “dedicated to the enjoyment of poets and writers, for the purpose of honing their craft, sharing it with like-minded bloggers, and keeping their muses alive and well.” Each week,...
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what a difference a Sharpie makes
Version 1 Sharpie version This is a piece of fabric I bought, thinking it would be fun to build a piece of wearable art around it. But then I noticed and hated the typical male-fantasy portrayal of...
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Mag #236
Magpie Tales is a blog “dedicated to the enjoyment of poets and writers, for the purpose of honing their craft, sharing it with like-minded bloggers, and keeping their muses alive and well.” Each week,...
View Articlepurity is bullshit, she says
Can you feel it? That big downhill slide we’re on? Pipe lines wrecking the rain forest, fracking wrecking the water, greenhouse gases wrecking the weather. The “big picture” is all wreck [sic] and...
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snazzy older men
“Snazzy.” Now, that’s a word that dates me. I just have to share this page from The Satorialist website that was left in a comment by Delaine Zody. Of course, just about all of those older men whose...
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Mag #211
Magpie Tales is a blog “dedicated to the enjoyment of poets and writers, for the purpose of honing their craft, sharing it with like-minded bloggers, and keeping their muses alive and well.” Each week,...
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when I was 20
I am looking through my pages of poetry, some written when I was in grade school, but I’ll spare you those. I wrote this when I had just turned twenty and was home from college during a part of the...
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Who is Jake Trussell and why…..
Why do I have him listed with Kerouac and Kafka in a poem that I wrote when I was twenty years old? Even the information about him in the last available copy of his chapbook that I just bought for $10...
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A Day of Memories
Six years ago today, my friend and once-husband died of lung cancer. This is the only existing photo of the day we eloped in 1962. We were kind of a fire and ice mixture. Made some fascinating patterns...
View ArticleOld Poems
My son-in-law found the box of my poetry that I packed up to move here five years ago. I have enough for a book. They are mostly very dark. I would call the book “Dark Matters.” In the bottom of the...
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snazzy older men
“Snazzy.” Now, that’s a word that dates me. I just have to share this page from The Satorialist website that was left in a comment by Delaine Zody. Of course, just about all of those older men whose...
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Mag #211
Magpie Tales is a blog “dedicated to the enjoyment of poets and writers, for the purpose of honing their craft, sharing it with like-minded bloggers, and keeping their muses alive and well.” Each week,...
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when I was 20
I am looking through my pages of poetry, some written when I was in grade school, but I’ll spare you those. I wrote this when I had just turned twenty and was home from college during a part of the...
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Who is Jake Trussell and why…..
Why do I have him listed with Kerouac and Kafka in a poem that I wrote when I was twenty years old? Even the information about him in the last available copy of his chapbook that I just bought for $10...
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A Day of Memories
Six years ago today, my friend and once-husband died of lung cancer. This is the only existing photo of the day we eloped in 1962. We were kind of a fire and ice mixture. Made some fascinating patterns...
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Paul read his poetry naked.
He was a crowd favorite at urban poetry readings, especially at the former punk club QE2 on Central Avenue, where he screamed his edgy and ironic “White Boy” poems — often completely naked....
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