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This week at HighCallingBlogs.om, our culture post is about poetry that really catches the details of life.
I was going to hold this poem for submission somewhere like Image, but I’m not very patient about submissions. And I really don’t like getting rejections from my friends there.
So here’s my offering to HighCallingBlogs.com:
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I was talking with my friend, Tina Howard, about an upcoming book in the CBA called Snow Melts in Spring. Tina does blog tours for CBA clients via her site BlogTourSpot.com, and I’ve learned a lot from her. She’s sharp. Hard-working too. That goes a long way in my book.
This week, [...]
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For me, poetry is reflection and prayer. I’m not very good at prayer because my mind lacks focus. Jedi Small I am not. Though I can drip slowly, drip, drip, drip, through poetry.
I know it isn’t for everyone, but it is worth exploring because it helps you learn to slow down. It is quite counter-cultural [...]
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Taking a contemplative social media retreat is a bit tricky since social media is part of my job. Still, I’m doing my best to scale back. Which means more time for zombie movies and zombie books.
(That’s a picture of Zombie Walt Whitman, in case you couldn’t tell. See my cool photoshop skills of an artist?)
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At CCO Jubilee, I met some new friends, CINO (Culture Is Not Optional), being one of them. They have an online magazine called Catapult. And finally, I did what I had been needing to do for some time. One morning last week, I left the zombies alone and wrote something for others. What a concept, [...]
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Late as usual, I missed the HighCallingBlogs.com poetry activity from last week. Today has felt very, very stressful. I’m trying to figure out where I can simplify. Trying to organize my to do list and tag it with times to keep my goals realistic. So much to do, so little time.
Then I read [...]
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Over at HighCallingBlogs.com today, Erica Hale of These Three Remain posted her first entry. She’s going to lead a community building book club there on Bill Strickland’s book Making the Impossible Possible. (We’re asking folks to order it from Hearts and Minds Books because we all love Byron Borger so much.)
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Yesterday I was overjoyed by something on Lateral Action: The Shakespeare Guide to Entrepreneurship. Brit poet Mark McGuinness who works alongside Magma Poetry shares seven tips from Shakespeare’s business model. Here’s my respectful distillation of his tips, and some final thoughts following.
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My poetry collection Barbies at Communion is on sale now from Amazon.com.
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