Before you start feeling sorry for Patti, just know she requested my skilled hands here. Apparently I can apply hair dye with the best of ‘em.
Come to think of it, as a kid I was always good at coloring and I actually enjoyed it! I’m not sure why I used past tense
Ric Booth, Hair [...]
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looks will be enough.
please make me beautiful.
a car will be enough.
please make me a car.
a house will be enough.
please make me a house.
a job will be enough.
please make me successful.
a spouse will be enough.
please make me a marriage.
a child will be enough.
please make me a family.
recognition will be enough.
please make me popular.
knowledge will be enough.
please [...]
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Actually Thursday too but I will miss the Poet-a-Tete open mic downtown this month. I am too swamped to make all three. But here’s the scoop:
Friday night IS CANCELED. at AACC, the Poetry and Lyric Performance Club will be hosting an open mic at 7:00 PM. The theme is Black History (rescheduled from [...]
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It is FINALLY here! I know, I could not sleep last night either! Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day. You need to print out (or memorize) your favorite poem and then carry it around to share with whomever. It’ll be fun. Really. When they ask, “Why are you reading me poetry?” [...]
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[My comments] are in brackets embedded in the press release.
The Archdiocese of Washington released information regarding the Pope’s visit to Washington, DC on April 15 through 18. [Members of the DC police force are so very excited to all be able to work extended over-time hours on Emancipation Day. I am so sure [...]
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Yes, I only now just realized today is APRIL 15TH!!! Woohoo. This day will forever take me back to those 3 years I actually worked for the IRS. Yes, I was a tax-collector. Of sorts. (You may want to take this opportunity to rethink how you really feel about me )
When [...]
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My big brother, Dave, turned the BIG FIVE-OH — 50 — this week. Like most big brothers, he’s this little bros hero in many respects. He has always been bigger and stronger than me. As a child, I envied his brawn. In high school, they called him The Fonz… cuz he was Tough. Cool. Strong. [...]
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Badguy (The most excellent way) & Christian (Sharp Iron) met up with Tom Cruise to enjoy a cold one last weekend. We figured no one would believe us, so we had Tom take a picture of us as evidence. In honor of the West Coast Bloggers, we were enjoying Dead Guy Ale, an Oregon Brew.
We [...]
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Here’s my second attempt at a music video non-speaking acting part. In this one I am a mid-lifer with a problem with alcohol. A young man comes in and sits next to me in the bar after work. He’s suppose to represent the younger me who is unaware of what wasting your paycheck and life [...]
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April is National Poetry Month. I point this out because, well… April is National Poetry Month. And because I am a poet. And because many of you may not have received the memo.
You can sign up to receive a new poem in your email each day here.
April 17th is Poem in Your Pocket Day. You [...]
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