This week’s theme at Poetry Thursday is “Changes.” Changes I change my life V E R Y S L O W L Y like a businessman stuck in a revolving door that is so heavy he grunts and pushes until his palms are red and his Wall Street Journal is on the floor shredded by […]
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 Denise Levertov – poet My blogging pal, Lynn, from Sprigs, and Liz Elayne, of be present, be here, have started something called Poetry Thursday.  Poetry Thursday “is an online project that encourages bloggers to read and enjoy poetry, as well as sharing it with others.” I’ve never been a big fan of poetry. It’s embarrassing […]
One of the most surprising blogging relationships is my unlikely friendship with Dana and Liz Elayne of Poetry Thursday. I say “unlikely” because they are both creative women very much in touch with their emotions and inner selves, and I live my life to avoid those things.  I really enjoyed their Poetry Thursday blog.  Sadly, […]
 According to the BBC: Barbra Streisand’s concert in Rome next month should be cancelled because of excessively high ticket prices, consumer groups in Italy have said. The Adusbef and Codacons groups urged the city and the Italian Olympic Committee to deny Streisand use of the Stadio Flaminio on 15 June. Prices, ranging from 150 […]
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Today I received a phone call from Danny. “You’re not going to believe this,” he said, “but you just got ONE more birthday gift in the mail!” This was very surprising. Surely, someone felt very guilty for not sending me a gift for my birthday.  When I arrived at Danny’s, he handed me the package, […]
 For the upcoming Poetry Thursday demographic: hot Yoga chicks I’ve mastered my emotions Through tantric practices Through careful meditation I’m a Ayurvedic wiz I know my Bhakti Yoga I’ve sat with Liz Elayne I’ve read my Upanishads While posing in the rain To reach my inner chakras is actually quite hard That’s why I […]
 This week’s challenge on Poetry Thursday: Write a poem about sex. Sex Advice for Men by Neil Kramer Problems in the bedroom? Your lady unfulfilled? Ask me any question, And get her garden tilled. Question: “I really like this woman, She’s sexy through and through. I always climax way too fast, What’s a man supposed […]
Sophia, my mother, and I are sitting on the porch in Cheshire, MA, looking at the lake and the “geese” on the lawn. Sophia: “You know, Neil, you might need to write a retraction on your blog. You told them all that you chased away these geese, but, um, I think they are ducks.” Neil: […]
 The Ballad of Seth Blackwell When I was younger, So much younger than today, I had long hair and oval specs, “Like John Lennon,” they would say. When I got much older, And started having dates, “Hey, look at you, said women, “You look just like Bill Gates.” Now I’m old and grizzled, I’m […]