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  • Pic and a Word ChallengeThe Pic and a Word Challenge comes from Patrick Jennings’ site www.pixtowords.com Each week he provides a photograph of his along with a single word. The challenge? Use the pic and/or word as points of inspiration to create something — a photograph, a painting, prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, longread or just a few words. We are welcome to use these two elements (photograph and word) literally, thematically or metaphorically. If we create both images and words, all the better.
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  • If…

    All that matters is today and the “ifs” I face which will create my tomorrow.

    October 17, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Life, Love, Mental Illness, SoCS, Uncategorized
    If…
  • Freedom as Farce

    The power we promised / But can’t deliver

    October 15, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Donald Trump, Freedom, Justice, Life, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, Uncategorized
    quadrille, reagan
    Freedom as Farce
  • Morning comes in black

    Contemplate what will be seen

    October 14, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Faith, Life, Poetry
    #haiku, #tanka
    Morning comes in black
  • The Seinfeld – Sonnet XXXV

    I’m trying to do a sonnet straight from heart; No edits, tweaking, change of any kind.

    October 13, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Sonnets
    amusing, entertaining, meaningless, seinfeld
    The Seinfeld – Sonnet XXXV
  • lighten up and splash a little

    Sometimes we dance on the sand and wayward waves tickle our toes with cooling licks.

    October 12, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Freedom, Life, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry, Uncategorized
    beach, cliff, sand, waves
  • beginning to shift

    The block in my brain is beginning to shift; It seems not a moment too soon.

    October 12, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Life, Poetry, triolet, Uncategorized, writer's block
    routine
    beginning to shift
  • I AM NOT OK

    Today (October 10) is World Mental Health Day. And I am not OK. Many around you are not OK. You may not be OK. But we live in a society where it is NOT OK to be “not OK”. We praise, reward, and seek to emulate those who portray “OK’ness” to the world at all…

    October 10, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blog Entries, Life, Mental Illness, Uncategorized
    #worldmentalhealthday, mental health, Mental Illness
    I AM NOT OK
  • Fish-Eye Blind

    On and on, up the food chain…

    October 5, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    art, Death, Life, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords
  • The Paradox – Sonnet XXXIV

    Why fail to act when acting holds the key? This riddle I have just begun to solve.

    October 4, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Faith, Freedom, Life, Poetry, Sonnets, Uncategorized
    The Paradox – Sonnet XXXIV
  • Uninspired – #SoCS

    I aspire to more than what I can inspire today.

    October 3, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Life, SoCS, Uncategorized
    Uninspired – #SoCS
  • it’s not my fault

    It’s Friday, and I am not thinking

    October 1, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Frank’s Friday Focus, Justice, Life
    #FFFocus, limerick
    it’s not my fault
  • Indeed, Beyond Survive, It Thrives

    Indeed, beyond survive, it thrives; / More blossoms join the other.

    September 30, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality, Life, Love, Poetry
    better late than never, late in season, triolet
    Indeed, Beyond Survive, It Thrives
  • in a previous light

    in the layers of life / it’s darkest in the middle / right where the eye wants to fall.

    September 29, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    art, Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, Patience, perspective
    in a previous light
  • America – A Lament

    Turns out the abbreviation for United States is spot on.

    September 28, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Freedom, Justice, Life, Love, Politics, Purpose, Uncategorized
    America – A Lament
  • pavane funéraire

    you feel alone now / but now is not forever

    September 27, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Death, Faith, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    pavane funéraire
  • give way

    This morning – Three lines

    September 26, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Freedom, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #haiku, haiku
    give way
  • Not Near Enough

    The prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “near/far.” Use “near,” use “far,” use them both if you’d like. In fact, if you start your post with one and end with the other, you get bonus points! Enjoy!  Near… 26 DAYS :   09 HOURS :   24 MINUTES :   12 SECONDS Time is such a crazy thing. Let’s take 2020 (and most of 2021 so far). Some…

    September 25, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, SoCS, Uncategorized
    Not Near Enough
  • In this, so late a season

    We welcome fruit from barren womb. / a love beyond all reason.

    September 24, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality, Life, Love, Poetry
    better late than never, late in season, triolet
    In this, so late a season
  • Too.

    …that soothing balm / For which / All our Sore Souls / Cry.

    September 23, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Christianity, Freedom, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Uncategorized
    polyamory
    Too.
  • Hiding in the Pews

    The author is uniquely qualified to bring his story to the table. Not only was he a “pew hider”, he was also a “pulpit hider”, and after a suicide attempt, he became an advocate for those struggling in the pews and a coach for the leaders of those churches who misunderstand, stigmatize, and ultimately bring…

    September 20, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Christianity, Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Jesus, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Suicide
    #FPLUSMH, #HidingInThePews
    Hiding in the Pews
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