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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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  • sometighms Igh just don’t get it

    A sigh draws nigh as I weigh the fight

    July 3, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    SoCS
    hooked on phonics
    sometighms Igh just don’t get it
  • Missing Mexico

    ‘Neath azure Latin skies

    July 2, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Freedom, Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    Cancun, Relaxation, rest, Riviera Maya
    Missing Mexico
  • kitchentablepollyanna – clean up

    And lo, the clock chimes, dinner’s done

    July 1, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Homosexuality, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    kitchentablepollyanna – clean up
  • lost and found

    I’m finding Self as self Itself gets lost

    June 30, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Faith, Freedom, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose
    #triolet, triolet
    lost and found
  • Aum

    The Poets knows this / Better than their Readers / Who will see / What They will see.

    June 29, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    art, Blessings, Faith, Kindness, Life, Love, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry, Uncategorized
    beauty, meaning, understanding
    Aum
  • Hero

    When asked for a Hero of mine as a kid / My mind generally filled with a blank

    June 28, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #pride, hero worship, integrity, self-care
    Hero
  • fixed/done

    The Savior shunned no one except those who were “fixed/done”

    June 27, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Charity, Christianity, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Jesus, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    pharisee
    fixed/done
  • Freeze Frame

    Freeze Frame does not stop the madness…

    June 26, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Life, Love, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, beauty, chaos, family
    Freeze Frame
  • ennui on repeat

    I am in stasis. lying, substanceless in the furrow of my brow.

    June 25, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Death, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Uncategorized
    ennui, searching, transition
    ennui on repeat
  • the departed

    I used to think loved ones who had died sat on clouds and watched…

    June 24, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Death, Faith, Freedom, Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    clouds, Death, heaven
    the departed
  • isn’t it ironic?

    hilarious, God.

    June 23, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #haiku, haiku
    isn’t it ironic?
  • All is Enough

    You CAN have it all

    June 22, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Faith, Freedom, Justice, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    All is Enough
  • Everything’s Alright

    That skip in Jesus Christ Superstar will always have a special place: If you try, you’ll get by – try, you’ll get by – try, you’ll get by – try, you’ll get by… Everything’s alright, yes, everything’s fine…

    June 21, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Homosexuality, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose
    #freedom, Bop, choices, Freedom, options, polyamory
    Everything’s Alright
  • Getting Out

    Being inside isn’t so bad, as long as you’ve got windows. Right?

    June 20, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Homosexuality, Life, Love, Poetry
    #pride, coming out, living, out, watching
    Getting Out
  • The Stickers Are Falling Off – #SoCS

    I had to shed and escape a deeply entrenched belief (and lie) that I was only worthy of love because of my value to others.

    June 19, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christianity, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality, Jesus, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Purpose, SoCS, Suicide, Uncategorized
    inclusion, self-care, self-love, selfishness, selflessness, shame
    The Stickers Are Falling Off – #SoCS
  • hold my umbrella

    Ain’t nothin’ gon’ bring me down

    June 18, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    choices, dry, making the best, options, wet
    hold my umbrella
  • Breathalyzer

    You’re holding your breath again, Daddy.

    June 17, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Justice, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Suicide, Uncategorized
    Breathalyzer
  • Sorry?

    It feels I must apologize; For what, I barely know.

    June 16, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Christianity, Faith, Freedom, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    abuse, apologies, guilt, manipulation, shame, triolet
    Sorry?
  • ’round rainbow fire

    you can’t keep some “out” from Life in the end.

    June 15, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christianity, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Gay marriage, Homosexuality, Jesus, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    Pride, rainbow, universalism
    ’round rainbow fire
  • I Am What I Am

    It’s my world that I want to take a little pride in, My world, and it’s not a place I have to hide in.

    June 14, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Homosexuality, Life, Love
    #pride, La Cage Aux Folles
    I Am What I Am
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