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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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    a priest, a rabbi, and an imam walk into a bar…

    April 15, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Christianity, Faith, Jesus, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry
    People of The Books
  • Oh, my muse

    Thank you / For saving me.

    April 14, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Life, Love, Mental Illness, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry
    Oh, my muse
  • I felt

    Are you okay / With him being gay?

    April 14, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Homosexuality, Kindness, Life, Love, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry
    I felt
  • With Her In Her Sadness

    my friend is sad

    April 12, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry, Uncategorized
    With Her In Her Sadness
  • certain somethingness

    I feared a sonnet love-filled ne’er could be; / For though I’d felt it, words would not align.

    April 11, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christianity, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality, Life, Love, Mental Illness, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry, Sonnets
    certain somethingness
  • ‘Murica

    Where representation no longer matters.

    April 9, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Christianity, Donald Trump, Freedom, Justice, Life, Love, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry
    ‘Murica
  • list?

    out of the head and on to the page…

    April 9, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry
    list?
  • Naked Bouquet

    I will mock the tomb… / Naked bouquet in hand.

    April 9, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Death, Life, Love, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry
    Naked Bouquet
  • September, 1986

    Matriculation – First day’s class

    April 5, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Death, Freedom, Life, Love, Mental Illness, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry
    September, 1986
  • Keenly Felt

    Choice friendships deeply pierce the heart; / Both pain and pleasure keenly felt.

    April 4, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Life, Love, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry
    #friendship, #triolet
    Keenly Felt
  • stay right where you are and feel nothing.

    Satan is silent as he destroys us, / then loudly runs away from us in broad daylight.

    April 3, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Death, Faith, Freedom, Life, Love, Mental Illness, NaPoWriMo 2023, Uncategorized
    #NaPoWriMo2023
    stay right where you are and feel nothing.
  • mercury falling

    outer cold / exceeds my inner heat; / I never know what shape to take.

    April 2, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry, Suicide
    #NaPoWriMo2023
    mercury falling
  • too damned many clouds

    what’s that? a ray peeked through? / but any warmth is cooled / so quickly. oh. so. quickly

    April 1, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    art, NaPoWriMo 2023, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #NaPoWriMo2023
    too damned many clouds
  • fable flaw?

    slow and steady wins

    March 13, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Poetry
    #tanka, tanka
    fable flaw?
  • #SOCS – I Met a Mutt on a Mitt, but Not on a Mat. A Bon Mot? I Think Not.

    Read the title. Maybe a few times. That’s all I’m doing with the prompt today. I got nuthin’.

    March 12, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Blog Entries, Life, Mental Illness, SoCS
    SoCS
    #SOCS – I Met a Mutt on a Mitt, but Not on a Mat. A Bon Mot? I Think Not.
  • Housewarming – 6:02 pm

    I thought no one was going to show. I really did.

    February 13, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Blog Entries, Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Gay marriage, Homosexuality, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Uncategorized
    Housewarming – 6:02 pm
  • I Did Not Die.

    confidence climbs / and I dare to defy gravity / day / by / day / by / day.

    February 5, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Homosexuality, Life, Love, Poetry
    I Did Not Die.
  • Let It Go

    All our lives will change Sometimes we need some nudging It hurts to resist.

    January 30, 2023

    Ben Kohns

    Uncategorized
    Let It Go
  • #SoCS – Cozy is in the Head of the Cold-Holder

    This should all have been so cozy.

    December 24, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christmas, Life, SoCS
    #SoCS – Cozy is in the Head of the Cold-Holder
  • And I survived.

    We can do hard things (thanks, Glennon Doyle).

    December 17, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Uncategorized
    And I survived.
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