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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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  • glimmers

    scintillating sparkles in oceans of inky blackness

    March 11, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose
    hope, parenting, potential, seeing
    glimmers
  • MOUNTAIN of a molehill?

    I look above – Assess my climb. Looks difficult to scale.

    March 10, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry, Uncategorized
    camera, illusion, macro, optical illusion, perception, scale
    MOUNTAIN of a molehill?
  • Never Say “No” to Angels

    Why do we push against the things we need the most?

    March 9, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Prose, Suicide
    Angels, coincidence, mental health, Mental Illness
    Never Say “No” to Angels
  • I’m Sailing!

    Vacation from my problems?

    March 8, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Poetry
    haiku, overwhelmed, tanka, vacation from my problems, what about Bob
    I’m Sailing!
  • Sonnet XIX – Meant for Play

    This Life was meant for All to find their Play

    March 7, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Freedom, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Sonnets, Uncategorized
    balance, play, recreation, thinking, work
    Sonnet XIX – Meant for Play
  • like butter – #SoCS

    That wasn’t how the day was supposed to end…

    March 6, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Blog Entries, Christianity, Faith, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, SoCS
    mental health, mindfulness, real life
    like butter – #SoCS
  • “If” – A Grateful Nod to Seuss

    If I ran the zoo (hey, you know what? I do!)

    March 5, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Death, Frank’s Friday Focus, Freedom, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, Suicide, Uncategorized
    cancel culture, family, parenting, Racism, Seuss
    “If” – A Grateful Nod to Seuss
  • Ben 6.0?

    Tracking my software development.

    March 4, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christianity, Coming Out – The Journey, Death, Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Purpose, Suicide, Uncategorized
    bugs, coding, software development, versions
    Ben 6.0?
  • halo-ringed

    This is the essence of hope – Vistas unshrouded by light.

    March 3, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Faith, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry
    #haiku, #tanka, halo, hope, perseverance, sun
    halo-ringed
  • morning solitaire

    I’m making friends both left and right; why feeling so alone this morn?

    March 2, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose
    #triolet, alone, lonely, Love, surrounded
    morning solitaire
  • committed

    committing to commitment in various versions is differently difficult and beautifully baffling

    March 1, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Freedom, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Suicide, Uncategorized
    commitment, committed, Love, mental health, Mental Illness, relationships, tough love
    committed
  • Please Hold

    Today had an OS to load before writing…

    February 28, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Uncategorized
    coffee, writer's block
    Please Hold
  • honesty – #SoCS

    Honesty is hardly ever heard, and mostly what I need from you.

    February 27, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Blog Entries, Christianity, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality, Jesus, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Purpose, SoCS, Uncategorized
    authenticity, happiness, honesty, integrity, selfishness
    honesty – #SoCS
  • out from the sun

    travel with me.

    February 26, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Frank’s Friday Focus, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #FFFocus, characteristics, gods, names, planets, solar system
    out from the sun
  • Sonnet XVIII – Fear Not the Poet

    Fear not the poet’s cryptic form or rhyme.

    February 25, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Faith, Freedom, Life, Poetry, Sonnets, Uncategorized
    clarity, obfuscation, Poetry, Prose, risk, unknown
    Sonnet XVIII – Fear Not the Poet
  • continuum

    a series of asymmetrical cycles?

    February 24, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #poetics
    continuum
  • the faerie tale bowl

    the bowl remains just as full…

    February 23, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    art, Blessings, Freedom, Life, Love, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, bottomless, endless, energy, gold, light
    the faerie tale bowl
  • crying eyes cast downward

    This canvas was not meant to be pierced.

    February 21, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    art, Blog Entries, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Life, Mental Illness, Music, Prose, Purpose, Suicide, Uncategorized
    authenticity, choices, damage, integrity, repair, wellness
    crying eyes cast downward
  • filler

    working on a “thing”

    February 21, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    Poetry, Uncategorized
    #tanka, filler, haiku, pointless
    filler
  • a lot of nerve – #SoCS

    Different is good

    February 20, 2021

    Ben Kohns

    art, Blessings, Blog Entries, Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Life, Mental Illness, Music, Poetry, Prose, Purpose, SoCS, Uncategorized
    abstract, appreciation, intent, Jackson Pollock, Millet, painting, Poetry, Prose, Purpose, realism, writing
    a lot of nerve – #SoCS
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