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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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  • virtually friends

    don’t judge what you don’t enjoy

    November 16, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #haikai, #haiku, #tanka, Chat, friendship, messaging, relationships
    virtually friends
  • not dead yet.

    Do they ever stop breathing?

    November 15, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Death, Freedom, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Suicide, Uncategorized
    lies, symbiosis, truth, zombies
    not dead yet.
  • Choosing a Ring – #SoCS

    My Ring doorbell chime still has a witch cackle from Halloween. I should probably change that – or not. There is still some pretty strange and dark magic going on… Is there a sound more appropriate for post-election, pre-Thanksging, COVID-surge insanity that could echo through my home when someone comes to the door? Let’s check…

    November 14, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    art, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Kindness, Life, Love, Prose, SoCS, Uncategorized
    binary, choices, tertiary, unbroken
    Choosing a Ring – #SoCS
  • it happens to everyone…

    He worked hard to look strong

    November 13, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Donald Trump, Freedom, Justice, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Politics, Uncategorized
    #limerick, funny, limerick, Politics
    it happens to everyone…
  • missed dosages

    now I just feel dumb.

    November 12, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Suicide
    #haikai, #haiku, #tanka, anxiety, medication
    missed dosages
  • opening?

    friendly, yet foreboding.

    November 11, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords
    opening?
  • Echoes

    what will it be when we listen?

    November 10, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Freedom, Justice, Life, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, Uncategorized
    history, perspective
    Echoes
  • mirage

    you see what’s not there

    November 9, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #haikai, #haiku, #tanka, illusion, reality
    mirage
  • malcontent

    buying your love is the end I’m afraid of.

    November 8, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    contentedness, malcontent, self-love
    malcontent
  • TOO MANY SYLLABLES – #SoCS

    ARE YOU KIDDING ME HERE?

    November 7, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    art, Life, Purpose, SoCS, Uncategorized
    #SoCS, abbreviation, dictionary, laziness, lazy, Words
    TOO MANY SYLLABLES – #SoCS
  • Sonnet XII – the dying of the light

    Perhaps it’s in the dimming gloam we’re best.

    November 6, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christianity, Faith, Freedom, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, Sonnets, Uncategorized
    bad, complexity, dark, dusk, gloaming, good, light, oversimplified, twilight
    Sonnet XII – the dying of the light
  • love on the web

    If we’re lucky in the end, there’s some joy when hitting “send”.

    November 5, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Freedom, Love, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #internet, Chat, dating, hookups, social media
    love on the web
  • know-nothing

    it’s heavier than it looks.

    November 4, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, Uncategorized
    irony, know-nothings, Twain
    know-nothing
  • mocked by numbers

    Build Me! Your unseeing eye squints in condescension

    November 3, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    art, Death, Life, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, architecture, math, shame, Words, writing
    mocked by numbers
  • on communication – vii

    can we trust that they are true?

    November 2, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Freedom, Justice, Life, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #communication, #election, #haikai, #haiku, #peace, #tanka, #war
    on communication – vii
  • on communication – vi

    ach, Übersetzung!

    November 2, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Politics, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #haikai, #tanka, $haiku, communication, confusion, language, peace, translation, war
    on communication – vi
  • on communication – v

    you must choose wisely

    November 1, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Politics, Purpose
    #haikai, #haiku, #tanka, choice, economy of words, peace, speech, war, writing
    on communication – v
  • on communication – iv

    I get tricked by communication more times than I like to admit.

    October 31, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, SoCS
    communication, lies, phishing, social media, SoCS, trick, truth
    on communication – iv
  • on communication – iii

    making sounds is not enough

    October 30, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #haikai, #haiku, #tanka, listening, understanding
    on communication – iii
  • on communication – ii

    all send words of war or peace

    October 29, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    art, Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #communication, #haikai, #haiku, #tanka, peace, war
    on communication – ii
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