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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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  • bisection

    The surgical saw / slices smoothly

    December 6, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Gay marriage, Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    divorce
    bisection
  • SoCS – Too Much On Your Plate?

    Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “on your/my plate.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun! Grandma always said if you couldn’t finish your meal, it was because “your eyes were bigger than your stomach”. I never totally understood that when I was 6, but I do now. I also couldn’t…

    November 26, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Prose, SoCS, Suicide
    overwhelmed, SoCS
    SoCS – Too Much On Your Plate?
  • Eternity it Stretches Forward.

    Now as Lost Days have passed me by, Eternity it stretches Forward.

    November 25, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Gay marriage, Homosexuality, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, triolet
    New beginnings
    Eternity it Stretches Forward.
  • The cold steals my Warmth

    The cold steals my Warmth

    November 22, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Freedom, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose
    #haiku
    The cold steals my Warmth
  • Cranky Frankie

    Some verse which exists just for Frankie…

    November 16, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Uncategorized
    #limerick, limerick
    Cranky Frankie
  • Tick Tock

    I used to prefer the peace / Of the silent sweep / Barely cognizant of the passing of time

    November 14, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry
    Tick Tock
  • happy place

    If you know me, you know I DON’T SMILE LIKE THAT.

    October 15, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Blog Entries, Coming Out – The Journey, Life, Love, SoCS
    happy place
  • ..and as the air seemed

    From the heart and mind of my eldest… I love you, Jordan Kohns! ..and as the air seemedto slip from my lungs,i felt my heart shatterinto piecesas it hit the ground.my heart feltas if it was on fire.like it hit lava,and burn up allthe scattered piecesof my heart untilthere was nothingleft.i gave you everything a…

    October 4, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Uncategorized
  • me/Me

    mechanically mesmerizing / to be A me you want see…

    October 1, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, SoCS
    acting, Self, SoCS, stream of consciousness
    me/Me
  • eyes pried open

    DAMN THAT FOOTBOARD

    September 28, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry
    eyes pried open
  • September Elegy

    Remind me why I live here…

    September 25, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Death, Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #tanka, autumn, cold, tanka, wet
    September Elegy
  • Do Not Go: Erasure on a Favorite Poem

    The dying wise men know / Their words had no lightning.

    September 24, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Death, Freedom, Life, Poetry, Purpose
    do not go gentle, dylan thomas, erasure poetry
    Do Not Go: Erasure on a Favorite Poem
  • Dare we admit that time will ne’er be right?

    Dare we admit that time will ne’er be right? ‘Tis 2 AM; we’re far from ending night.

    September 23, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    villanelle
    Dare we admit that time will ne’er be right?
  • I’ve Found My Place

    I’ve found my place; the place is peace, / Though tangled tempests tip the ship.

    September 18, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, polyamory, triolet
    #triolet, triolet
    I’ve Found My Place
  • Sonnet XLV – Let Nothing Fill Your Sail

    If seeking Something, e’re the hope will fail; Instead, lie back, let Nothing fill your sail.

    September 9, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Faith, Freedom, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Sonnets
    Sonnet XLV – Let Nothing Fill Your Sail
  • Start. again. anew.

    start. again. anew. transformed again by some truth

    September 5, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry
    #tanka, tanka
    Start. again. anew.
  • Whew.

    “Congratulations! You have advanced from…”

    July 24, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Uncategorized
    Whew.
  • Bagging ‘Murica – #SoCS

    Well, I bagged it yesterday when I should have written (slept in gloriously – no regrets), so I’ll see if I can pull something out today.

    July 17, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Blog Entries, Freedom, Life, SoCS, Uncategorized
    #SoCS, STEAM
    Bagging ‘Murica – #SoCS
  • Mystery Meal

    Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “product/produce.” Use one, use them both, use them any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use both. Have fun! Hey, remember me? I was once a faithful #SoCS contributor. I went away for a few months. Couldn’t write. I came back and wrote one Saturday entry.…

    June 25, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Homosexuality, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, polyamory, Purpose, SoCS
    #SoCS
    Mystery Meal
  • inflated

    inflatedand not even surewhere the air came from. nevertheless, i’ll breathe inand float while trying not to thinkabout all the sharpobjectssurrounding me.

    June 9, 2022

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Faith, Freedom, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry
    fear, paranoia, self-destructive
    inflated
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