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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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  • Nailing the Nailer

    Nail me. I’ll nail it.

    June 13, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Purpose, SoCS, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, Humanity, learning, nail, Poetry, Pride, Purpose, right, selfishness, SoCS, think
    Nailing the Nailer
  • idiot box

    stop changing channels. just turn it off and step out of the idiot box.

    June 13, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Life, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #poetry, actor, authenticity, channels, flesh, idiot box, plastic, real, resolved, TV
    idiot box
  • blip

    don’t let it be lost to time

    June 12, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #tanka, 2020, blip, Life, Purpose, time
    blip
  • the creature

    turns out he’s here for a reason.

    June 11, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    anxiety, creature, fear, fight or flight, insect, instinct, lip service, Neanderthal, Purpose, synchronicity, viper
    the creature
  • reunion

    I think of underdogs today and choose to go a different way

    June 10, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christmas, Faith, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #poetry, childhood, communion, family, joy, playround, prayer, reunion, sing
    reunion
  • righteous? anger

    when love and indignation muddle, ’tis hard – which to express?

    June 10, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Charity, Christianity, Faith, Freedom, Jesus, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    anger, bull in a china shop, evangelism, Faith, God, grenades, holy, indignation, righteous
    righteous? anger
  • false flight

    memories of freedom won’t fly anymore

    June 9, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Justice, Life, Pic and a Word Challenge, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #freedom, #picandawordchallenge, #poetry, fly, Freedom, glass ceiling, illusion
    false flight
  • Night Before the Fall

    oh, that this night would never end.

    June 8, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christianity, Death, Faith, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    choice, comparison, eden, need, night, perfection, stars, the fall, want
    Night Before the Fall
  • Firefly

    I’ll dream it’s somehow magic – not let science steal my joy

    June 7, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #firefly, #haikai, #tanka, magic, mood, Poetry, science
    Firefly
  • miscommunicado

    crossed wires start fires

    June 7, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, Uncategorized
    apologize, communication, fires, Love, misunderstanding, Poetry
    miscommunicado
  • silent fires

    a symphony of sight – no sound – as silent fires above abound

    June 6, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Music, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    day, ears, fire, sound, stars, symphony, vacuum
    silent fires
  • lost and found

    peace can still be found but you have to look for it.

    June 6, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Charity, Christianity, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose
    haiku, lost and found, Poetry
    lost and found
  • beyond the blue

    It’s good to get rid of the darkness.

    June 5, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, blue, draft, Life, Poetry, sad
    beyond the blue
  • by thy help I come

    finally bursting forth into light. come, thou fount. refresh.

    June 5, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christianity, Faith, Life, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    choirmaster, come thou fount, darkness, light, psalm 23, refresh, river, shepherd, Suzi Mueller, thirst
    by thy help I come
  • Black and Blue

    Define the true path. A way made straight by our God who sets us all free.

    June 4, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Christianity, Faith, Jesus, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, Uncategorized
    black and blue, bruise, colors, equality, flood, Justice, march, police, river, soldiers, warriors, weapons, white
    Black and Blue
  • #blackoutday2020

    June 2, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blog Entries, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose
    #blacklivesmatter
  • Hevel

    sometimes poetry requires digging.

    June 2, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Uncategorized
    #picandawordchallenge, easy, ecclesiastes, hard, nothing new under the sun, Poetry, think, work
    Hevel
  • retreat

    retreat is not surrender. sometimes just need to back away. even a warrior knows when the fire is too hot never think he’s gone away for good

    June 1, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, Uncategorized
    Justice, retreat, social justice, surrender, warfare
    retreat
  • shavuot anew

    flames burn hot today and yesterday – and days before. I pray for fire – pure with shalom.

    May 31, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christianity, Faith, Jesus, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    Christians, dove, fire, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jews, pentecost, shalom, shavuot, upper room
    shavuot anew
  • validated

    Today I live and stand in my own story.

    May 30, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose, The Messenger Project, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, choice, hope, Life, Love, Poetry, recovery
    validated
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