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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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  • closer to poetry

    editing is god. – and good.

    May 18, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Faith, Life, Poetry, Prose, Purpose, The Messenger Project
    edit, editing, learning, Life, Poetry, process, Prose, puzzle, trust
    closer to poetry
  • water under the sun

    really wet but not overly – yet

    May 17, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Faith, Life, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    drown, ecclesiastes, flood, nothing new under the sun, overhwlem, sun, underwhelm, water, whelm
    water under the sun
  • playing around

    good for your brain like music.

    May 16, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Music, Poetry, The Messenger Project, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, capitalization, Poetry, punctuation, spacing
    playing around
  • Omar

    God made poetry instead of just adjectives

    May 16, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Love, Music, Poetry, Uncategorized
    Dr Zhivago, Egypt, Funny GIrl, loss, Love, mystery, Poetry, Sphinx
    Omar
  • voyeurs

    we accept your invitation if it still stands.

    May 15, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    Poetry, voyeur, voyeurism, watch
    voyeurs
  • The Messenger Project

    A plan was hatched. A true “chicken or the egg?” scenario, if you think about it.

    May 15, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christianity, Death, Faith, Gay marriage, Homosexuality, Justice, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Music, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, The Messenger Project
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, collaboration, erasure, Poetry
    The Messenger Project
  • the natural

    Mary Oliver is my girl. always my muse.

    May 15, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Life, Music, Poetry, Purpose, The Messenger Project
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, mary oliver, Poetry, pure, unassuming
    the natural
  • emboldened

    about the practice
 of doing.

    May 14, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Poetry, Purpose, The Messenger Project, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, Patience, Poetry, Purpose, simplicity
    emboldened
  • #NaPoWriMo – breast effort

    …. done is better than perfect.

    May 14, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Poetry, Purpose, The Messenger Project, Uncategorized
    beginner, beginnings, imperfect, learning, perfect, Poetry, practice, refine
    #NaPoWriMo – breast effort
  • signs

    signs are for the simple, he said.

    May 13, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Justice, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    excuses, Poetry, signs, superstition, warning
    signs
  • Fatiguée

    Tired poetry. Wanted to see what would happen/

    May 12, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Uncategorized
    centered, fatigue, meditate, tired, tonic, vodka
    Fatiguée
  • Quarantine – Week 9

    in the scheme of things, I see these as small vices.

    May 11, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Uncategorized
    COVID-19, masks, musings, news, quarantine, sanity, thnker
    Quarantine – Week 9
  • 4H – to the mother of my children

    I love you – I love us. maybe we’ll get a blue ribbon at the fair

    May 10, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose
    4H – to the mother of my children
  • dive deeper

    pleasure in food, even during strife, seems prescient

    May 8, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    anxiety, depression, food, frugality, leftovers, Poetry, scraps
    dive deeper
  • Super Breath

    everyone dreams of being a superhero sometimes

    May 7, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Justice, Life, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    fire, ice, Justice, Poetry, superman, truth, Words, writing
    Super Breath
  • termites’ demise

    if only I could turn the whole structure inside out

    May 5, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Uncategorized
    darkness, hope, light, Poetry, sunlight, sunshine, termite
    termites’ demise
  • termites

    they are winning

    May 4, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Uncategorized
    hidden, Poetry, sanity, termites, wood
    termites
  • headlines

    have you played the game?

    May 2, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Uncategorized
    birthday, cheeseburger, crazy, Florida Man, headlines, insane, Mental Illness, pregnant, real life
    headlines
  • terrestrial pleasures

    collect the forbidden – the “stuff”

    May 2, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Death, Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    adam and eve, apple, Bosch, choice, contentment, forbidden, garden of earthly delights, Hieronymous, strawberry, the fall
    terrestrial pleasures
  • lost in translation

    repeated efforts, demands, to get accurate translation all in vain.

    May 1, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, dreams, interpretation, Life, Poetry, search, symbolism
    lost in translation
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