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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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  • chicken little?

    I fear you’ll think that I’m not sane my brain in pain

    May 1, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Death, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, chaos, chicken little, falling, Poetry, sky
    chicken little?
  • In Between

    Once you leave In Between from “was” to “is” only memory can really take you back.

    April 30, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Life, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    1953, childhood, Clio, dental, dentist, Flint, grandma, grandpa, memory, path, Poetry, tornado, transition
    In Between
  • deposit

    “Something that returns” well gone dry, my mind just churns

    April 30, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Poetry, Uncategorized
    deposit
  • my name is jeff

    Is anything, anyone, truly safe?

    April 29, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Love, Poetry, Purpose
    bearded dragom, claws, danger, integrity, kittens, nails, pets, Poetry, puppies, safe, talons
    my name is jeff
  • the lair

    I was ten or eleven, you may recall everything seems bigger when you’re small

    April 28, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    adolesence, bedroom, brother, family, lair, lion, men, mid century modern, Poetry
    the lair
  • Three Stars

    I admit the possibility of a system issue on my end.

    April 27, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, Amazon, Michigan, Poetry, ratings, stars, Stay Home Stay Safe, tech support
    Three Stars
  • nightmare

    Frogs, fingers, “we only want you” this poem becomes a witch’s brew

    April 26, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Donald Trump, Life, Poetry, Politics, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, COVID-19, dream, ExxonMobil, Goodnight Moon, Mandela, nightmare, Poetry, quarantine, Renaissance Center, South Africa, Trump
    nightmare
  • note by note

    complex chromaticity compels me

    April 26, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Music, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    bach, gigout, king of instruments, Music, notes, organ, parenting, pipes, Poetry, teaching, toccata, widor
    note by note
  • detestivity

    stick in the mud! I accept your derision.

    April 25, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, decision, detest, festivity, messy
    detestivity
  • lifehill

    “There’s no chairlift in sledding!” I shout to the lighthearted in skis. Envious? Likely.

    April 25, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Coming Out – The Journey, Life, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, Life, Poetry, skiing, sledding, snow
    lifehill
  • VIRUS

    Reality is a harsh mistress. She seems straight-up at first but then she throws a curve and a sharp angle. Downward.

    April 23, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Death, Donald Trump, Poetry, Politics, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, Coronavirus, COVID-19, economy, ignorance, Letters, Poetry, selfishness, shapes
    VIRUS
  • Drop the Sneakers

    privilege pervades prejudice persists “woke” won’t work, not nearly enough.

    April 23, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Justice, Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, hoodie, Justice, Poetry, prejudice, privilege, Racism, Trayvon
    Drop the Sneakers
  • Summer

    shocked Believers lock out all the Storm and Wetness.

    April 22, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Christianity, Faith, Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    believers, Goethe, lightning, Poetry, storm, summer
    Summer
  • simple gifts

    the best of all gifts come from the heart and the hands touch you head to toe

    April 22, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Blessings, Charity, Kindness, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    gifts, giving, haiku, handmade, homemade, joy, Poetry, simple, simplicity
    simple gifts
  • ypokrités

    If a picture paints a thousand words I could post one now and be done.

    April 21, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Christianity, Jesus, Life, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, hypocrite, Jesus, pharisee, Poetry
    ypokrités
  • First Time

    I find Firsts are a curious combination of Impulse and Obligation.

    April 19, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized
    #napowrimo, #napowrimo2020, church, coffee, First time, Photo by Nathaniel Shuman on Unsplash, Poetry, sex, small pleasures
    First Time
  • Prayer Chain – circa 1996

    Long-forgotten vibrations emanate from my hip awakening latent longings for simpler times

    April 18, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    motorola, need, pager, Poetry, progress, smartphone, technology, vibrate
    Prayer Chain – circa 1996
  • Butter Ball

    What some folks will believe, huh?

    April 18, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Life, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized
    butter him up, flattery, Poetry, pointless, vanity
    Butter Ball
  • Nameless Graces

    How can I not “wax poetic” when dispassionate prattle fails to ignite the flame of a candle worth holding?

    April 16, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Music, Poetry, Uncategorized
    Amadeus, Mozart, Music, Numbers, Piano Concerto, Poetry, Words
    Nameless Graces
  • Inspirations

    Ye who proffer pain and poison doom and gloom leaders of the somber cortège through my mind’s spare room speak to me, my muses

    April 15, 2020

    Ben Kohns

    Death, Life, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Suicide
    Atwood, Death, Dickinson, Life, Plath, Poe, Poetry, Poets
    Inspirations
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