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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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Hero

When asked for a Hero of mine as a kid / My mind generally filled with a blank

June 28, 2021

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Uncategorized

#pride, hero worship, integrity, self-care
Sonnet XXIV – Perfect Pain

I know it lies with me to find my cure; Won’t please the masses – never perfect be.

May 18, 2021

Ben Kohns

Freedom, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Poetry, Purpose, Sonnets, Uncategorized

authenticity, integrity, perfect, perfection, perfectionism, pleasing
honesty – #SoCS

Honesty is hardly ever heard, and mostly what I need from you.

February 27, 2021

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Blog Entries, Christianity, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality, Jesus, Kindness, Life, Love, Mental Illness, Purpose, SoCS, Uncategorized

authenticity, happiness, honesty, integrity, selfishness
crying eyes cast downward

This canvas was not meant to be pierced.

February 21, 2021

Ben Kohns

art, Blog Entries, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Life, Mental Illness, Music, Prose, Purpose, Suicide, Uncategorized

authenticity, choices, damage, integrity, repair, wellness
Circular Wars

It’s easy to rise on the called-for occasion…

January 17, 2021

Ben Kohns

Donald Trump, Faith, Freedom, Justice, Life, Love, Poetry, Politics, Uncategorized

choice, circular firing squad, integrity, take a stand
resolved

no longer a fear-panicked youth

January 4, 2021

Ben Kohns

Coming Out – The Journey, Freedom, Life, Love, Poetry, Uncategorized

#triolet, authenticity, integrity, lies, masks, resolutions, truth
defy the box

Sometimes fate/the Universe/God/biological determinism/behavioral conditioning shines upon you.

December 27, 2020

Ben Kohns

Blessings, Christianity, Coming Out – The Journey, Faith, Freedom, Kindness, Life, Love, Purpose, SoCS, Uncategorized

authenticity, binary thinking, boxes, boxing day, integrity, labels
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

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