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| Word for my day: "Nyctinasty" refers to the circadian rhythm-based nastic movement of plants in response to changes in light intensity, particularly the onset of darkness, often described as a plant "sleeping". I used it in my comedic flash "View from the Vestibule "  I once was chastised for using cacophony in a poem for a child and once a high-school teacher didn't like my using halcyon (I knew what it meant). It isn't a crime to use an uncommon word... just saying... |
Oh by gosh by golly... it's Elon and The Folly...
The fun begins today. And that's no yolk. |
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Starts April 1st. Prompts are up. |
| I'm going with Giambattista (1668-1744) Vico's definition of common sense: "judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire people, an entire nation, or the entire human race". I'm not great with "common sense" as I question reality and have always felt I was an outsider. Do you have common sense? In my "Blogville " forum entry: "Common Sense?" |
Robert Waltz  - Common sense relies on the knowledge each individual posesses and upon the individual accessing and applying that knowledge when required. This is why learning everything one can is a good thing and why thinking is so critical. For instance, I've learned that water conducts electricity, that water spreads when not contained, and that electricity can injure and kill. When an electric stove catches on fire, I think (extremely quickly) about these and other factors. My personal version of common sense kicks in. I take more appropriate action, and I avoid dying in a puddle of electrified water. So in essence, common sense just means gathering as much knowledge as one can, and using that knowledge wisely in every situation. I've also learned that water can melt witches and reveal disguised and absconding embezzlers.   |
Humble Poet PNG still humble  - It's worth noting that common sense sometimes means having the knowledge that others nearby are all dumb as rocks and thinking ahead about ways to deal with random acts of stupidity committed by others. I now have to wonder if I've done rocks an injustice by comparing them to idiots. Rocks, left to themselves, do nothing but lay around all day everyday, oft for millennia. They're immune to sunburn and pneumonia. So, it strikes me that rocks are really quite smart when deciding how to spend their non-lives. |
| Only a week to meet the deadlines for most contests. What am I missing? |
| Anni Pon - It's on my list and I've been thinking about it. That said... always a good reminder. Thank you. |
I found an old poem that had rhythm and rhyme and entered it into
The end of the month cometh... and more entries would be welcomed. |
Request for a quick read (review if you must).
It seemed strange to reread this today after so many years. |
Patron Of Lost Clauses  - That was a long long time ago (sing it!) 2007 was a year of transition for me penniless-homeless-disability-homed-visited Missoula for the first time (and again) and visited my sister. |
Kiya's wonderful "I am Nia" reminded me of this tragedy from 2007.
I wrote this as well on a cold March day in 2007 but only made it a new item today.
Naw Ruz is the 19th-20th, the first day of spring. This response from 2007 (new item) to a well-known Bahá'í song seems pertinent.
I'm slowly reviewing and editing old writings... finally. |
There are less than 3 hours left but I know some of you have old poems just waiting for this moment.
I'm entering a new poem this time! "Craters of Your Moon" [13+] Good luck to everyone. |
| I entered something I liked. Mine is usually free verse. Need to scavange MBs to see which poem placed in a different contest. I think it was same round as that one. |
I was number 10 (if I counted right); but I see 15 now! There's only one hour left to enter. Hint: Choconut won't mind if there's a couple more.  |
Angel bunny Easter eggs galore - Entering is key. So many writers don't know the beauty nor power of what they write. I'm inconsistent (like most poets) so I let others decide. If YOU like it (or someone else does) then it is worthy. Glad to see that you and Kit entered. And Jeremy, Sox and Phyllis too!  |
I finished a "dark-romance" on time!
I also executed my squash: "R.I.P Hubbard 13.marzo.2025" in my blog. |
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| Robert Waltz - It also depends on how long your entries are and if you use videos and/or images. I've always run out of storage space before I hit the max amount of entries. |
Fivesixer  - This is true. I'm hitting the entry limit before the data limit, but that might not be true if your entries are longer and/or contain more bytes. I was answering the specific question of how many entries you can have, but yes, there are other limitations. Incidentally, you can track both easily using the "manage blog" link from the settings menu for the book item. |
I've been reading old blog entries. Made this old memory into its own item. It's a letter, a haibun, whatever. Could someone, perhaps those who played D&D in the old days before the internet, please read and comment (you need not review).
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| I was feeling silly on October 6th... 17+ years ago: He really wants to miss me send me to Mississippi miss me miss me miss me miss me Mississippi send me postage due One of four ditties found in my old blog and made into a new item (with the other three, finally):
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| Are we allowed to post in other languages here? I ask because I not only read the news I see the implications. |
| I can always cut and paste and translate. Muy bien. Un poquito. That's about it for me. |
| Robert Waltz - I don't know whether I know everything or not. That's one thing I don't know. I'm sorry. I just feel like posting funny comments today. Am I? |
| I don't have any problem with items in languages other than English. I love words in any language. One thing I enjoy is finding translations and teaching myself new words and phrases from them. Everything I read is like a Rosetta stone for me. I tend to speak and sometimes write in a hodge-podge of languages, just using words I pick up Maís oui. C'est verité. Hablo Español muy poco. I don't know enough of any language to carry on even short conversations. I know just enough to puzzle and irritate people I speak to in English. My native language is English, and many folk agree I speak and write it worst of all. They're probably correct. |
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We all have critics…and you’re not 5that type. (((Kåre เลียม Enga
Though, retrospect helps one navigate the ignorance and/or irresponsibility that lords over another. Actions can border manipulation into a gray, unseemly dark side.
Pain is essential to impassion writers, and motivates actors. Hence, Survival of the Brainiest?