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A squirrel in the open spaces of Garfield Park, Indianapolis’ oldest city park, stares at the two people having a spring picnic at a table he claimed has his territory. My wife and I tried to appease the critter with potato chips tossed at it as it drew closer. At one time, a younger, trimmer squirrel approached the ground around the picnic table and the older, fatter animal chased it off only to return to guard the able for any scraps that may have been left behind. To see the entire ArtBrushed work at its full size, simply click on the image.
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Youth Writing Project
Most of the writers and poets today who do this for a living or an active hobby began writing in their youth, especially in their early teen years. I have talked with many people who said they have written a poem once or twice when they were in school, perhaps for an assignment for a class, but stopped.
This Youth Writing Project, sponsored by the World of Words by Elias Tobias, encourages the young people who have ideas put into words. This popular poetry blog will publish poems from this project in three age categories, ages 10-13,or Lightning Bugs; 14-16, or Butterflies, and 17-18, or Dragonflies. There are no monetary prizes, however, novice writers will have the opportunity for their work seen by thousands of people, free. If requested, only the first names and initials will be used in published identifications for privacy and security. The age is required.
All contributions for the project will be published under the Free Open Poetry Forum by the World of Words by Elias and contributions can be sent to contact@eliastobias.net. All material appearing first on The World of Words by Elias Tobias would be part of the collective copyright of this blog, however any further publication rights beyond the first compilation rights would belong to the original authors. Submissions will be checked for originality. All published material from contributing authors would be subject to editing by The World of Words by Elias Tobias. For more information about how and what to submit to the Free Open Poetry Forum, click here.
Schools and teachers are encouraged to find ways to promote their students, and this is one option to make someone famous. Parents, get permission to send your children’s work first. All support for the Youth Writing Project will be appreciated.
Do you have a start of a poem, but the words just aren’t right? Go for help at the Poetry First Aid.
(Courtesy illustration)
Van Gogh’s Ear
Even those who are great
and usually do their best
have times of self-doubt
and a lack of confidence.
Since there is the
expectation of success,
why should they, the public’s
eye, be anything less?
There is a desire for
happiness and healthy employment
and work that’s not up to par
could mean financial disappointment.
This is the high standard
that all great achievers fear,
and, like Vincent Van Gogh,
we can still hear with one ear.
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Venus and the Crescent Moon
I sit here, cup in hand, and sigh.
Then I want to cry, thinking why
I want to believe your alibis.
Friends say I should let my
love for you dry up and die,
but part of me wants to believe
in all of your creative lies.
We could make it if we’d try,
instead of me just saying
“good-bye.”
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By James Zaferopolos
I am a 65 year old man who has been writing since I was a teen, but never had the courage to attempt publishing anything, an inspiration in my dotage to throw such caution to the wind and move ahead. Maybe, having undergone two transplants (stem cell and kidney) and being forcibly retired, I feel the clock ticking, or, perhaps I feel that I have nothing to lose. I’d rather believe my stuff is worthy of an audience in its own right. At any rate, here we go. As a silly introduction, I send you the following, that fairly well captures how I feel at this stage of my life.
We Thicken into Middle Age
We thicken
Into middle age,
And it becomes,
Regrettably, the guts,
And not the noble parts,
That rage.
The sins of youth
Consume the soul,
While those
Of middle age
Merely convulse
The stomach, whole.
And what, only,
In youth,
The pen may quell,
Yields,
In our middle years,
To Pepto Bismo
Much too well.
Send any comments to jimzaf@cox.net or to contact@eliastobias.net. Send contributions for the Free Open Poetry Forum to the World of Words by Elias to contact@eliastobias.net. All material appearing first on The World of Words by Elias Tobias would be part of the collective copyright of this blog, however any further publication rights beyond the first compilation rights would belong to the original authors. All published material from contributing authors would be subject to editing by The World of Words by Elias Tobias. For more information about how and what to submit to the Free Open Poetry Forum, click here.
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The trees are beginning to turn to their fall colors, and the area around Mississinewa Lake provides a perfect background for the changes. To see a three-minute video of more photographs, click Here or on the photo above.
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This barn outside of Swayzee, Indiana, has been through the years and still is being used.
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Painting
Today is blank canvas
with the sun stretching the material
over the frame of measured time.
You decide if you want to paint or not,
or what kind of brush to use,
or if you don’t want to use a brush.
or what colors you like.
or the style or design you employ
or if you want music to be an inspiration
or if your images should be shared.
Today is an opportunity
to be new or old,
hot or cold,
plain or bold,
bought or sold
to bet or fold.
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