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in Writing
Story: Gladys
This originally appeared on misteragyeman.blogspot.com on February 17, 2017. Gladys started well. She had a real go-getter for a mother, the kind with a shelf stacked with awards and occasional appearances in the newspaper. (She was always…
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in Writing
Verse: Connection
(Originally shared on my FB Page on 17th November, 2016.) Sure, I could hurt you.With song I could crush youlike a thumb upon a mothtill you crumble all to powder on the floor.But what for? Yes I could move you;With…
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in Writing
Undiluted Drivel
Titles of stories I meant to write (the concepts of which, alas, are perished): 1. With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemas? 2. My Homework Ate My Dog. 3. … (There was a multitude, but their titles…
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in Writing
Verse: The Mountain Duel
Context: I tried this idea on my page. This was the only entry… I had entirely forgotten about my offer to write poems on request, then yesterday David Maja Salako wrote asking for “dragons and…
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in Art
Picture: Hendrix
Full disclosure: I did this after I stumbled on a concert video of Esperanza Spalding, without thinking of Jimi Hendrix at all. But somewhere along the line I simplified the design — faddish creature that I am — so this happened. Esperanza’s…
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in Writing
Verse: Child, Book, Pen
There with the child, and his book, and his pen, The magic, it whispers and beckons and then Laughingly leads into darkness and lustre. And when the caravan finally returns, The child is…
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in Writing
Story: The Fruit of the Commute
He approached the trotro at a brisk walk, at the pace of a man who knows he is at least thirty minutes late and nothing can save him. He fairly jumped into the bus. As…
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in Essays
… For The People
Shoutout to John Magufuli, president of Tanzania and father of the ‘WhatWouldMagufuliDo?’ meme. In his first week in office, he stripped expense budgets and cancelled his inaugural ball. Later he cancelled the Independence…
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in Art
PoxVop: Ploverbs #2