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happy birthday, alphabet soup!

~ jama

Ready, set, go!

A-B-C. 1-2-3.

Zee leetle blog, she is three!

Hard to believe. Time sure flies. Why do I keep talking in three’s?

Can’t help it. Oops. Did it again ☺.

Wow. We’re up to 950+ posts, 14,000+ comments received, and 5500+ images uploaded. I’m happy to report that although blog reading in some circles is down, my readership has doubled in the past year. By now, I should own stock in flickr, Campbell’s Tomato Soup, and Earth’s Best Organic Alphabet Pasta. And of course, I’m pretty sure Sir Paul, Bobby Dylan (wearethisclose), and George Clooney have all been asking about me.

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friday feast: let’s stir the pot

~ jama

"The arts are what help us make a coherent whole out of chaos. In two years I was on the road 13 months all over this state, and am more convinced than ever, that people are looking for what poetry has to offer. They just don’t know it. Most people who say ‘No’ to poetry don’t know what they are saying no to." ~ Sam Green, former Washington State Poet Laureate

       

Recently, poet and educator Laura Shovan sent me a poem by Sam Green and said, "I thought of you when I saw this."

Laura posted one of his other poems, "If You Had To," a couple of weeks ago as part of her ongoing Poet Laureate Series, which sparked an interesting discussion about how poetry has long been a "hard sell" when it comes to mainstream thinking. Why do so many people reject, out of hand, the one thing they need the most?

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how to be alone

~ jama

This lovely video was made to the poem, "How to Be Alone," by Tanya Davis, © 2009. I find it especially uplifting and enlightening in this day and age of "FaceHook."

Thanks to bb-blog for the heads up!

friday feast: the power of blue

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 Source: D. Sharon Pruitt, Pink Sherbet Photography

Some of you may have noticed I’ve been a bit obsessed with BLUE this week.

Maybe “obsessed” is too strong a word. Try, “enamoured.” Yes, that’s better. Though green has always been my favorite color, lately blue’s been toying with my affections, surprising me with its uncanny guises (I think there’s a picture book in there somewhere). “Call me by any one of my names,” it teases, and I’ll set you to poetic dreaming: cerulean, azure, cobalt, lapis. Aquamarine, baby, powder, indigo, denim, royal, robin’s egg. Prussian, sapphire, midnight, electric, teal, sky, navy, steel, periwinkle.

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and the blues keep comin’

~ jama

A little hi-jinx, courtesy of the Blue Man Group. Love me some drainage pipes!

Your assignment for today, should you choose to accept it: Don your denim, play with your pipes. And stay cool.