Let's take a short trip back in time... My dear, Brave and Reckless friend, Christine has recorded the first mass-collab from the Go Dog Go Treetop Cafe. Gina has suggested that they be read together as one piece, so below the Soundcloud links of Christine is the combined piece. The list of stanza authors is … Continue reading Spoken Word Renga(s): Solving Lonely Winter Nights and Spring Responds to Winter Loneliness
PYM 3/14 Summary Part Four
A good Saturday morning to all of you, next to last summary for PYM 3/14 and then on to PYM 3/21, and some wonderful work today. Doubts and hope linger this week, and a wonderful them emerges that I hope inspires all at the cafe. Doubt, fear, loneliness are part of the trade of writers; … Continue reading PYM 3/14 Summary Part Four
Salt
I am the restless ocean, you a tempest storm churning our waters into a whirlwind of wants plunging us into murky depths of desire where we linger, and soon surrender to that which our fates have conspired. The ocean, the storm, water with no form, when you taste salty sweat on glistening skin as we … Continue reading Salt
Dislodged Inception- Michael Erickson
How can this be? Finding myself alone in this edifice of life. I sit wishing upon a silent dark star, For an end to come. How can this be? Michael is a husband, father, writer, poet, and aspiring author. He finds time to scribble down his thoughts in the dead of night, between ghosts and … Continue reading Dislodged Inception- Michael Erickson
Poem: Free Verse – “Soulful and Sweet” #amwriting #poetry #GoDoGoCafe
Credit: Ol Klein via Unsplash Soulful and sweet -- That's what his eyes were like. Shaded-black running shoes, And faded jeans that fit snug; He's put together, White shirt sleeves pushed up muscled forearms. Eyes soulful and sweet; he caught mine. I caught his; the train's sway forgotten. And conversation ambled, As we sat in … Continue reading Poem: Free Verse – “Soulful and Sweet” #amwriting #poetry #GoDoGoCafe
Life Cycle
Flower to flower A colorful interlude Honeybees smiling § © 2018 Franci Eugenia Hoffman I have held various positions in the insurance industry for over 20 years. I have been rewarded both professionally and personally due to results from taking responsibility and hard work. My fulfillment comes from the promotion of others. I started writing … Continue reading Life Cycle
Dangerous Angel
Oh the wretched guilt for summoning the touch of the stranger with dark eyes the dangerous angel the beautiful distraction from reality * Soaking wet from first glance I let him, in the hands of his dark sanctuary, undress my conscience leave his marks of love upon my nakedness tie my thoughts with silk chains … Continue reading Dangerous Angel
PYM 3/14 Summary Part Three
Back to it, but first, I want to give a shout out to a very good friend who will go through his final chemo treatment for non-Hodgkins Lymphoma tomorrow. His friendship was one that carried me over the past months; perhaps collectively, the good guests at the GDG could return the favor and say a … Continue reading PYM 3/14 Summary Part Three
Unforgivable Reflections- Michael Erickson
I hate you. Everything about you. There’s nothing more I’d like than to turn away from you. Leave you there with nothing but sorrow contained between your arms. You took from me what I held so dear. Let it slip past defenses, slowing a silent blade to cut you from all that’s worth living. So … Continue reading Unforgivable Reflections- Michael Erickson
Pay It Forward Thursday- May 24, 2018
Welcome to Pay It Forward Thursday. All Go Dog Go readers, guest writers, and baristas are invited to post one link to one specific post (600 words or less please!) from someone else’s blog in the comments section below. We encourage you to give a shout-out to someone who has wowed you as a reader, creatively inspired you, … Continue reading Pay It Forward Thursday- May 24, 2018
