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Poetry Day: Life and Times of Ichabod Jones

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Before I wrote the stories, I made a poem for Ichabod Brooks.  He was Ichabod Jones back then.  Also, he was in a science-fiction story where Earth was toxic, except for a few people who could return to the surface.  … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Legacy Interrupted

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(This poem stems from a thought I always had.  People are born with talents, but not everyone gets to either discover them or use them to their fullest.  Society simply isn’t designed to let the majority reach their full potential.  … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Last Time Through These Doors

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Full transparency: I skipped a poem.  Thought it was about DnD and posted it without reading.  It was actually about how I met my ex-wife during a DnD game and it must have been a present to her because it … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Island of the Bleeding Blade

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(This poem is a fictional set up type of thing.  Just wrote it randomly and thought it could be a good premise for a future story.  I believe it was matched up with another poem or story about a magic … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Ira

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Ira is the Latin word for ‘Wrath’.  So, it worked for the title of a poem about anger.) The pit of your heart is where I fester I am all-consuming   Violence and hate are my bastard children I am … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Invasion of the Unwanted

Posted on May 30, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(This was written after a week of bugs getting inside.  They always found their way to my room and buzzed me in my sleep.  Moths, flies, and mosquitoes a plenty.) Buzzing among the lights Skittering in the dark The infestation … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: If This Was My Last Day

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Guess I had a lot of downers in ‘I’ section.  Then again, is anyone surprised that I wonder about my own legacy?  I write stories with destined heroes and question if free will is stronger or weaker than destiny.  I … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: If This Is It

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(This poem deals with the concept of the afterlife.  Specifically, the possibility that there isn’t one.  I hear a lot of people talking about working hard to enjoy what happens after death, but then I see them not actually enjoying … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Icarusian Idols

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Guess a downside to poems going in alphabetical order is that you can get some that are similar.  This is about how people seem to enjoy others failing.  We do love to see famous people and heroes fall from grace.  … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: I Remember This Day

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Funny meme aside, this was a poem I wrote back in 2011 for 9/11.  I don’t remember if it was for a specific prompt or request.  Weird to post it in March, but I might repost it on the actual … Continue reading →

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