Laughing Monkey
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aka Paul Engel -poet, fiction writer, of Ecuadorian descent - his "The Dance of the Emu" chapbook is available through Bainbridge Island Press https://bainbridgeisland.press/products/the-dance-of-the-emu
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The Dance of the Emu
by Paul Engel In The Dance of the Emu, poet Paul Engel hopes to convey, lest we forget, the rhythm and rhyme of it all. The author invites readers to experience how his images float along a stream of ...
bainbridgeisland.press
my poetry chapbook
The Dance of The Emu is available #poetry
bainbridgeisland.press/products/the...
sample poem:
Weeping Willow Cove
Let’s row
To Weeping Willow Cove,
Where golden Weeping willows stand,
Like Golden waterfalls,
And where bluegills grow
As big as your hand.
The Dance of The Emu is available #poetry
bainbridgeisland.press/products/the...
sample poem:
Weeping Willow Cove
Let’s row
To Weeping Willow Cove,
Where golden Weeping willows stand,
Like Golden waterfalls,
And where bluegills grow
As big as your hand.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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"Maria" works in the strawberry roots in the Ballico CA area. She earns piece rate,but says working as fast as she can, she barely makes CA min wage. She skillfully sorts the roots into bunches of 1000. These roots will be transplanted in the spring. #wefeedyou
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"Maria" works in the strawberry roots in the Ballico CA area. She earns piece rate,but says working as fast as she can, she barely makes CA min wage. She skillfully sorts the roots into bunches of 1000. These roots will be transplanted in the spring. #wefeedyou
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November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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"Jorge" shared this video from where he is hard at work pruning cherry trees in the Madera CA area. Pruning trees is hard work as holding these shears up all day long as you climb up and down ladders causes serious strain on workers' arms, shoulders and back. #WeFeedYou
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Jorge" shared this video from where he is hard at work pruning cherry trees in the Madera CA area. Pruning trees is hard work as holding these shears up all day long as you climb up and down ladders causes serious strain on workers' arms, shoulders and back. #WeFeedYou
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Farm workers are bent over harvesting bell peppers in Kern County CA. They work rushing to keep up with the pace the tractor sets. When you eat a salad or a fajita remember the hands that harvest this vegetable. #WeFeedYou
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Farm workers are bent over harvesting bell peppers in Kern County CA. They work rushing to keep up with the pace the tractor sets. When you eat a salad or a fajita remember the hands that harvest this vegetable. #WeFeedYou
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November 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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2025 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest
First Place
upon realizing
that I am in
a snow globe
I wait for some child’s soft hands
to start the magic
Michael L. Evans
Puyallup, Washington
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #tankapoem
First Place
upon realizing
that I am in
a snow globe
I wait for some child’s soft hands
to start the magic
Michael L. Evans
Puyallup, Washington
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #tankapoem
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
2025 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest
First Place
upon realizing
that I am in
a snow globe
I wait for some child’s soft hands
to start the magic
Michael L. Evans
Puyallup, Washington
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #tankapoem
First Place
upon realizing
that I am in
a snow globe
I wait for some child’s soft hands
to start the magic
Michael L. Evans
Puyallup, Washington
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #tankapoem
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people on threads are mad that bad people are stealing books from little free libraries (a situation that has never once occurred because it is impossible to steal free things)
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
people on threads are mad that bad people are stealing books from little free libraries (a situation that has never once occurred because it is impossible to steal free things)
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Researcher cries after finding rare flower in Indonesia
A team of researchers describe the "magical" experience of finding a rare species of flower in bloom deep in the Sumatran rainforest after a 23-hour trek.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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A new verse from returning contributor Edward Cody Huddleston:
columbine seeds growing the algorithm
— Edward Cody Huddleston
columbine seeds growing the algorithm
— Edward Cody Huddleston
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columbine seeds growing the algorithm — Edward Cody Huddleston
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November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Edward Cody Huddleston:
columbine seeds growing the algorithm
— Edward Cody Huddleston
columbine seeds growing the algorithm
— Edward Cody Huddleston
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November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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"Raul" share this photo from where they are pruning pistachios trees in the Huron CA, area. "This job is very tiring because we have to cut away thick, dry pieces of the trees. I work eight hours a day and paid CA minimum wage." #WeFeedYou
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Raul" share this photo from where they are pruning pistachios trees in the Huron CA, area. "This job is very tiring because we have to cut away thick, dry pieces of the trees. I work eight hours a day and paid CA minimum wage." #WeFeedYou
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November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Day 113
Read books.
All sorts of books. Old books. New books. Big books. Little books. Indie books. Adventure books. Memoirs. History. Funny. Silly. Happy. Philosophical.
You'll take pieces of all of these into what you write.
600 words every day from Aug 3 to Dec 31
#600X150
Read books.
All sorts of books. Old books. New books. Big books. Little books. Indie books. Adventure books. Memoirs. History. Funny. Silly. Happy. Philosophical.
You'll take pieces of all of these into what you write.
600 words every day from Aug 3 to Dec 31
#600X150
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Day 113
Read books.
All sorts of books. Old books. New books. Big books. Little books. Indie books. Adventure books. Memoirs. History. Funny. Silly. Happy. Philosophical.
You'll take pieces of all of these into what you write.
600 words every day from Aug 3 to Dec 31
#600X150
Read books.
All sorts of books. Old books. New books. Big books. Little books. Indie books. Adventure books. Memoirs. History. Funny. Silly. Happy. Philosophical.
You'll take pieces of all of these into what you write.
600 words every day from Aug 3 to Dec 31
#600X150