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A few fine words
​(at least, only a few words!)

THEORY
I am going to try a showcase of poems to replace the "Duel". There will be one of mine here since I can find them easily and can rapidly copy them from one place to another. There will also be one featuring some other contemporary poet whose work I like, appropriately credited.
PROCESS 
I will change the poems frequently but not necessarily on a fixed schedule and encourage everyone to comment and to promote the readings on Twitter and other social media. I will also leave the rating widget so please show your applause (or disapproval).
PARTICIPATION
As with the Duel if you would like one of your poems featured, please reach out to me. I love to promote others' good works!
FINALLY
At the bottom will be a piece of flash fiction, sometimes mine, sometimes not.

As I Like It #29

Whisper
 
The wind roars in the trees
Bringing branches down.
I whisper up to you
The birds cry out in dismay
At the freezing spring rain.
I whisper encouragements
Students crinkle essays
In frustrated furies
I whisper they will succeed
Legislators posture impotent
Yet bloated in self-importance
I whisper rebellious notes
The sun floats across the sky
Followed by the moon
Endless progression
As I whisper my small
Encouragements and disruptions
Snow Marsh
 
The osprey hides,
Tiny clams burrow deeper,
Marsh grasses wear their
Thin white blanket
Delicately coating each blade
Bending carefully with every
New flake sticking.
Fine snow falls at a sharp
Angle in the young wind
As the night creeps close.
The marsh is silent
Waiting for the storm
To move out to sea
And the tide to flow
Back in with the warm
Atlantic waters.

Flash Fiction

The monster dwelt within him; and he fought it with great dignity. Few knew his internal battles, late at night, away from the glare of crowds. He did little to scatter the burden, shouldering it all with stoic silence. Until the day, he could no more and we gathered at his side, to say "goodbye".

​Unpublished, by Greg Schroeder 

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