Category Archives: communication

Just Wear the Damn Mask

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Jim Stewart

Don’t breathe on me! I am deeply flawed and your breath could carry me to a far shore where my friends won’t find me. Your cavalier ignorance defies kindness and care. Your harm is wanton. Do you miss home that … Continue reading →

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Coyote Comes Callin’

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Jim Stewart

I’m posting this here because I am very tired of rejection notes telling me it doesn’t really fit in <insert publication>. Yes, I understand it’s an ongoing process, but with this piece, which I really like, I’m just absolutely sick … Continue reading →

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An Example of Daily Writing

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Jim Stewart

(Here’s an example of a the beginning of a daily writing session. Initially, I made no edits. But I couldn’t stand it, so now it’strying to become a poem. I’ve changed the original, so my firsteffort has been subverted. Silly … Continue reading →

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Shameless Plug

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Jim Stewart

Okay. Another shameless plug: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/white-ravens/id1439393149?ls=1&mt=11 The collection goes live tomorrow.

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Smallity

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Jim Stewart

We are sometimes so small, me especially. About small things. We get miffed because somebody asks us to do something and we are distracted from what we’re pretending to think about even if what we’re thinking about is banal an … Continue reading →

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Spirit, Living

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Jim Stewart

I am a spirit living in the aging body of a white man. People I admire despise my meat. People I despise glorify my biological ancestry. The crux ignored: I am a spirit, living. (mediadiversified.org)

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Remove Spoon to Insert Foot

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Jim Stewart

My silver spoon gets stuck in my mouth when I try to articulate. (spoon: OLWomen.com; apartheid: buzzsouthafrica.com)

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Haiku: Perspective

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Jim Stewart

A tree in my yard, upheaval in my country. The tree stays the same.

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The Lift

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Jim Stewart

Birds, pilots, sailors… all look for lift Artists do too It is the physics of magic (guitar: getold.com; hawk: geol.umd.edu)   Inspired by: T Bone Burnett’s AmericanaFest Keynote Address

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Haiku–Dogspeak

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Jim Stewart

Articulate whines: the dog tries telepathy. I’m learning to speak. (left: Toulouse hiding; right: hat boy)

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