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Michael Thomas Thoughts on Poetry, Short Stories, Essays, and Ramblings-It's All Here in...

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The Spider's Web: Showing What Revisions Can Make Me Do
Comments after the poem! Enjoy! The Spider’s Web I saw a spider spin her web From the window in my room. I was muted in the dark. She was...
Jul 26, 20233 min read
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A New Nature Poem (?) And Some Random Pretty Pictures of Nature
Comments after another picture and the poem. Enjoy! Sing Along Like All the Other Birds That a dove taking to wing Is a most poetic thing...
Jul 23, 20232 min read
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Moon Diver: Slight Return (a lyric poem) And the Answer to a Reader's Question in Picture
Comments after poem! Enjoy! The Moon Diver (Slight Return) Beware the doldrums of July, When whippoorwill and firefly May make you feel...
Jul 12, 20233 min read
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Surviving July: A Short Lyric Poem with Some Pictures
Going back to the old way, the comments are after the poem--and so are a couple pictures of some flowers. Surviving July A trembling ball...
Jul 10, 20232 min read
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A Short Poem About Sunrises and a Few Pictures of Them
So...for the last few weeks, Kellie and I have been getting up around 5:30 AM to go on our daily walks with our dog Luna. Being out that...
Jul 5, 20231 min read
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A New Nature Poem
L'est we forget that my blog is really a blog about poetry and having a place to share my poems and the pictures that accompany them, I...
Jun 30, 20232 min read
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Wrapping Up the Travelogue: Personal Tips on Visiting London and the UK
Let's begin this with a picture that I left out from our day in York. I was sitting in the hotel looking at Google maps to see which...
Jun 29, 20234 min read
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Day Eight: A Bus Ride, Two Plane Rides, a Helluva Lot of Walking, a Car Ride, and Back at Home
Kellie and I were up in Oxford early as usual, but there was no particular hurry. Our flight from London Heathrow was at 2:10 PM, and the...
Jun 28, 20233 min read
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Day Seven: Oxford, the City of Universities and Buildings
Kellie and I were up early in Nottingham, packed our backpacks again, and headed to the train station for Oxford. The train ride from...
Jun 27, 20234 min read
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Nottingham: Day Six, the Rest of the Day
I am going to be honest. After Kellie and I returned from Newstead Abbey, I did not take a single picture the rest of the day. Kellie...
Jun 26, 20233 min read
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York to Nottingham: Day Six, May 26
Kellie and I got up early on Friday morning, packed up our backpacks, and walked for about 10 minutes to the York train station from the...
Jun 23, 20233 min read
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New Pictures, An Old Poem: Purple Thistles
Well, I needed to take a day off from the England Travelogue for two reasons. One, I was getting tired of spending 1 1/2 to 2 hours a day...
Jun 15, 20232 min read
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Edinburgh to York: Day Five, May 25
Kellie and I caught an early in train in Edinburgh on Thursday, May 25. I believe it was in the train station while waiting for the train...
Jun 14, 20236 min read
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The Second Half of a Full Day in Edinburgh
Kellie and I had purchased tickets ahead of time to visit Edinburgh Castle (a wise move if you ever plan to go), so our appointment was...
Jun 13, 20235 min read
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A Full Day in Edinburgh: Day Four, May 24
By now, you know that Kellie and I are early risers, and our first full day in Edinburgh was no exception. We left the Edinburgh House...
Jun 12, 20235 min read
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London to Edinburgh on the Train: Day Three, May 23
The third day in London, Kellie and I had a leisurely breakfast and rearranged our backpacks for dirty clothes at the hotel rather than...
Jun 9, 20236 min read
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London: Day Two: What We Did in the Afternoon
I already told you that Kellie had to help me with the pictures of the second day in the afternoon because I didn't take any, but she...
Jun 8, 20235 min read
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Travelogue London: Still Day Two, Still in the Morning
Well, if you looked at yesterday's account, you know that I have figured out that I need to take more bite-sized chunks in my travelogue...
Jun 7, 20233 min read
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Travelogue: Day Two, Part One: London
Yes, I know, I said it would be a couple of days until I picked up with my travelogue, and it has been three. I fibbed--but not on...
Jun 6, 20235 min read
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The Travelogue of England and Scotland
So, if you read the last couple of blogs, you know that Kellie and I went to England for a spell in the last days of May. We stayed 2 1/2...
Jun 3, 20235 min read
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