Laughing Monkey
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aka Paul Engel -poet, fiction writer, of Ecuadorian descent - his "The Dance of the Emu" eChapbook 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 ...
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my poetry chapbook
The Dance of The Emu is available #poetry
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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.
December 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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SOLIDARITY! Today labor is holding a global day of action to show solidarity for the Starbucks baristas ULP strike. Farm workers are proud to support with these brave @sbworkersunited workers who have been fighting for a fair union contract for almost 4 years.
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
December 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
SOLIDARITY! Today labor is holding a global day of action to show solidarity for the Starbucks baristas ULP strike. Farm workers are proud to support with these brave @sbworkersunited workers who have been fighting for a fair union contract for almost 4 years.
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
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when sound is seen
the crow is blue
the mountain sleeps
#俳句 #haiku #micropoetry #minimalpoetry #crowisblue
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the crow is blue
the mountain sleeps
#俳句 #haiku #micropoetry #minimalpoetry #crowisblue
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December 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
when sound is seen
the crow is blue
the mountain sleeps
#俳句 #haiku #micropoetry #minimalpoetry #crowisblue
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translated my
the crow is blue
the mountain sleeps
#俳句 #haiku #micropoetry #minimalpoetry #crowisblue
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translated my
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
a butterfly
stuck fast to Amida
Buddha's cheek
#Haiku
Lanoue, trans & notes
According to the Pure Land Buddhism that Issa believed in, the only path to the Pure Land and enlightenment is to "cling" to the liberating power of Amida Buddha. In this haiku, the butterfly is a living emblem of faith.
stuck fast to Amida
Buddha's cheek
#Haiku
Lanoue, trans & notes
According to the Pure Land Buddhism that Issa believed in, the only path to the Pure Land and enlightenment is to "cling" to the liberating power of Amida Buddha. In this haiku, the butterfly is a living emblem of faith.
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
a butterfly
stuck fast to Amida
Buddha's cheek
#Haiku
Lanoue, trans & notes
According to the Pure Land Buddhism that Issa believed in, the only path to the Pure Land and enlightenment is to "cling" to the liberating power of Amida Buddha. In this haiku, the butterfly is a living emblem of faith.
stuck fast to Amida
Buddha's cheek
#Haiku
Lanoue, trans & notes
According to the Pure Land Buddhism that Issa believed in, the only path to the Pure Land and enlightenment is to "cling" to the liberating power of Amida Buddha. In this haiku, the butterfly is a living emblem of faith.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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One of a series of mixed media drawings of musicians playing at an Irish music session in Mill Road, Cambridge
#mixedmedia #musicsession #fiddle #guitar #tinwhistle
#mixedmedia #musicsession #fiddle #guitar #tinwhistle
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
One of a series of mixed media drawings of musicians playing at an Irish music session in Mill Road, Cambridge
#mixedmedia #musicsession #fiddle #guitar #tinwhistle
#mixedmedia #musicsession #fiddle #guitar #tinwhistle
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December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Stoic, Acrylic and Pumice on Canvas, 2024 48x48” (SOLD)
#art #artstudio #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #abstractartist #artist #artistlife #myart #myartstyle #myartstudio #creativity #minneapolis #mplsart #abstractexpressionism #artforsale #abstraktekunst
#art #artstudio #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #abstractartist #artist #artistlife #myart #myartstyle #myartstudio #creativity #minneapolis #mplsart #abstractexpressionism #artforsale #abstraktekunst
December 24, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Stoic, Acrylic and Pumice on Canvas, 2024 48x48” (SOLD)
#art #artstudio #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #abstractartist #artist #artistlife #myart #myartstyle #myartstudio #creativity #minneapolis #mplsart #abstractexpressionism #artforsale #abstraktekunst
#art #artstudio #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #abstractartist #artist #artistlife #myart #myartstyle #myartstudio #creativity #minneapolis #mplsart #abstractexpressionism #artforsale #abstraktekunst
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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A new verse from returning contributor @wanderstruck.blog:
dull anhedonia
mind virus / brain rot
a bed of spring flowers
under the floorboards
— Ash Evan Lippert
dull anhedonia
mind virus / brain rot
a bed of spring flowers
under the floorboards
— Ash Evan Lippert
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dull anhedoniamind virus / brain rota bed of spring flowersunder the floorboards — Ash Evan Lippert
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December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A new verse from returning contributor @wanderstruck.blog:
dull anhedonia
mind virus / brain rot
a bed of spring flowers
under the floorboards
— Ash Evan Lippert
dull anhedonia
mind virus / brain rot
a bed of spring flowers
under the floorboards
— Ash Evan Lippert
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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December 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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This is Coe Fen in Cambridge, a watercolour drawing from 1998. The tower in the middle distance is the Pitt Building and the other tower is the United Reform Church. This was done on the spot with watercolour and Indian ink.
#art #watercolour #Indianink #Cambridge
#art #watercolour #Indianink #Cambridge
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is Coe Fen in Cambridge, a watercolour drawing from 1998. The tower in the middle distance is the Pitt Building and the other tower is the United Reform Church. This was done on the spot with watercolour and Indian ink.
#art #watercolour #Indianink #Cambridge
#art #watercolour #Indianink #Cambridge
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"Memo" has been harvesting Salinas CAs strawberries for 13 years. "I'm picking the last harvest of 2025. I'm tired & my back hurts from being bent over all day, but I must pick quickly. I work piece rate and the more boxes I harvest the more I earn to feed my family." #WeFeedYou
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Memo" has been harvesting Salinas CAs strawberries for 13 years. "I'm picking the last harvest of 2025. I'm tired & my back hurts from being bent over all day, but I must pick quickly. I work piece rate and the more boxes I harvest the more I earn to feed my family." #WeFeedYou
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Farm workers are harvesting green onions by hand in Kern County CA. They bend over for long hours, cutting, bunching, and stacking the onions into crates loaded onto nearby trailers. The work is physically demanding, requiring precision and endurance under the sun. #WeFeedYou
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Farm workers are harvesting green onions by hand in Kern County CA. They bend over for long hours, cutting, bunching, and stacking the onions into crates loaded onto nearby trailers. The work is physically demanding, requiring precision and endurance under the sun. #WeFeedYou
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Dec 1: Final countdown
2025 is quickly fading. 2026 is almost here.
You have 31 days to get all of that 2025 writing in.
31 days.
Can you wrap up that novel? That short story? Those poems?
You can get there. I believe you can!
600 words every day from Aug 2 - Dec 31
#600X150
2025 is quickly fading. 2026 is almost here.
You have 31 days to get all of that 2025 writing in.
31 days.
Can you wrap up that novel? That short story? Those poems?
You can get there. I believe you can!
600 words every day from Aug 2 - Dec 31
#600X150
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Dec 1: Final countdown
2025 is quickly fading. 2026 is almost here.
You have 31 days to get all of that 2025 writing in.
31 days.
Can you wrap up that novel? That short story? Those poems?
You can get there. I believe you can!
600 words every day from Aug 2 - Dec 31
#600X150
2025 is quickly fading. 2026 is almost here.
You have 31 days to get all of that 2025 writing in.
31 days.
Can you wrap up that novel? That short story? Those poems?
You can get there. I believe you can!
600 words every day from Aug 2 - Dec 31
#600X150
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People like romance because romance requires craft like every other form of writing
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
People like romance because romance requires craft like every other form of writing
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I made the Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago 2025 - Novelist list for voting. Thank you.
I'm thankful for the Chicago literary community. To all of Chicago.
I love writing. It's all I ever want to do, and eat and sleep and spend time with my family and go to a White Sox game.
I'm thankful for the Chicago literary community. To all of Chicago.
I love writing. It's all I ever want to do, and eat and sleep and spend time with my family and go to a White Sox game.
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I made the Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago 2025 - Novelist list for voting. Thank you.
I'm thankful for the Chicago literary community. To all of Chicago.
I love writing. It's all I ever want to do, and eat and sleep and spend time with my family and go to a White Sox game.
I'm thankful for the Chicago literary community. To all of Chicago.
I love writing. It's all I ever want to do, and eat and sleep and spend time with my family and go to a White Sox game.