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Three Poems in Eclectica

Posted on August 1, 2017 by robert okaji

I have three poems included in this summer’s edition of Eclectica: “A Word Bathing in Moonlight,” “Scarecrow Dreams,” and “Missing Loved Ones,” the first draft of which came to being during the 2016 August 30-30 challenge. Many thanks to poetry editor Jen Finstrom, for taking these pieces.

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rivrvlogr on July 31, 2017 at 8:05 am said:

Well done, Bob.

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- robert okaji on July 31, 2017 at 8:40 am said:
  
  Thanks, Ken. It’s particularly gratifying to see these published, as they all have a special meaning to me.
  
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DeanJean on July 31, 2017 at 9:35 am said:

Congrats Bob!

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- robert okaji on July 31, 2017 at 9:41 am said:
  
  Thank you, DJ!
  
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Jim Brennan on July 31, 2017 at 12:34 pm said:

Awesome emotions and instincts

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- robert okaji on July 31, 2017 at 12:37 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much, Jim.
  
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stephanielharper on July 31, 2017 at 1:02 pm said:

Wow! Congrats on these magnificent placements!

Though Scarecrow’s self-actualization is so often palpably fraught with awareness of his particular brand of lack, this dream lets him revel in his freedom from that burdensome body of the living (the muted senses of which know no better than to eschew our own rootedness to the earth — the very weight of substantiation — in order to chase after the emptiness of breath), and show us everything we’re missing!

Your superpower is finding possibility and eternity seated in the belly of loss and lack, making those places we associate most closely with despair resound with hope…

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- robert okaji on July 31, 2017 at 1:26 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Ms. H. “Scarecrow Dreams” was my first Scarecrow poem. It took a while to find a home… I don’t know why his voice came to be, but it certainly has been traveling around.
  
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crow on July 31, 2017 at 2:25 pm said:

Good job! Congratulations on your trifecta!

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- robert okaji on July 31, 2017 at 2:44 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Charles. I just send these things out, and sometimes they latch on!
  
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dellymari on July 31, 2017 at 3:10 pm said:

Congratulations!

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- robert okaji on July 31, 2017 at 3:17 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Maria. Much appreciated.
  
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memadtwo on July 31, 2017 at 4:22 pm said:

Scarecrow is always close to my heart, but all 3 are wonderful. (as usual). More kudos. (K)

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- robert okaji on July 31, 2017 at 7:33 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Kerfe.
  
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Sascha Darlington on July 31, 2017 at 10:25 pm said:

Congrats.

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- robert okaji on August 1, 2017 at 10:25 am said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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derrickjknight on August 1, 2017 at 4:16 am said:

Congratulations

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- robert okaji on August 1, 2017 at 10:25 am said:
  
  Publication is always a wonderment, Derrick. Thank you.
  
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Janice on August 1, 2017 at 9:50 am said:

Thoroughly enjoyed these poems this morning Robert….well worth wide distribution.

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- robert okaji on August 1, 2017 at 10:26 am said:
  
  Glad you liked them, Janice. Thank you!
  
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