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A poet considers the intersections of language and numbers, connections between disparate entities – the currents stirring within the Phoenician iteration of our letter M and the Japanese character for water, mizu, or the intertwined strands of solar wind and shadows, black-chinned hummingbirds and  coastal death rituals – all, of course, while contemplating good food and that most magnificent of elixirs, beer, which may have been the very foundation of civilization. Or not.

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  7. Obviously, beer and pretzels, the two major food groups, sustain both life and creativity. All that other stuff you mentioned? I’m not sure about those. Can’t pronounce most of them. But thanks for visiting my writing website and sampling some of my work.

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  11. So happy you stopped by my place and ‘introduced’ yourself so I can now enjoy visits here to share in your offerings! If you don’t already know his work/him, I’m pretty sure from reading your artist’s statement here that you’d greatly enjoy the work of Steve Schwartzman, who has a spectacular wildflower blog that I ‘found’ first and loved so much that I ‘found’ his other blog and a ton of other goodness to love, all related to Spanish-English (and peripheral) etymology:

    http://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com

    http://wordconnections.wordpress.com

    All best to you!
    Kathryn

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  13. Thanks for liking my post! I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind leaving a comment on it if you liked what I was trying to do. I’m trying to branch out my style and also get more involved with the site.

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  22. Robert, thanks for liking my JOIN THE SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION… blog post about the late Harold Ramis’ Five-Minute Buddha Pocket Guide Item #1. In re beer and civilization — I have had 3 DWI’s and my wife Amy of over 19 years basically killed herself by abusing alcohol for about ten years and yet I still occasionally (some would say more than “occasionally’) drink tequila (to excess). So here’s my two cents worth: I believe we are civilized despite of, not due to, beer (or tequila). Of course that’s from one person’s perspective. Those folks able to achieve that rarified title of “social drinker” would probably agree with you. That’s the beauty and joy of free speech. Keep up the great works of poetry and blogging.

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    • There has been much discussion and even serious scholarship about beer’s role in the emergence of civilization (cultivation of grains, celebration, development of currency), and its history – from Sumeria and Ancient Egypt to the present. It’s a historically important and interesting beverage, and I do love mixing my hoppy beverages with science and history and poetry and food and life itself. Having said that, I respect your perspective and look forward to reading more of your work.

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  23. I just wanted to say thanks for liking my post ‘The cost of the typed word’.

    I really enjoyed the poetry, there is nothing quite as beautiful as high quality poetry.

    I was wondering if you’d be interested in taking my survey on blogging as a writer. It’s at: https://es.surveymonkey.com/s/NLNQGQK

    Alternatively, please let me know if you’d be interested in an interview so that I could hear about your experiences. Many thanks for your time.

    All the best,

    Alan.

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  26. Thanks for dropping by my blog and liking my poem! It’s very encouraging, so I always appreciate it. 🙂 I also want to say that I’ve really enjoyed discovering your blog. It’s very curious to me, so I’ll definitely be coming back for more.

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  28. thank you for liking my post “Breathing.” It meant a lot to this beginner blogger. I like your description of your blog “musings about…” I’d love it if you dropped by “katesclippings” again!

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  32. O to dread
    What can I say
    On this great man’s thread?

    Perhaps I’ll simply state
    My adoration for his words
    And jealousy of his abiltiy to harness flow and rhyme things.

    Thanks for taking a look at my poem. We have both found in me a fan of your work.

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  36. Thank you Robert. I’m thinking of numbers in other ways as well now in an upcoming Finishing Line Press chapbook about Afghanistan called ‘Collateral Damage,’ as in

    what is the retaliation ratio
    3000:1 for 9-11
    the twenty-five special forces
    who died later melded together

    Numbers can be brutal, as I expect you know…

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  45. I really like the picture on this blog. It reminds me of the condensed nature of poetry. An entire pine tree confined in the pine cone just waiting to emerge and grow is like a poem just waiting for a reader to expand in his/her mind.

    Thanks for visiting my blog.

    Cheers!

    Chris

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  47. Waiting for the reader to expand their minds. I love that comment. Ever listen to the words of the song, “The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” ? That is some trip lemme tellya!!

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  48. Thanks so much for liking my post. I’m new to blogging so it gives me a real boost just to know that someone read my work! I’ll keep an eye on your blog to keep myself inspired as I write poetry too. Wishing you all the best.

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