Thought for the day...

Power is safest in a poet's hands.

Therefore, for the artist,

God will pose.

--Hafiz of Shiraz, Persian Sufi Poet, 1320 A.D.

A RAUCOUS WELCOME TO FELLOW POETS!

IF YOU ARE A POET COLLEAGUE FROM THE MAIN ST CAFE, WELCOME TO MY BLOG - AND YOURS! HERE I INVITE YOU TO SHARE YOUR CREATIVE WISDOM AND YOUR POETIC CREATIONS...EDGAR ("QUOTH THE RAVEN...") IS AWAITING YOUR RESPONSES. DON'T DISAPPOINT HIM! AND FOR OTHERS VISITING HERE, SHARE WHAT HAVE YOU - GET DOWN WITH EDGAR!

THE NOMAD WRITING GROUP

MEET THE FAMOUS NOMAD WRITERS OF THE GREATER ATTLEBORO, SEEKONK, REHOBOTH, MA, AND PAWTUCKET, RI AREAS, NOT TO MENTION OUR TRULY NOMADIC NORA FROM CALIFORNIA!

OUR HONORABLE LEADER, MONICA

AND FAITHFUL FOLLOWER, ESTHER.

THE WINE WAS FLOWING THIS NIGHT.

MY KIND OF GROUP!

MONICA,WRITER OF INTRIGUE, ESTHER, THE NEXT IRMA BOMBECK,

AND CALIFORNIA GIRL, NORA,

MIDWIFE TO ZANY WORLD

OUR FIRST TO BE PUBLISHED, BILL. BE LOOKING IN THE BOOKSTORES FOR HIS MEMOIR, AMERICAN HITCHHIKER!

BILL AND MONICA SCHMOOZING IT UP

OUR ILLUSTRIOUS CHARLES

CREATOR OF THE ADVENTURES OF HANIMAN,

THE MONKEY GOD.

GEORGE, AUTHOR OF TALES OF BOYHOOD IN INDIA,

WAS AWOL, DISGUISED AS, WELL...

JOHN, WRITING THE NEXT GREAT NOVEL

WAS WORKING OVERTIME

DELIVERING THE MAIL...

AND ME, I WAS OUT IN THE HEN HOUSE

KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT ROOSTER

THAT'S ME FOURTH FROM THE LEFT.

(THOSE OTHER THREE HENS ARE IN FOR IT.)