Politics
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Poetry for Change
I am extremely honored to have my poem “Peter Pan Must Die” included in the 2012 issue of Vending Machine: Poetry for Change along side many other talented poets, including Dianne Borsenik, Steve Brightman, T.M. Göttl, Marc Mannheimer, Tina Puckett, Eva Xanthopoulos and more. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the…
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Elk stuns zookeepers . . .
The headline reads “Elk Stuns Idaho zookeepers.” The massive beast did this by saving a tiny marmot from drowning. Stuns? Really? Some people seem to think the idea of an animal reaching out to help another animal, especially one of a different species, is pretty amazing. I disagree completely. Examples of animal-to-animal kindness abound. From a…
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Hello world!
That’s right. I’m starting a brand new blog. I will use this blog to give shout-outs to other writers, post brief reviews of poetry I come across online, and comment generally on other things that go on around this oh-so-strange world in which we live. First, I’d like to give a shout-out to my previous…
Eric Blanchard Poetry 