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World Otter Day

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The writer of Ecclesiastes warned all of us writers who followed…

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James Baldwin on the endurance required to be a writer

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Scenic View of Mountains During Dawn by Simon Berger

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In Flanders Fields by John McRae

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Remember

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Pitt Meadows, BC, CanadaSymmetrical Photography of Clouds Covered Blue Sky by James Wheeler

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Voltaire knew the danger of writing his truth

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Body of Water Between Green Leaf Trees by Ian Turnell

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Cholula, Pue., MéxicoChurch with Majestic Volcano in Background by Felipe Perez

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Moon Illuminating a Field Between a Forest at Night by Perry Wunderlich

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Shallow Focus Photo Of Crocodile On Body Of Water by Henning Roettger

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Amanda Gorman inauguration poem/book banned by school in Florida because the poem contains "indirect hate messages" and causes confusion and indoctrination

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World Turtle Day. https://www.worldturtleday.org

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Coverage by the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star of award for Writing the Significant Soil

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Heron by Frank Cone

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Wild stork standing on stone against sea by Rajukhan Pathan

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Flock of seagulls flying over rippling water at sunset by Nav Photography

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Sixty years ago

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Hope lives in struggle

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White swans swimming in clean lake by Fede Roveda

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Preserve wetlandsFlock of colorful flamingos in pond by Stacey Koenitz

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Fellow Poet Lyman Grant reads poems from my collection Dark Fathers https://www.4doorlounge.com/blog/reading-my-friends-7

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Celebrate and save wetlands.Decatur, AL, United StatesFlock of Cranes in Wetland by Brian Forsyth

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Kruger Park, MP, South AfricaRhino Beside Body of Water by Frans van Heerden

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Protect the Rich and Powerful at any cost. https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2023/05/14

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Arusha Region, TanzaniaFive Zebra Grazing on Grass Field by Hendrik Cornelissen

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Steve Bucher reading his poetry at Deja Brew in Warrenton VA at first monthly poetry night cosponsored by Poetry Society of Virginia North Central region

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Kruger Park, MP, South AfricaElephants on Brown Mountain by Frans van Heerden

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From the 2023 Virginia Professional Communicators conference where my collection Writing the Significant Soil won first place in poetry---available from Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Significant-Soil-David-Anthony/dp/1956368191

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Hobbes on seeing Truth

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I enjoyed judging poetry and meeting the young poets in the 2023 Claudia Emerson Teen Poetry Contest. You can read their poems here:https://www.librarypoint.org/teen-poetry-contest/

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Island During Golden Hour And Upcoming Storm by Johannes Plenio

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I will be reading this Friday May 12 in Warrenton VA along with other great local poets. Stop by if you can.

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Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach ends with a stanza that still resonates

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A final Jeopardy answer and great poem about the destiny of autocrats

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At the Howell branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library until 6 p.m. May 8

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Set up at the Howell branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library until 6 p.m. May 8

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Arches National Park

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Mencken’s evaluation

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Ozzy at work

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Monday May 8 from 3-6 p.m. I’ll be signing books at the Howell branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library.

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Many trust this 92 year old with their money.

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At the Poetry Society of Virginia Centennial Festival

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Grass Field Pathway by Vincenzo Malagoli

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My collection Writing the Significant Soil wins first place in the statewide Communications Contest sponsored by the Virginia Professional Communicators association

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My collection Writing the Significant Soil wins first place in the statewide Communications Contest sponsored by the Virginia Professional Communicators association

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  On May 5, 2023, my poetry collection,  Writing the Significant Soil,  won first place in the statewide Communications Contest sponsored by the Virginia Professional Communicators association.

My collection Writing the Significant Soil wins first place in the statewide Communications Contest sponsored by the Virginia Professional Communicators association

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 On May 5, 2023, my poetry collection,  Writing the Significant Soil,  won first place in the statewide Communications Contest sponsored by the Virginia Professional Communicators association.

Setting up at the Spotsylvania Towne Center Mall library Location of CRRL. Stop by to say hello.

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May the fourth be with you

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