Word Perv
(noun): One who takes delight and is skilled at constructing, writing or saying naughty phrases or dialogue.
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June 1, 2020

Write Drunk

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I have this saying framed and hanging on my office wall, near where my desk sits. I’m pretty sure any poem I wrote while drunk was total crap and likely not even worthy of editing. But it’s all a moot

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March 14, 2016

Love Poem

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Last Friday I received an email from Split This Rock containing this poem: After reading it I immediately pulled out my notebook and a pen and started writing. I wrote my own version of a love poem,  which centers around

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A few months ago I posted the first draft of my poem Love is a Lesion on Your Brain – it’s a love poem to my husband but because straight-up love poems aren’t exactly the kind of poetry I write, it

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July 20, 2015

Chronic

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I have the misfortune of suffering from chronic pain. My pain comes in the form of a railroad spike driving itself through my temples. The pain is constant and unrelenting. I’m fortunate that I’m now on a medication that helps

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I personally don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day, I think it’s a silly, invented holiday that holds no meaning. It’s fine if others want to celebrate, it’s just not a holiday that speaks to me. Ted Kooser, former Poet Laureate, used to

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