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Nonfiction Narrative: Sundays Are For Conflict by Mark Tulin/My Fair Lighthouse A weekly art of miscommunication. Feature photo curated by Europeana on Unsplash. Atelier by Majernik, Cyprian…...

#Creative Nonfiction #Cycle of Conflict #family dysfunction

Humor: Belly Button Man by Mark Tulin

A superhero of all things lint and donuts. Click Belly Button Man. https://mftulin.medium.com/belly-button-man-02f495b19c55?sk=13f99baeb2d2f3ab7cf17707a8dc9c30 “I’m not Catholic, but I gave up picking my belly button for lint.” — Emo Philips.

#Absurd #Free Verse #Humor #Mark Tulin #Mark [email protected]#poem #Poetry

An Alienated Adolescent Reading List by Mark Tulin

From Sissy Hankshaw to Alexander Portnoy. View at Medium.com View at Medium.com

Featured Poem: Water Has Broken by Mark Tulin

A poetic delivery room memoir. Photo copyrighted by the author. Water Has Broken. View at Medium.com View at Medium.com

Video Poem: Meeting on Marshy Water by Mark Tulin

#estuary #Poetry #seabirds #Video Poem #wildlife

Narrative Poetry: The Worst Case Scenario, by Mark Tulin- LetterPile

A narrative poem about a family therapist’s last case.— Read on The Worst Case Scenario. Here’s the revised version of the poem: To Hell with God and Country By Mark Tulin The family that made me quit therapy had sister who never came home, a mother who neglected her young, an alcoholic father who gambled, and a delinquent son named John. Their row home faced a cement square, around the…

#family dysfunction #Humorous Poem #Poetry #therapy

Poem: Where Did Time Go by Mark Tulin

I walk down the street looking at my reflection in each car window. I see a wrinkled face, a bent-over body and wonder if that’s really me. It was just a few short years ago I walked on the same block, looked in similar car windows and saw a young girl in shorts with long flowing hair and a bounce in her gait, forever to stay the same. ©️MFT

#aging #confession #Free Verse #poem #Poetry

Video Poem: Icarus Imposter by Mark Tulin

#Hang Gliding #Mountains #Ocean #Poetry #Sky #Video Poem

Poem: Muir Woods by Mark Tulin

Enter quiet, enter peace. I need a refuge. I’m so weak and vulnerable. The sunlight blinds my eyes. I need a church of serenity. Need to sit inside the hollowed-out bark of a fallen tree. Watch the sun play off a spiderweb wheel as I breathe in fond memories from a ventilator tube… I whistle like Dylan to the cacophony of bluebirds and sparrows. Chase the otters down the stream, skipping off…

#Emotional Poetry #Free Verse #Narrative Poetry #poem #Poetry

She's Painting A Picture

#Free Verse #nature poem #poem #Poetry #poetrypic

Video Poem: I Don't Want Raphael's Angel. Poetrybythesea.com

#Angel #Humor #Love #Poetry #Raphael

Essay/Aging: 'Old' is Not a Dirty Word by Mark Tulin

How aging cured my youthful delusions. Photo by JP Sanabria on Unsplash. Edited by the author. “Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you should have been.”— David Bowie Click Old is Not a Dirty Word to read.

#Ageism #Aging #Essay #Mark Tulin on Crow&039;s Feet

Essay: The Stuff of Homelessness by Mark Tulin

It takes a resourceful person and a stacked shopping cart to survive on the street. Photos copyrighted by the author. “The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members.”— Pearl S. Buck Click The Suff of Homelessness to read.

#Essay #homelessness #Mark Tulin #Photography #Poverty #Society

Video Poem: Heroes of the Burning Fields, by Mark Tulin

It is wildfire season again in California, and causing much devastation along the west coast and nearby states. This video poem is a tribute to the first responders of such fires, the Hotshots. May you continue to protect our homes and lives. Please enjoy my tribute to these valiant firefighters, entitled “Heroes of the Burning Fields.” For more on the Hotshots, please read my post at…

#Firefirghters #Hotshots #Ode #Poetry #Video Poetry

Narrative Essay: Under the Jacaranda Tree by Mark Tulin

Many thanks to Crow’s Feet for publishing “Under the Jacaranda Tree” by Mark Tulin. If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.— George Burns, a comedian who lived to be a hundred. Click Under the Jacaranda Tree to read.

#aging #Longevity #Mark Tulin #Memoir #narrative #Nonfiction

Poetry/Humor: Bad Dentist by Mark Tulin

A sadistic dentist and his mangy dental assistant. Photo Alice Kask’s painting: Dog (2008). Curated by Europeana on Unsplash. Now rinse outStand upWallet emptiedSix-month follow-upInsurance card returnedGiven a doggy bag with floss, paste,& a Greenies treat.With a pound of soggy gauzestuffed into bloated cheeks& still in a delirious haze — I smiled with missing teeth. Click to read Bad Dentist.

#Humor #Hyperbole #Mark Tulin #poem #Poetry #Satire&039;

Poetic Opinion: Will Humor Become Extinct? by Mark Tulin

Why we must not silence our comedians. Photo by Timisu on Pixabay Take away a comedian’sshtick or gag,and we’ll take life too seriously,become an unfunny cliche — weak and bitter,like a day-old cup of coffee,and as distastefulas gas station sushi. Click to read Will Humor Become Extinct?

#Humor #Mark Tulin #Opinion #Poetry #Satire

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