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Conversations by Ben Ditmars
Conversations by Ben Ditmars
One powerful read! I absolutely love the introduction!!!!! The author tells us why he poured his soul into this book. It includes so many different things happening in this world today and to himself. His words resonate with many people in today’s world, many verses are blade’s cutting into one’s soul, read knowing you will be affected as a poets words should do, this book does that a lot. I…
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He thinks of subtle, vast
unbroken things
I can only read about in books
or see on screen.
Ben Ditmars, People Are Strange
Like a tree
I have stood my ground
Not fallen.
Ben Ditmars, Haiku in the Night
May you feel love unclouded and unjaded by experience.
Ben Ditmars
Poem By Ben Ditmars Aka The Midnight Writer
Poem By Ben Ditmars Aka The Midnight Writer
Relapse
struggling with this relapse from an abstinence inside you
denying what we are and what we feel
marriage was the moment I undressed you with my eyes, barebacked on the amygdala
and you in stormy silence did the same.
© Ben Ditmars 2016
https://benjaminditmars.com/2016/05/14/relapse/
Photograph Courtesy of Kim Stapf
#poetry
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#PoetryMonth - Poetry by @BenDitty
#PoetryMonth – Poetry by @BenDitty
Today’s Poetry Month post is from Ben Ditmars, aka Ben Ditty, aka Gnomy of the Ditmars…ok, maybe I made that last one up. Either way, I’m glad to have him back on the blog. This poet has been a big help on A Life Among the Pages for years. You can find his work in the Story Time Friday and Prose Verse Babelarchives, along with past poetry events. He’s even one of the poets who I worked with on…
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#PoetryMonth - Indie Poetry Recommendations
#PoetryMonth – Indie Poetry Recommendations
It’s the first Sunday of Poetry Month. I thought it might be a fun idea to keep my Sunday Themed Book Recommendations posts going. What better way than with poetry? And to make it more interesting, I’ll be recommending some of my favorite (or probably favorite, once I read them) Indie poetry collections.
Even for me, being an Indie poet, it’s not easy to find many of us around. Yes, we’re…
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Story Time...#Christmas
Story Time…#Christmas
Today is Christmas, for those who celebrate. And for those who don’t, it’s simply another Friday. Either way, it’s time for another installment of Story Time Friday.
There have been a lack of STF posts, as many of you probably noticed. Because of this, I decided to do my best to gather a group of authors for a special holiday post. Turns out my reach isn’t that far these days, but I did have two…
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