Laughing Monkey
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aka Paul Engel -poet, fiction writer, of Ecuadorian descent - his "The Dance of the Emu" eChapbook is available through Bainbridge Island Press https://bainbridgeisland.press/products/the-dance-of-the-emu -- Namu Amida Butsu
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The Dance of the Emu
by Paul Engel In The Dance of the Emu, poet Paul Engel hopes to convey, lest we forget, the rhythm and rhyme of it all. The author invites readers to experience how his images float along a stream of ...
bainbridgeisland.press
my poetry chapbook
The Dance of The Emu is available #poetry
bainbridgeisland.press/products/the...
sample poem:
Weeping Willow Cove
Let’s row
To Weeping Willow Cove,
Where golden Weeping willows stand,
Like Golden waterfalls,
And where bluegills grow
As big as your hand.
The Dance of The Emu is available #poetry
bainbridgeisland.press/products/the...
sample poem:
Weeping Willow Cove
Let’s row
To Weeping Willow Cove,
Where golden Weeping willows stand,
Like Golden waterfalls,
And where bluegills grow
As big as your hand.
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Eastern Washington farmworkers fight their own legislators to win labor rights withheld for nearly a century
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Eastern Washington farmworkers fight their own legislators to win labor rights withheld for nearly a century
For nearly a century, Washington’s farmworkers have been denied the basic labor rights afforded to nearly all other private sector workers. The results have been poor wages, dangerous working conditio...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Eastern Washington farmworkers fight their own legislators to win labor rights withheld for nearly a century
www.inlander.com/news/eastern...
www.inlander.com/news/eastern...
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Dale Nichols (American, 1904-1995)
Farm in Winter, 1966
Oil on canvas
30 × 40 in (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Farm in Winter, 1966
Oil on canvas
30 × 40 in (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 19, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Dale Nichols (American, 1904-1995)
Farm in Winter, 1966
Oil on canvas
30 × 40 in (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Farm in Winter, 1966
Oil on canvas
30 × 40 in (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 19, 2026 at 3:27 PM
February 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Chocolate covered strawberries are a great #ValentinesDay treat. Let's give a cheer for workers like "Eva" who was laboring in Ventura County CA. She had to trudging through slippery muddy rows to bring this sweet fruit to our table. #WeFeedYou
February 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Chocolate covered strawberries are a great #ValentinesDay treat. Let's give a cheer for workers like "Eva" who was laboring in Ventura County CA. She had to trudging through slippery muddy rows to bring this sweet fruit to our table. #WeFeedYou
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there’s a ton of ambiguous grief and possibly shame floating just under my conscious and i won’t deny i have been struggling with a really strong temptation to fall back into the bad old self-harm and worse habits to cope with it
i know instead i need to find a way to really feel the feelings
i know instead i need to find a way to really feel the feelings
February 15, 2026 at 6:48 AM
there’s a ton of ambiguous grief and possibly shame floating just under my conscious and i won’t deny i have been struggling with a really strong temptation to fall back into the bad old self-harm and worse habits to cope with it
i know instead i need to find a way to really feel the feelings
i know instead i need to find a way to really feel the feelings
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February 15, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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February 15, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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My poem "Briar Rose" has been published in the new edition of Stygian Lepus!
You can check it out here:
www.stygianlepus.com/edition-32/ #writing #poetry #writingcommunity #fantasy #poetrycommunity #speculative
You can check it out here:
www.stygianlepus.com/edition-32/ #writing #poetry #writingcommunity #fantasy #poetrycommunity #speculative
Edition 32 - OUT NOW
Edition 32 turns its gaze outward and inward at once—toward fractured histories, haunted landscapes, and the quiet horrors that take root in ordinary lives. These stories explore what happens when mem...
www.stygianlepus.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
My poem "Briar Rose" has been published in the new edition of Stygian Lepus!
You can check it out here:
www.stygianlepus.com/edition-32/ #writing #poetry #writingcommunity #fantasy #poetrycommunity #speculative
You can check it out here:
www.stygianlepus.com/edition-32/ #writing #poetry #writingcommunity #fantasy #poetrycommunity #speculative
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maybe my favourite fox portrait I've ever drawn, plus some more flora and fauna of Scotland 🧡🦊🐰
red foxes and mountain hares, an orange tip butterfly, harebells and trailing azalea 🌷🐇🏴
red foxes and mountain hares, an orange tip butterfly, harebells and trailing azalea 🌷🐇🏴
February 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
maybe my favourite fox portrait I've ever drawn, plus some more flora and fauna of Scotland 🧡🦊🐰
red foxes and mountain hares, an orange tip butterfly, harebells and trailing azalea 🌷🐇🏴
red foxes and mountain hares, an orange tip butterfly, harebells and trailing azalea 🌷🐇🏴
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I've got 2 books out on sale on Amazon - both Sci-Fi stories. "Veritas" ia wide ranging epic & Guilty a sharp exciting thriller. Why not check them out? 💙📚🪐
#scifi #books #sciencefiction #bookstoread #fiction #SciFiBooks #SciFiReads #Futuristic #BookSky
#scifi #books #sciencefiction #bookstoread #fiction #SciFiBooks #SciFiReads #Futuristic #BookSky
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I've got 2 books out on sale on Amazon - both Sci-Fi stories. "Veritas" ia wide ranging epic & Guilty a sharp exciting thriller. Why not check them out? 💙📚🪐
#scifi #books #sciencefiction #bookstoread #fiction #SciFiBooks #SciFiReads #Futuristic #BookSky
#scifi #books #sciencefiction #bookstoread #fiction #SciFiBooks #SciFiReads #Futuristic #BookSky
February 14, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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New Plein air from my studio window.
February 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
New Plein air from my studio window.
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A new verse from returning contributor Timothy Daly:
plane loo
the unbearable lightness
of peeing
— Timothy Daly
plane loo
the unbearable lightness
of peeing
— Timothy Daly
…
plane loothe unbearable lightnessof peeing — Timothy Daly
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February 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Timothy Daly:
plane loo
the unbearable lightness
of peeing
— Timothy Daly
plane loo
the unbearable lightness
of peeing
— Timothy Daly
February 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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September 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Nada de Palestina
Februllage 2026
Day 13 - Watermelon.
#Februllage
#Februllage2026
#FebrullageWatermelon
#analogcollage
Februllage 2026
Day 13 - Watermelon.
#Februllage
#Februllage2026
#FebrullageWatermelon
#analogcollage
February 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Nada de Palestina
Februllage 2026
Day 13 - Watermelon.
#Februllage
#Februllage2026
#FebrullageWatermelon
#analogcollage
Februllage 2026
Day 13 - Watermelon.
#Februllage
#Februllage2026
#FebrullageWatermelon
#analogcollage
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"Javier" harvest lemons in the Springville CA area. As he works through the dense leaves picking and sorting lemons, he protects his arms with gloves and leather sleeves to be safe of the two inch thorns that can prick him. He earns $35 per 900 lb bin #WeFeedYou
February 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
"Javier" harvest lemons in the Springville CA area. As he works through the dense leaves picking and sorting lemons, he protects his arms with gloves and leather sleeves to be safe of the two inch thorns that can prick him. He earns $35 per 900 lb bin #WeFeedYou
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A new verse from returning contributor Keith Snow:
Yippee-Ki-Yay
Mother
May I-beam
Me up scotch tape
Me home country
Rhoads scholar!
— Keith Snow
Yippee-Ki-Yay
Mother
May I-beam
Me up scotch tape
Me home country
Rhoads scholar!
— Keith Snow
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Yippee-Ki-YayMotherMay I-beamMe up scotch tapeMe home countryRhoads scholar! — Keith Snow
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February 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Keith Snow:
Yippee-Ki-Yay
Mother
May I-beam
Me up scotch tape
Me home country
Rhoads scholar!
— Keith Snow
Yippee-Ki-Yay
Mother
May I-beam
Me up scotch tape
Me home country
Rhoads scholar!
— Keith Snow